All Obituaries

Kathleen Bennett, 77, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 5, 2021 in Rotan. Visitation will be 1 PM Friday, April 9th at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Service will be held in the Chapel at 2 PM and officiated by Chaplain Jim Hargrove. Burial will follow at Belvieu Cemetery. Kathleen Bennett was born in Rotan, Texas to W.D. and Thelma (Turner) Elrod on June 4, 1943.  She grew up and attended school in Rotan. Kathleen married Charles “Red” Bennett on June 27, 1996 in...

Virgie Florene Favor, 94, passed away of natural causes on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at the Kent County Nursing Center in Jayton, Texas.  Services will be on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:00 pm at the First Baptist Church of Jayton where she was a member for almost eighty years. Burial will follow in the Jayton Cemetery. Services will be directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home of Rotan. Flo was a lifelong Kent County resident and worked at the ASC office (which was later known as the FSA...

Rotan-Fernanda (Quintanilla) Soliz, passed away, March 24, 2021, in Abilene.  Funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 27, 2021, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church.  Rosary will be held tonight at 6:00 p.m. at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home Chapel.  Burial will be in Belvieu Cemetery, under the direction of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Born May 30, 1931, in Stamford, Fernanda was the daughter of the late Francisco and Ynosente (Mendez) Quintanilla.  She married the...

Rotan- Ola Mae Woolf, passed away March 22,2021, in Abilene.  Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church with the funeral service to follow at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Rotan.  Burial will be in Belvieu Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Born September 7, 1936, in Spur, Ola was the daughter of the late Raymond and Ollie Cornelius.  She enjoyed gardening and canning the fruits of her labor.  Ola also had a love for horses and...

Rotan- Clois Wells Bennett, 86, passed March 19, 2021, in Sweetwater.  Services are under the care of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home.  Born December 26, 1934, in Nolan County, Clois was the son of the late Noble and Lorena (Porter) Bennett.  After high school Clois joined the United States Army and served as a paratrooper in the 11th Airborne.  After his military career Clois received a degree from The University of Texas and furthered his education at North Texas...

Joe R. Martinez from Jayton, Texas, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, brother-in-law, and uncle went to be with his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, March 4,2021.  He was born December 8, 1957 to Juanita and Anselmo Martinez. Joe worked at Exxon/Mobil for over 30 years.  He also worked in Iraq and Russia for Exxon/Mobil.  When he retired there, he came home to work at Jayton-Girard ISD.  Joe became mayor for Jayton in May of 2019 and...

    Glenna Mae Crow, 96, passed away Friday, February 19, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. Born December 17, 1924 in Port Arthur, Texas, Glenna was the only child of the late George and Minnie (Aaron) Zimmerman. They moved to their farm south of Rotan in 1937. Glenna graduated from Rotan High School in 1943 and married her high school sweetheart Andrew Calvin Crow on July 9, 1946. She was a member of the Rotan Church of Christ serving in the greeting card ministry, volunteering at the...

 Gloria Floyd passed away peacefully on February 10, 2021. She was born in Terrell, TX on December 17, 1945. She is the daughter of RW and Willena (West) Browne. She was preceded in death by her parents, RW Browne and Willena (West) Browne. She is survived by her loving husband of 54 years, Gary Floyd. She is also survived by her 3 children and spouses, Matt Floyd and wife Candy, Anita Maxwell and husband Craig, and Billy Floyd and wife Stacy, along with 6 grandchildren, Zachary Floyd,...

Betty “June” Keener Alread passed away peacefully February 8, 2021 with her daughters by her side. She was born May 11, 1931 in Rotan, Texas.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Emory and Lola Keener and brother Albert Kenneth.  She is survived by her two daughters and their husbands, Lori and Daniel Wright and Nicole and Richard Beavers, five grandchildren, Kambree and her husband Russell Baxter, Blythe and her husband Austin Kubin, Cayla Wright, Micah...

Jerry Floyd Briscoe II, 63 passed away February 4, 2021 at his home in Rotan. A private family burial was held at 10:00 AM on Monday, February 8, 2021 in Belvieu Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home in Rotan. Jerry was born on March 2, 1957 in Abilene to Jerry and Barbara (Gilkerson) Briscoe. He worked for several years as a foreman for National Gypsum Company. He enjoyed playing golf and spending time outdoors. Jerry was a kind and caring man and will be missed by all who...