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Submitted: 7/2/24 • Approved: 7/2/24 • Last Updated: 7/5/24 • R597385-G0-S3
US Army Air Corps
February 27, 1923-May 16, 2011
Shared stone with Joyce E.
*Photo, courtesy M. Bishop
*Obituary
R.H. Weaver, 88, of Big Spring, died on Monday, May 16, 2011, in an Odessa hospital. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, May 19, 2011 at First United Methodist Church with, Rev. Keith Wiseman officiating.
R.H. was born on February 27, 1923, in Quail, Texas and married Joyce Jones on August 7, 1948 in Big Spring. R.H. moved to Big Spring with his parents in 1935. He graduated from Big Spring High School in 1941 and soon joined the United States Army Air Corps where he served from 1942 to 1945. R.H. graduated from the University of Texas Law School in 1950 and returned to Big Spring to practice law. He was appointed County Judge in 1952 and then elected County Judge in 1954, serving until 1958. He then continued in private practice until retiring in 2000.R.H. was the Big Spring Chamber of Commerce "Man of the Year" in 1988 and had served as president of the Chamber of Commerce, president of the American Business Club, founding director of the Heritage Museum, and board of directors for the Dora Roberts Foundation. He also had served as a director of First National Bank, Big Spring Banking Center and Lone Star Bank. R.H. also invested much of his time with the United Way, the Salvation Army Advisory Board, and the YMCA, where he served as President for two different terms. He loved to play golf, hunt, and fly airplanes and gliders. He really enjoyed entertaining his grandkids. He was a member of First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include wife, Joyce Weaver of Big Spring; two sons, Mike Weaver and wife, Linda of Big Spring, and Pat Weaver and wife, Sydney of Odessa; one daughter, Kellye Weaver of Austin; three grandsons, Quade Weaver of Garden City, Blake Weaver and wife, Kim of Saginaw, and Clayton Weaver of Big Spring; three granddaughters, Christi Tucker and husband, Tim of Midland, Heather McGowen and husband, Bryan of Andrews, and Ingrid Weaver of Austin; nine great grandchildren; four sisters, Helen Chapman and husband, J.O., Ramona Harris and husband, Gerald, Sonia Lusk, and Mary Jane Phillips; and two brothers, Marcellous Weaver, and James Weaver and wife, Bea, all of Big Spring.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother, Aubrey Weaver.
The family suggests memorials be made to the Heritage Museum, 510 Scurry, Big Spring, TX 79720; the First United Methodist Church, P.O. Drawer 1229, Big Spring, TX 79721-1229 or to the Howard College Scholarship Fund, 1001 Birdwell Lane, Big Spring, Texas 79720.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,
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Contributed on 7/2/24 by neldapat
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