All Obituaries

Della Coreen Lawlis entered her eternal rest in the Lord Jesus Christ on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Kent County Nursing Home in Jayton, Texas.  Funeral Services will be 2:00 pm Friday, December 2, 2022 at the Methodist Church of Roby. There will be a visitation prior to the service starting at 12:00 pm at the church. Burial will follow in the Roby Cemetery. Della was born April 2, 1933. She was the fifth child of six born to Lawrence and Elva Griffin in McCaulley, Texas. She...

Henry Murl McKinney died November 26, 2022 in Hendrick Hospice care in Abilene. He was born May 22, 1927 to Clyde and Clara (Gabel) McKinney in the Pleasant Valley Community. He married Francene Roberts May 5, 1955. He was a member of the First Baptist Church Rotan for over sixty years. Murl served in the Army during World War II. He was a partner in the F and M Chevrolet-Buick dealership. When he retired, he liked to travel, golf, play bridge, canasta, and dominoes. A celebration of his...

Mary Annetta Taylor Hawkins went home to be with our Lord and Savior on November 23, 2022. Mary was born April 23, 1935 in Rotan, Texas. She was the daughter of Samuel Jefferson Taylor and Gladys Mary Gaston Taylor. Mary spent the majority of her life living in Rotan. She worked from home as an Avon Representative.  Mary was very active in the Rotan VFW. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Sammy who passed as an infant, Charles J. Taylor (Margie) of Oceanside...

Elizabeth Ann Dickson passed away on November 19, 2022.  The family will honor her memory with a private service at a later date.  Elizabeth was born on February 21, 1952, to Hubert and Dorothy (Combest) Gilbreath.  She married Larry Lee Dickson on March 19, 1992, in Lueders.  They moved to Rotan in November 1997 where she loved being a housewife and mother.  She loved to dance, fish, dove hunt and to ride around. Elizabeth is preceded in death by her parents,...

  Doris Marie Jones, of Conroe, Texas passed away Friday, October 28, 2022. Visitation will be 10:00 am Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home in Rotan, Texas, with graveside service 11:30 am held at the Belvieu Cemetery in Rotan, Texas. She was born September 16, 1936 in Roby, Texas, to Leroy and Gladys Early. She married the love of her life, Clifton Floyd Jones on February 21, 1953, in Rotan, Texas. Clifton and Doris had three children while in the...

Thomas Alexander Smith, 92, of Jayton, Texas passed away October 26, 2022. There will be a visitation from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm on Saturday, October 29 at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral home in Rotan, Texas. Funeral service will be 1:00 pm on Sunday, October 30, 2022 at the First Assembly of God Church in Jayton, with burial to follow in the Jayton Cemetery. Thomas was born in Jayton to Joe and Bertie (Stanaland) Smith on October 18, 1930. He married the love of his life, Margaruet Jolene Webb...

Johnnie “Evelyn” Gallagher, age 82, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 10, 2022.  She was born in New Hebron, Mississippi where she lived with her parents and siblings throughout her childhood and teenage years.  Then she became a Texas girl and spent the rest of her life around family and friends where she became a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She is preceded in death by her husband Jerry Dan, her parents Irene and Johnnie, her sisters...

Don J Allen, 86, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2022 in Aspermont, Texas. A Graveside Services will be 10:00 AM on Saturday, October 8, 2022 at Mt. Zion Cemetery. Don was born in Jones County, Texas on February 26, 1936 to the late Frank and Ruby Allen. He was a graduate of McCaulley High School, joined the Army, served in the Korean War and returned to Hamlin, Texas where he raised four children. Don was a farmer and a rancher all his life. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #958. Don...

Jessie Marie (Horton) Moore Burleson, 96 of Roby, Texas passed away October 4, 2022. Graveside Services will be 11:00 AM Friday, October 7, 2022. Visitataion will be from 6:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday, October 6, 2022 at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home in Rotan. Jessie was born April 9, 1926 in Fisher County to the late Joe Carlton and Eulala (Hodo) Horton. She married JP Moore November 1946. JP passed away on August 23, 1986. In 1988 Jessie married Travis Burleson. He passed away June 8,...

Bertha Lee (Johnson) Carr passed away from natural causes on Sunday, September 18, 2022, at 93 years of age.  Services will be 10:00 am on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at the Methodist Church in Rotan, Texas with burial to follow in Belvieu Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Born on May 23, 1929 in Vernon, Texas, Bertha was the daughter of John Henry Johnson and Ora Mae Johnson. She was raised by her father after her mother passed away when Bertha was only eight years...