All Obituaries

Bettie Jo Acker Hargrove (95) was born to parents Ray Acker and Estelle Wooten Acker on November 25, 1927, in Hobbs, Texas. She married the love of her life Bernice Alton Hargrove on December 15, 1946, in Rotan, Texas. They were married 35 wonderful years until his death in 1981. They made their life together farming and ranching. Bernice and Bettie had four children – David, Walter, Neal, and Martha. Bettie is preceded in death by her husband Bernice, parents Ray and Estelle Acker,...

Santana Yanez, age 66, was peacefully called home on March 17, 2023 after a courageous battle with cancer.  He was surrounded by his many friends and family in the days preceding his death, a testament to the lives he touched and the influence he had while on earth. Funeral Mass will be 1:00 pm Friday, March 24, 2023 at the Saint Joseph Catholic Church on Rotan, Texas. A rosary will held 7:00 pm Thursday, March 23, 2023 at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Santana was born on May 29,...

Mary LoVelle Stuart, 85, of Sylvester, passed away March 16, 2023. Services will be 2:00 pm on Monday, March 20, 2023 at the Church of Christ in Roby, Texas with burial to follow in the Roby Cemetery. A time of visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 1:00 pm at the church. Services are under the direction of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home of Rotan, Texas. LoVelle was born on January 21, 1938 in Big Spring, Texas to the late Olbert W. and Clara Mae (Bradley) Fletcher. LoVelle...

Dale Roa, 63, of Rotan passed at Baylor-Scott and White All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas on March 5, 2023. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday, March 25, 2023 at the Rotan First Baptist Church directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home at Rotan. There will be time of visitation for the family prior to the service beginning at 9:00 am. Dale Russell Roa was born in Rotan, Texas on December 20, 1959 to the late Tiburcio and Juanita (Soliz) Roa. He attended Rotan High School....

Jennifer Katlyn Antaya of Sweetwater, Texas went to be with the Lord on February 28, 2023. Services will be 10:00 am Monday, March 6 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rotan with burial to follow in Belvieu Cemetery. A Rosary will be held at 6:00 pm on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home in Rotan. Jennifer was a loving devoted mother of four, fiercely devoted to her family and friends. She had a passion for life that was evident to all who knew her....

Barbara Ann Smith Robinson was born on June 3, 1930, and died at the age of 92 on February 22, 2023. Barbara grew up in Rotan, Texas, graduated from Rotan High School and from Texas Christian University. She taught 6th grade for the Fort Worth Independent School District until her marriage to Dan Robinson in December of 1956. Although she lived most of her last 75 years in Fort Worth, Texas, she never lost her love of the beautiful red dirt bluffs that rise above the Double Mountain Fork of...

On Tuesday, February 14, 2023, Patsy Lee (Browning) Kelley went to her heavenly home to join her sweetheart of fifty-nine wonderful years, Obie Gene Kelley. Services will be 11:00 AM at the Rotan Church of Christ under the direction of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home with burial in Belvieu Cemetery. Pat was born February 21, 1930, in Dermott, Texas as the sixth child out of nine, to James Madison Browning and Ruby Martha Sarah (Sanders) Browning.  During her seventy-five years of life in...

Asined Maria De Los Santos, our beloved Nae, was released from her tired body to be with our Lord and Savior on February 9th, 2023 after blessing our family for 88 years. She could wait no longer to join her Lindo, Polo, who has waited for her since he left us in 2005. Our Nae was delivered to this world with help from a midwife on October 6th, 1934 in San Ygnacio, Texas to her parents Maria and Eligio Rodriguez. Nae married her loving Polo, Jose Apolinar De Los Santos, known by his Fisher...

Mildred Roddy passed away February 8, 2023 at Hendrick Medical Center, surrounded by her children. Services will be Saturday, 11:00 am. February 18, 2023 at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home Chapel in Rotan. There will be a visitation time prior to the service beginning at 9:00 am. Burial will be in Belvieu Cametery. Mildred was born February 13, 1943 in Marlin, Texas to Hattie Huitt Huntsman. Ater high school she continued her education at Plainview A&M. In 1965 Mildred married the love...

Marsha Lynn Smith went home to be with her Lord and Savior January 27, 2023 after a courageous fight with cancer. Marsha was born September 8, 1953 to Loyd Valton Armstrong and Linda Lucille Boen. She married Alvin Martin Smith on June 22, 1973. Marsha worked as a respiratory therapist and then a rural mail carrier for 34 years. She always worked hard and sacrificed to ensure her children and grandchildren never went without. In her spare time, she loved the outdoors and enjoyed...