Archive - Obituary
March 23rd, 2013
Emilia Sanchez Martinez, 78, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at an Abilene hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Rotan. Burial will follow at Belvieu Cemetery under the direction of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. A Rosary will be at 6 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made to weathersbeerayfh.com.
March 21st
Funeral services for Jose Lorenzo Garza, Sr., 83, of Sweetwater, will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Trinity Baptist Church with Al Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at McCoy Chapel of Memories.
Garza died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene.
Trent — Frank Lewis Moore, 65, died Sunday, March 17, 2013 in a local hospital. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 22, at Trent United Methodist Church with Reverends Norman Patton and Rex Mauldin officiating, directed by Starbuck Funeral Home.
Hardy Jean Smith, 80, of Hobbs, N.M. passed from this life March 19, 2013, in Hobbs. She was born Sept. 8, 1932, in Corum, Okla. to Andrew and Callie Liles. Jean enjoyed her grandkids and great-grand kids, loved the lake house at Possum Kingdom where she enjoyed fishing and spending time with her family.
March 20th
Nelson Alfred Dressler, age 95, a longtime Sweetwater resident, died Monday, March 18, 2013 at Snyder Healthcare Center after a lengthy illness.
Services for Mr. Dressler will be held on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home with Dr. Tommy Culwell officiating. Interment will follow at the Garden of Memories in Sweetwater, under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.
March 19th
Esteban M. Torrez, age 90, of Sweetwater, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2013 at Hendrick Medical Center.
A rosary will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home Chapel.
Holy Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 22, 2013, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church with Rev. Charles Okonkwo officiating. Burial will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery with the Nolan County Honor Guard. Arrangements under the direction of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home.
March 18th
Lota Bell Smauley Gent, 93, of Garland, went to be with her Lord and her loved ones on March 17, 2013, at Town East Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Mesquite.
Lota Bell was born on Feb. 2, 1920. in Fisher County to Ottis and Ida Mae Smauley. Her family grew up on a farm west of Roby, where she was one of seven children. She married Cecil Gent on May 10, 1944. He preceded her in death on April 23, 1993.
March 15th
Debra Bailey, 56, of Sweetwater, died Friday, March 15, 2013 at Nolan Nursing and Rehab.
She will be cremated. No services are planned.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.mccoyfh.com.
March 14th
Graveside services for Dorothy Anola Galloway, 92, of Kingwood, Texas formerly of Sweetwater, will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Sweetwater Cemetery. Rev. Brian Brownlow will officiate with interment to follow under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
Galloway died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Regent Care Center in Kingwood.
March 11th
Graveside services for Gerald Liston, 72, of Sweetwater, will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Sweetwater Cemetery. Interment will follow under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
Liston died Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Sweetwater.
