Obituaries

Georgia Ashton

Jun 21, 2014

Born November 17, 1913, in Gerty, Oklahoma, Georgia was the daughter of J.E. and Lida Gatewood VanLoon. At the age of 13, the family moved from Ada, Oklahoma, to Rotan, Texas, in a covered wagon. On July 1, 1932, she married Ray Lawrence Ashton in Fisher County, Texas. They were married for 44 years, until his passing in 1976....

Betty Able

Jun 19, 2014

Betty was born on September 29, 1925, in Peoria, Illinois, the only child of LaRue and Ruth Deveraux Cash. Following the depression they settled in Houston. After High School, Betty worked as Secretary to the Manager of the Interstate Commerce Commission and went to the University of Houston night school. On December 27, 1947, she married Richard Emmett Mellette...

Alicia Pardo

Jun 10, 2014

Alicia was the daughter of Manuel and Mary Martinez Pardo. She was raised in the Rio Grande Valley, until her family moved to Levelland, where she completed her education. Alicia lived in Hamlin for many years, where she worked as a housekeeper at Hamlin Memorial Hospital. In 2013, she retired and moved to Roby. In her spare time, she...

Mary Mcateer

May 24, 2014

Mary Belle was born on March 18,, 1927, to the late Luther and Vada Canon Johnson in Jayton, Texas. Mary Belle married the love of her life, Zealous Ladell McAteer on July 26, 1946, in Jayton. She and her husband owned the McAteer Department Store in Jayton for many years. She was a member of the First United Methodist...

Lucy Bray

May 7, 2014

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Lora Spiel

Apr 12, 2014

Born December 16, 1930, Lora was the daughter of S.J. and Lula Keener McClure. The family moved to Portales, New Mexico when Lora was in seventh grade, and to Agar, South Dakota, when she was in the twelfth grade. Lora graduated from Agar High School, and on December 10, 1954, married the love of her life, Edwin Bud Spiel,...

Joy Cashen

Mar 30, 2014

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Visitation WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home 111 N. McKinley Rotan, TX  79546 Tuesday, April 1, 2014 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Service Funeral Service First Baptist Cjurch 201 N.McKinley Rotan, TX  79546 Wednesday, April 2, 2014 10:00 a.m. Cemetery Belvieu Cemetery Rotan, TX  79546

Jesse Rocha

Mar 24, 2014

Service graveside Belvieu Cemetery HWY 92 east Rotan, TX  79546 Friday, March 28, 2014 2:00 p.m.

Sharron Chadwick

Mar 20, 2014

Sharron was born June 8, 1938 in Rotan, TX. She was a daughter of the late E.H.Heck and Gussie ONeal Robertson. Sharron graduated from Roby High School in Roby, TX. She married C.E. Jiggs Chadwick on September 9, 1967. Sharron worked for TP Oil Company for several years before she and Jiggs owned and operated AAA Battery in Abilene,...

Sukhabhai Bhakta

Mar 18, 2014

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Service Funeral Service WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home Chapel 111 N. McKinley Rotan, TX  79546 Friday, March 21, 2014 10:00 a.m.

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.