Obituaries

Dorthy Mccorkle

Mar 13, 2014

Service Graveside Hobbs Cemetery SH 611 W Hobbs, TX  79526 Tuesday, March 18, 2014 2:00 p.m.

Fannie Nabors

Mar 11, 2014

Born in Plano, TX, Fannie was a daughter of the late Raymond Drake and Lettie Hugby Drake. Fannie graduated high school in Plano and married John Nabors on August 15, 1936 at a Ministers house in Plano. She worked for Walls Manufacturing in Sweetwater as a seamstress. Fannie love to sew, crochet, embroider and quilting. She was a member...

Geneva Perkins

Feb 10, 2014

Geneva was born August 4, 1917, in Longworth, Fisher County, Texas, to Harmon and Myrtle Montgomery Brumfield. She graduated from Roby High School in 1936 and married Alonzo Hale that same year. Two children were born to this union: Beth Hale Turner and Freddie Lee Hale. Alonzo died September 10, 1960. Geneva married Forrest Perkins in 1965. Forrest passed...

Billy Mcmeans

Feb 9, 2014

Born May 6, 1933 in Spur, TX to Wayne McMeans and Zelma Hahn McMeans, Billy Wayne was destined to a life of family, agriculture and education. He was introduced to the love of his life, Lula Posey on a blind date in the summer of 1950 and they were married on a hot summer day, August 14, 1953 in...

Melvin Thomson

Feb 7, 2014

Melvin was born July 8, 1934, at Longhorn Valley to Lucy Alberta Clegg and Robert Grundy Thomson. He was a proud graduate of Hobbs High School and served his country in the Korean War. Melvin married Velma Burk in Abilene on February 14, 1962 and they moved to Roby in 1963. He worked for the Texas Department of Transportation...

James Nettleton

Feb 6, 2014

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Erma Buttram

Jan 27, 2014

Born June 5, 1920 in Bronte, Texas, Lorene was the daughter of the late Felix A. Askins and Jennie Beatrice Wrinkle Askins. Lorene attended Draughns Business College for two years and married Eddie Buttram in Monterey, CA on January7, 1947. She taught school during the sixties and was an ordained minister while tending to her home and family. Lorene...

Ramon Guerra

Jan 26, 2014

Ramon C. Guerra was born September 24, 1956 in Robstown, TX, to Serapio Guerra and Alma Ester Campos Guerra. He was a lifelong resident of Roby and was a selfemployed farmer for Monroe Moore. Ramon loved the outdoors, golfing, barbecuing, and hunting. He married Irma Miranda, at Cross Roads Baptist Church on February 27, 1988. He was a member...

B.B. Mckinney

Jan 25, 2014

B.B. McKinney was born January 1, 1939 to Henry Clyde and Clara Samuel Gable McKinney in a home near Pleasant Valley in Fisher County. He started school at Pleasant Valley in 1945 and transferred to Rotan Public School in 1948 when the two schools consolidated. While attending Rotan High School he worked at the Forrest Miller Gin during the...

Edgar Eakins

Jan 22, 2014

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Visitation WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home 111 N. McKinley Rotan, TX  79546 Sunday, January 26, 2014 5:006:00 p.m. Service Graveside Belvieu Cemetery hwy 92 e. Rotan, TX  79546 Monday, January 27, 2014 1:00 p.m.

Mildred Parker

Jan 20, 2014

Mildred was a daughter of the late George Irvin Parker, Sr. and Merry Leona Holland Parker. Mildred graduated from Roby High School in 1965. She worked as a nurses aide, was a parts manager for the Chevrolet house in Rotan and delivered the Abilene Reporter News newspaper. Mildred was a lifetime resident of Fisher County living a brief time...

Dave Williams

Jan 9, 2014

ROTAN DAVID DAVE C. WILLIAMS, 77, passed away Thursday January 9, 2014 at the Oaks at Radford Hills in Abilene. Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday, January 12, 2014, at Belvieu Cemetery under the ion of WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. Daves family will have visitation 5:00 6:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be posted at...

Art Flores

Jan 5, 2014

Art was born May 24, 1937 in Bluetown, TX, to Natividad and Concepcion Flores. Art was married to Josephina Gonzales Flores on October 13, 1961 in Tulsa OK. Art and Josefina returned to Roby five years ago after serving their Heavenly Father. Art was a faithful servant for fortyfive years as Pastor, Evangelist, and Missionary. Twenty of those years...

Carolyn Wilburn

Jan 5, 2014

Carolyn was born August 25, 1935, in Farmington, New Mexico to Charles Chick and Faye Patterson Crawford. She graduated from Farmington High School, attended Eastern New Mexico University and then moved to Dallas to work for the District Attorneys office. Carolyn moved back to Farmington and met her future husband, Jimmy Anderson Wilburn. They married July 14, 1958 in...

Benjamin White

Dec 22, 2013

ROTAN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SONNY WHITE,Sr., 79, passed away Sunday December 22, 2013, at Fisher County hospital. Graveside services will be Thursday December 26, 2013 at Belvieu Cemetery under the ion of WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. He will be carried to the cemetery by his grandchildren, April, Brandy, Belia, Whitney, Molly, Olivia, Camille, Joey, Khristopher, Jeremy, Kyle, Jonathan, Joshua, Justin, Klint,...

Perry Thomson

Dec 18, 2013

Perry was a son of the late Robert Grundy and Lucy Alberta Bertie Clegg Thomson. Perry was a very active, lifelong resident of Fisher County. He graduated from Hobbs High School in the class of 1956. He married Rheta Hendrix on July 15, 1956 she passed away in 2000. Perry served his country in the Army and received an...

Orthelia Flores

Dec 13, 2013

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Service Funeral Service WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home Chapel 111 N. McKinley Rotan, TX  79546 Monday, December 16, 2013 10:00 a.m. Cemetery Belvieu Cemetery Rotan, TX  79546

Marilyn Turnbow

Dec 12, 2013

Marilyn was born November 5, 1947 to Charles and Merle Lucy in Southbend Indiana. She married the love of her life Gerald Nelson Turnbow in June 1966 in EI Paso Texas. Marilyn graduated with her Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing from Graceland College. She was a nurse for 36 years where she provided love and compassion to those...

Era Chunn

Dec 6, 2013

Juanita was a daughter of the late William Thomas Barber and Era Blakeley Barber. Juanita married Lewis Barrett Chunn in Pike County, AR on August 17 1948. She moved to Jayton in 1969 and worked as a Nurses Aide at Kent County Nursing Home for thirtytwo before retiring. Juanita liked to cook, and spend time reading her bible. She...

Joe Martinez

Dec 4, 2013

Joe was a son of the late Jose Joe and Petra Gomez Martinez. Joe was a lifelong resident of Fisher County moving to Rotan as a child. He married Janie Vasquez on September 15, 1952 in Rotan. He was selfemployed farming and owned two gas stations Conoco, and Mobil which later became Fina, until he retired. Joe played guitar...