Obituaries
Bertha Johnson
Mar 22, 2015
Born December 1, 1949, in Kaufman, Texas, Bertha was the daughter of Freddy J. and Katherine (George) Johnson. She married Calvin Johnson, Jr., and the couple moved to Rotan in 1971, where Bertha worked as a Medication Assistant at Fisher County Hospital for thirty-eight years. She also sold insurance for three and a half years, and was a top...
David White
Mar 13, 2015
ROTAN- DAVID FRANKLIN WHITE, 64, passed away Friday, March 13, 2015, in Rotan. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following at Belvieu Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Born December 30, 1950, at the Callan Hospital in Rotan, David was the son of Arthur...
Anna Fleming
Mar 8, 2015
Anna Mae Calhoun Hughes Fleming, age 93, passed away Sunday evening, March 8, 2015, in Austin Texas. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at the First Baptist Church of Rotan, with burial following at the Rotan Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11,...
Violet Upshaw
Mar 5, 2015
VIOLET JIM (HARGROVE) UPSHAW, 86, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Sweetwater. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at the First Baptist Church of Roby, with burial following at the Roby Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2015, at Weathersbee-Ray...
Lois Heffernan
Mar 3, 2015
LOIS LORENE (MINTON) HEFFERNAN, 91, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at her home in Rotan. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following at Belvieu Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2015, at...
Louise Williams
Mar 3, 2015
HOBBS- LOUISE (WOODS) WILLIAMS, 89, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at her home in Hobbs. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at the Rotan Church of Christ, with burial following at the Hobbs Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Born February 22, 1926, in Bryan County, Oklahoma, Louise was the daughter...
Pauline Webb
Feb 28, 2015
PAULINE McCLURE WEBB, 99, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015, in Rotan. Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at the Roby Cemetery in Roby, Texas, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Pauline McClure Webb was born August 19, 1915 to S.J. and Lula Bell Keener McClure. She was the oldest of nine children.Pauline married Charles R....
Wanda Mcspadden
Feb 19, 2015
*** DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER, MRS. McSPADDEN'S SERVICES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO 2:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2015, AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF ROTAN. FOR MORE INFORATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FUNERAL HOME AT 325-735-2255. THANK YOU.*** Wanda Fay McSpadden was born in Hobart, Oklahoma on November 24, 1929. She passed away at Spring Oak Nursing...
Modesto Yanez Jr.
Feb 19, 2015
ROTAN- Modesto G. Yanez, Jr., 79, passed away Thursday, February 19, 2015, in Sweetwater. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 23, 2015, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, with burial following at Belvieu Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. A rosary will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral...
Emma Denton
Feb 18, 2015
ROTAN- EMMA ONA DENTON, 80, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at her home in Rotan. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 21, 2015 , at Belvieu Cemetery, directed by Weahtersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 20, 2015 at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Born December 23,...
Billy Terry
Feb 16, 2015
Billy Ray Terry was born on June 1, 1927 to Pink Terry and Orpha Stuart Terry outside of Roby, on the "family's home place". He was the 7th of 8 children. He married Thana Lee Young, daughter of George and Lizzie Young on September 19,1952. They had one daughter Dianna and one son Steve. Billy passed from this life...
Dorothy Burrow
Feb 16, 2015
ROTAN- DOROTHY LOUISE (COX) BURROW, 94, passed away Monday, February 16, 2015, in Rotan. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 20, 2015, at the Belvieu Cemetery in Rotan, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Born July 3, 1920, in...
Willard Roddy
Feb 3, 2015
Rotan Willard Leon Roddy, 76, passed away February 3, 2015, in Rotan. Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Saturday, February 7, 2015, at WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Belvieu Cemetery under the direction of WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. Born September 10, 1938, in Marlin, Willard was...
Wanda Haines
Feb 2, 2015
Wanda Maxine Clark Haines Wanda Maxine Clark Haines, of Lubbock, passed away on February 2, 2015, at the age of 82. She was born on November 10th, 1933, in Royston, to Claud and Irene Gruben Clark. She attended school in Rotan and received her LVN certification at Shannon Hospital in San Angelo. Her nursing career began in Sonora and...
Maxne Warshaw
Jan 30, 2015
ROBY MAXINE T. WARSHAW, 88, passed away Friday, January 30, 2015, in Sweetwater, Texas. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, February 2, 2015, at the First Baptist Church of Roby, with burial following at the Roby Cemetery, directed by WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 3:004:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 1, 2015, at...
Ricardo Molano
Jan 29, 2015
Born July 27, 1929, in Del Rio, Texas, Ricardo was the son of Jose and Ana Talamantes Molano. He married the love of his life, Carlotta Menjares, on December 13, 1948, in Florence, Arizona. Ricardo worked in Agriculture for most of his life, working in the Roby area for over 40 years. In his spare time, Ricardo enjoyed fishing...
Dora Mitchell
Jan 28, 2015
Dora Dee was born August 17, 1924, in the Pledger Community to J.D. and Elsie Lee Knox Mitchell. She attended school in Sylvester for eleven years, graduating at the age of seventeen. She had lived in Pledger until going to college at ACC now ACU, then graduated in 1944 at the age of twenty. Her first teaching job was...
Joseph Floyd
Jan 27, 2015
J.W. Floyd, age 90, longtime resident of Bartlesville, OK, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at his daughters home in Columbus, GA, after a brief battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., at WethersbeeRay Funeral Home in Rotan, TX. Visitation will be held before the service at 9:00 a.m....
Martin Warren
Jan 26, 2015
M.D. was born May 17, 1935 on the Warren family farm in Fisher County Texas. He married Edna Doggett in Snyder, Texas on December 26, 1958. In 1962, M.D. and Edna moved to Whitney, Texas where they raised their family. During the 1980s they moved to Navarro Mills, Texas. His career brought them to Granbury, Texas in 1990 where...
Joyce Holcomb
Jan 26, 2015
Born March 21, 1929, in Hamlin, Texas, Joyce was the daughter of John and Martha Bell Sammrall Barnett. She graduated from Hamlin High School, and married Gene Holcomb on November 17, 1956, in Sylvester, Texas. Gene and Joyce moved to California in 1963, where she worked as a beauty operator. The couple moved to Midland, Texas, in 1972, where...


