Obituaries

Debra Etheredge

Aug 21, 2013

Debra Lynn Teel Etheredge was born on October 4, 1960, in Roby, TX, to Raymond and Don Lita Teel. She grew up in Claytonville with her sisters, Donna Teel, Delinda Wisdom, Deloris Davidson, and Darlene Michaels and her brothers, Clifford Teel and Randall Teel. She attended school at Hobbs and graduated in 1979. Debra married David Etheredge in 1981....

Matt Gruben

Aug 19, 2013

Matt waged a long war with leukemia which he battled most valiantly. His will to fight and positive attitude never wavered. His inner strength inspired everyone around him, and not only in his last days. The joy he brought to others throughout his life is a great legacy for such a young man. Matt was not given to wasting...

Alberto Hernandez

Aug 10, 2013

Born July 20, 1942, in Robstown, Nueces County, Texas, Alberto was a son of the late Benito and Juanita Riedin Hernandez. He married Micaela Watrin on December 27, 1967 in Alice, Texas. Alberto farmed for Roger Blackwelder and Truitt Strickland and lived most of his life in Fisher County. He was a very good and creative welder and was...

Dolores Martinez

Aug 7, 2013

Lola was a daughter of the late Antonio and Lucia Arzola Gonzalez. Lola was a lifelong resident of Hamlin and moved to Sweetwater in 2007. She married Saturino Tony Martinez on April 3, 1989 in Hamlin. Lola loved to sew and bake. She was a member of Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Rotan. She is preceded in death by...

Kenneth Clark

Jul 29, 2013

Born August 7, 1932 in Royston, TX, Kenneth was the son of the late Claude Newton Clark and Irene Gruben Clark. Kenneth was a star athlete at Rotan High School, class of 1950, and went to West Texas State on a football scholarship. Kenneth married Mae Evelyn Dry on October 28, 1950 in Tucumcari, NM. He was a pumper...

Cleo Davis

Jul 27, 2013

Cleo was the daughter of the late Lon Perry L.P. Henderson, Sr. and Lorene Rucker Henderson. Cleo graduated from Hobbs High School and attended college in California. She married Harvie Lee Davis on June 23, 1944 in Roby. Cleo lived numerous places throughout her life, Rapid City, SD, for seven and half years, Sacramento, CA, for three and half...

Evelyn Crawford

Jul 10, 2013

Mrs. Crawford was born March 18, 1923 in Rotan, Texas, to Essie Loper Kersh and Joseph I. Kersh. She was reared in Rotan and graduated from Rotan High School where she enjoyed being a member of the pep squad. During World War II Mrs. Crawford worked as a riveter at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft in Fort Worth, Texas, building B24...

Dr. Holcomb

Jul 6, 2013

Roby Dr. Wayne Holcomb, 80 passed away Saturday July 6, 2013 at his residence in Midland, Tx. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday July 10, 2013, at WeathersbeeRay Chapel in Rotan with burial in Roby Cemetery under the ion of WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations to be made to the Roby Cemetery...

Zadiee Clark

Jul 5, 2013

ROTAN ZAIDEE LAINE CLARK, sweet, loving and beautiful infant girl, passed away July 5, 2013 at Fort Worth. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at Sylvester Baptist Church with burial in Sylvester Cemetery under the ion of WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. ation will be 6:00 7:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Zaidee Laine was born June...

Nora Cooper

May 21, 2013

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Visitation WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home 111 N. McKinley Rotan, TX  79546 Friday, May 24, 2013 6:007:00 p.m. Service Graveside Jayton Cemetery Jayton Jayton, TX  79528 Saturday, May 25, 2013 2:00 pm.

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...