Obituaries
James Whiteley
May 20, 2013
Born May 30, 1966 in San Angelo, TX, James was the son of the late R.C. and Jewel Estelle Rich Whiteley. James graduated from Dublin High School and attended Tarleton State and was in the process of studying Theology. He married Brandy Griffith in Dublin on February 14, 1997. James lived in Brownwood for twelve years before moving to...
Roxanne Wylie
May 14, 2013
Roxanne Callan Wylie, age 60, of Clinton, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at the Methodist Medical Center. She was born October 30, 1952 in Rotan, TX. Mrs. Wylie retired as operations manager from the Knoxville Post Office Credit Union. She was an active member of the Clinton Church of Christ. Her main focus in life was her family...
Louise Curlee
May 13, 2013
Louise was a daughter of the late Claude Cullen and Georgia Simmons Harris. Louise graduated from Roby High School. She married Horace LaFayette Curlee on December 24, 1943 in Roby. For more seventeen years Louise was a substitute teacher for Roby ISD . She loved singing and playing piano, cooking and spending time with her family. Louise was a...
Dycie Kemp
Apr 19, 2013
McCAULLEY DYCIE EDITH WARD KEMP, 98, passed away, Friday April 19, 2013 at Kent County Nursing Home. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday April 23, 2013 at WeathersbeeRay Chapel with burial to follow at McCaulley Cemetery under the ion of WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. Condolences may be made at weathersbeerayfh.com. Dycie was born June 2, 1914 at Paris, Texas to...
William Brazee
Apr 7, 2013
Born May 2, 1918 in Fisher County, TX, Owen was a son of the late William Clark and Elsie Mae Teel Brazee. Owen lived and worked on different ranches in Roby, and various places in Fisher and King Counties. He married Viola Ratliff on December 24, 1938 in Roby. He was the ranch foreman for Sammy Baugh from 19421953...
Rodolfo Garza
Apr 6, 2013
Rodolfo was a son of the late Eliseo and Paula Lopez Garza. Rodolfo married Antonia Alaniz in Lubbock on December 11, 1953 and they moved to Rotan in 1959. Rodolfo was a very devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He was employed as a farm laboer and later went to work for Brazos Transport and retired from the John...
Eugene Shipp
Apr 3, 2013
Eugene was a son of the late Earnest McKinley and Callie Johnson Shipp. Eugene was a lifelong resident of Fisher County. He ranched and operated the Shipp Locker Plant in Roby before going to work at Big Country Electric where he retired after twentyeight years. Eugene married Carra Buelene Kiker on December 22, 1967 in Roby. He was the...
Wanda Kiker
Mar 27, 2013
Wanda was a daughter of the late Selman and Bessie Ratliff Holcomb. Wanda moved to north Roby when she was seven years old. She married Hubert Alton Tince Kiker on October 12, 1940 in Reno, NV. Wanda lived in California for eight years and moved back to Roby. She worked for Noles Drug and Roby Hardware. Wanda was known...
Manuel Montez
Mar 23, 2013
Manuel was a son of the late Jose and Rita Montez. He moved to Rotan in 1946 where he farmed, worked for the City of Rotan and later retired from Fisher County in 1986. Manuel married Dolores Gonzales on June 9, 1940 in Gregory, TX. He was a member of Saint Joseph Catholic Church and loved to garden and...
Emilia Martinez
Mar 20, 2013
Emilia was a daughter of the late Herchulano and Augustina Garcia Sanchez. Emilia moved to Rotan when she married her husband Amado Martinez in Rotan in 1950. She was a homemaker, devoted mother and grandmother. She loved being outside tending to her rose bushes and gardening. Emilia was a member of the Catholic Church. She is preceded in death...
Foy Mitchell
Mar 18, 2013
Foy was born October 13, 1916 and raised in Pledger community in Fisher County. He was born the third child of Joseph David and Elsie Lee Knox Mitchell. Foy graduated from Sylvester High School in 1934, after playing on the Sylvester Cardinals basketball team. Foy made his home near his birth place in Fisher County, where he married Dessie...
Delia Hardin
Mar 13, 2013
Delia was a daughter of the late Robert Grundy and Lucy Alberta Bertie Clegg Thomson. Delia lived most of her life at Rough Creek until she moved to Rotan in 1976. She married Jesse Hardin on January 16, 1943 in Roby, TX. Delia raised her family and worked outside the home as a cook for Fisher County Hospital and...
Donnie Carriker
Mar 9, 2013
Donnie was born August 14, 1939 at Rotan to Bennie and Katherine Underwood Carriker. He graduated from Jayton High School in 1957 and attended Texas Tech University. Donnie Married Patricia Elaine Gartman at Post, Texas on May 30, 1959. He was ranch foreman for OO Ranch and Kent County Commissioner. He later was elected as Kent County Judge. Donnie...
William Burrow
Mar 6, 2013
Red was a son of the late Burton and Katie Montgomery Burrow. Red was a lifelong resident ofRotan and attended Mc Murry University. He served in the NavyAir Corp during WWII and owned and operated Rotan Paint and Body. Red was an active member of the community, serving on the Rotan City Council, Housing Authority Board, Volunteer Fire Department,...
Mary Gabel
Mar 5, 2013
Born January 9, 1922 in Comanche County, TX, Lucille was a daughter of the late Marion Franklin OBriant and Mary Jane Robertson OBriant. Lucille moved to Fisher County when she was eleven months old and was a lifelong resident of Rotan. She married Glenn E. Gabel on August 2, 1937 in Aspermont. During WWII Lucille worked at National Gypsum...
Missy Hyer
Mar 3, 2013
Missy was a daughter of the late Valentino Garza and Mary Helen Yanez Garza. Missy graduated from Rotan High School with the class of 1995 and attended TSTC for medical transcription. She married Jeremy Hyer in 2001. Missy lived in Midland and moved to Abilene where she was a substitute teacher for special needs children. She loved to dance...
Allen Hull
Feb 27, 2013
ROTAN ALLEN ALEXANDER HULL, 86, passed away Wednesday February 27, 2013, at Rotan. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the First Baptist Church of Rotan. Burial will follow at Belvieu Cemetery. ation will be 5:00 6:00 p.m. Friday at WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. Allen was born August 13, 1926 to Abslam Alexander A.A. and Mary...
Luisa Maldonado
Feb 26, 2013
Luisa was born in Eola, TX, on March 4, 1928. Her parents were Juan D. Gonzalez and Maria Inez Herrera Gonzalez. Luisa was the twelth child in the family. She married Fidel Maldonaldo in 1957 in Fort Worth, TX. She was preceded in death by her husband. Luisa graduated from Hobbs High School in 1947 and attended Southern College...
Norma Campbell
Feb 3, 2013
ROTAN The Lord called Norma Talmadge Page Campbell to her heavenly home Sunday February 3, 2013. Norma passed away at the age of 87 after a short illness in Garland, TX where she lived with her daughter Christine Dowdy. She loved her Lord and was a member of Sunnyside First Baptist Church. Graveside Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday...
Willie Neves
Feb 3, 2013
Red was a son of the late Edwin P. and Catherine Terry Neves. Red graduated from Hobbs High School and attended Howard College in Big Spring. Red lived in Hobbs, Houston, Rotan and finally in Big Spring. He worked as an inside salesman for different industrial companies. Red loved nature and camping at Big Bend. He liked to sketch...
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