(Sparkman-Crane Funeral Home, 10501 Garland Rd. 214-327-8291)

Donna easily made many friends from all over the country through her volunteer work in TXGenWeb genealogy in Palo Pinto & Johnson County.

   She was a Baptist. She will be missed, not only by her friends & family, but by those she worked so closely with in the internet genealogical world.

   She is survived by her daughters, Sandra and Diana Higgins; son,
   Randall Higgins of Cedar Hill; brothers, Jack Brand and wife Louise of
   Alvarado and Bill Brand of Fort Worth; sister, Joyce Whitehead and
   husband Jimmy of Alvarado; a very special niece, Frances Brown of
   Rendon; adopted daughter, Patty Morgan of Cleburne; special friend Joe
   Bailey of Irving; numerous nephews and nieces; and a host of genealogy
   friends all over the U.S.A.

Services provided by Rosser Funeral Home
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at rosserfh@swbell.net
Visit Donna's Digs (a web site with Donna's poetry)

Dillon was born May 20, 1936 in Cameron, Milam Co., TX to Paul S. and Clara Ellen Dillon. He was a chemist for 20 years for the U.S. Geological Survey. He was a member of Knights of Columbus Council 6280 and the Coastal Bend Genealogical Society. He also was a volunteer worker
at the library.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise Ivey Dillon in 1999, brother, Leo Patrick Dillon and his parents.

He is survived by sons John Dillon Jr. of Lake Jackson, Paul Daniel Dillon of Corpus Christi, and James Brantley Dillon of San Antonio; daughter, Dana Lynne Dillon of Durham, N.C.; brother Paul Guy Dillon of Rosebud; sister Dorothy Lindvall of Corvallis, Ore.; three grandchildren, Andrea Noelle Dillon, Jacquelyn Michelle Dillon and Rose Marie "Sookie" Dillon.

   James was born August 6, 1929 north east of Hawley, on the Old King
   Place to Wesley A. and Verna A. Gaines Lantrip. He graduated from
   Anson High School. He was a U.S. Navy veteran twenty years, retiring
   as a chief petty officer, serving in computer and communications
   services. Mr. Lantrip worked for First State Bank of Abilene as a vice
   president and data processing manager for ten years. He was
   self-employed as a data processor for several years. He was a member
   of the Merkel Church of Christ. He was active in genealogy, gardening,
   and woodworking.

   James married Shirley Rich, November 20, 1954 in Glenview, Illinois.
   She preceded him in death June 15, 1990. He married Geneva Guinn in
   1991 at Tye.

   Survivors include his wife, Geneva Lantrip of Merkel; three daughters,
   Jackie Johnson and her husband, Craig of Abilene, Donna Lantrip of New
   York City, NY, Diane Tice and her husband, Chris of Allen; two sons,
   Charles Lantrip and his wife, Stacie of Merkel, and Dennis Lantrip and
   his wife, Anne of Parker; two step- daughters, Rain Ratliff-Kilgore
   and her husband, Joe of Abilene, Brenda Bennett of Merkel; two
   sisters, Jeanette Hall and Sue McCabe both of Abilene; a brother, Lee
   Lantrip of Abilene; grandchildren, Donnie and Dustin Dodson, Elizabeth
   Lee, Sherri and Hayden Lantrip, Jack Johnson, Nicholas Tice; step-
   grandchildren, Zack Kilgore, Ryan Ratliff, John and Susan Bennett; two
   great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

   Memorials may be made to Hendrick Hospice Care, P.O. Box 1922,
   Abilene, Texas 79604.

   He was loved by all and will be missed dearly.

   Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Hope Cemetery, Henrietta,
with the Rev. Chuck Aaron, pastor, First United Methodist Church, Bowie,
officiating. Arrangements will be under the direction Fry Funeral Home.
Mrs. Neimeyer was a homemaker.

   Survivors include two sons, Bobby Dan Bragg Jr. of Wichita, Kan., and
Ron Bragg of Petrolia; two daughters, Kristi Stewart of Holliday and Marie
Means of Centreville, Va.; her mother, Buna Perkins of Henrietta; a sister,
Johnnie Cowley of Bluegrove, Texas; and four grandchildren.

   Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, 1809 5th Street,
Wichita Falls, Texas 76301, or the Rolling Meadows Foundation, 3000 McNeil Avenue, Wichita Falls, Texas 76309.

Ministers who participated in the Celebration were Rev. Brad Davis, former Minster of Music, First Baptist Church, Hamilton; Rev. George Dixon, former pastor, Blue Ridge Baptist Church, Hamilton; Rev. Kevin McDonald, pastor, Chapel of the Hills Baptist Church, Lake Buchanan; Rev. Jarred Parnell, pastor, Rosedale Baptist Church, Austin; Mrs. Janet Petersen, Children's Minster, First Baptist Church, Benbrook; Rev. Randy Russell, former pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Hamilton; Dr. Billy P. Smith, Salado Presbyterian Church, Salado; Rev. Linda Wimberly, Pastor, United
Methodist Church, Walnut Springs; and Rev. John Winner, Administrator, 
Harvest Christian School, Ft. Worth.

Mr. Weathers was born July 25, 1935, in Marietta, Love County, Okla., to Mandy Martha (Rowland) and Richard Omer "Dick" Weathers. At the age of 23 months he contracted Infantile Paralysis (Polio), which forever drastically altered his life. Mr. Weathers was a survivor and a fighter, determined to accomplish every challenge as well as being able to do all things, which his older sister and younger brother could do. At the age of nine years he accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as the Master of his life and the remainder of his life was devoted to service to our Lord. The Lord blessed Mr. Weathers with a deep rich bass voice which he utilized in singing praises to our Lord and in narrating many Christmas and Easter canta-tas.  He attended elementary schools in Dale, Winters, and Ballinger. Homebound services did not exist while he was growing up, hence he had to drop out of school during the long months of recuperation from orthopedic surgeries. He graduated from Big Spring High School in 1955.  He earned an Associate of Arts from Howard County Junior College (now Howard College) in 1958 and a Bachelor of Science  from Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, in 1962. He also studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth; the University of Texas, Arlington; and Tarleton University.  At the First Baptist Church in Big Spring, his grandfather, Rev. Walter Pervia Rowland and Dr. Phillip Dick O'Brien presided in the wedding ceremony in which Elreeta Ann Crain became his bride.  He was ordained as a Minister of Music by Viewpark Baptist Church, in Fort Worth in 1964. Southcliff Baptist Church of Fort Worth, ordained him as a deacon in 1972.  Mr. Weathers served as Minister of Music at Greenhill Baptist Church, Snyder; Viewpark Baptist Church, Fort Worth; First  Baptist Church, Aspermont; Crusaders Chapel, Fort Worth and Blue Ridge Baptist Church and Calvary Baptist Church, Hamilton.  In addition, he worked in the broadcast industry in both radio and TV, in sales, as a shoe repairman, and as a teacher until health forced his retirement in February, 2003.  Mr. Weathers was a member of First Baptist Church, Hamilton; of the Leon River Valley Sons of the American Revolution; and was one of the directors of the Blue Ridge Cemetery Association.  He was preceded in death by his father; his sister, Virginia Izella "Ginger" (Weathers) Cowley, and his brother, Rev. Jimmy Wayne "Jim" Weathers.

Survivors include his wife, Elreeta; his mother; Martha Weathers, Marietta, Okla.; his daughter, D'Ann (Weathers) Herrod and her husband, Nathan Herrod, Gainesville, Fla.; his brother-in-law, Earl Cowley, Jr., Odessa; his niece, Beverly Campbell, Marietta, Okla.; nephews, Gerry Cowley and his wife, Pam, Plains; and Bobby Cowley and his wife, Elaine, Midland; grandnieces, Michelle Campbell, St. Louis, Mo., Meghan Cowley, Houston and Shannon Guara, Odessa; grand-nephew, Ian Cowley, Houston and numerous other rela-tives and special friends.  Pallbearers were Bill Barkley, Todd Barkley, Don Cook, David Courtney, Steven V. McCloskey, Kenneth Taylor, Jim Wayman, and Charlie Winner. Honorary pallbearer was C. W. "Dub" Varner. 
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