Obituaries
Dan Gallagher
Jul 15, 2014
Dan was a son of the late Edith Imogene Jones and James Albert Gallagher. After high school Dan served in the Army National Guard for twelve years from 19551967. He married Evelyn Higgs in Snyder, TX on March 28, 1981. Dan retired as a buyer for Mobile Oil after thirtysix years and began to enjoy hobbies like, fishing, gardening...
Bob Hamilton
Jul 14, 2014
Bob was a son of the late Edith Johnson and Gordon Lee Hamilton. Bob was a lifelong resident of Jayton and served in the U.S. Navy from 19521954. He married Patricia Jan Fowler in Jayton on November 27, 1952. He was the owner of two businesses in town, the Thos. Fowler Agency and the Kent County Lumber Supply. In...
Jay Hendon
Jul 8, 2014
Jay Ruth Hendon, 92, of Rotan, passed away July 8, 2014 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. A funeral service will be held Friday, July 11 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Rotan with Werth Mayes of Stephenville officiating. Burial will follow in Belvieu Cemetery under the care of WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. The family will receive friends...
Anna Whitley
Jul 6, 2014
Visitation WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home 111 N. McKinley Rotan, TX 79546 Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:0010:00 a.m.
Elsie Crowson
Jul 5, 2014
Elsie Crowson of Jayton, Texas passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 5, 2014 at the age of 92. She grew up in Hobbs, Texas and later moved to Jayton, Texas where she mostly stayed for over 60 years, unless relocating with her son and his family to other corners of the state including Grand Prairie, Lubbock, Abilene,...
Leona Stanaland
Jun 25, 2014
Born May 11, 1915, in Stonewall County, Texas, Leona was the daughter of Henry E. and Mattie Pearl Duncan. She married Hamlin Thomas Stanaland, Sr. on December 28, 1935. Leona was a longtime resident of Jayton, and a homemaker. In her spare time, she enjoyed sewing, cooking, reading, watching Wheel of Fortune, shopping, and gardening. She was still getting...
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...
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...


