Extracted from The Big Spring Daily Herald (Big Spring, TX)
John R. Weaver, Lamesa Rancher, Dies Saturday
John Roderick Weaver, 84, long time Lamesa rancher and farmer, died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
He was born August 19, 1881, in Sulphur Springs, and moved to Dawson County in 1902 where he bought the A-Bar Ranch eight miles Northwest of Lamesa.
Mr. Weaver's father was the late F. M. Weaver, a pioneer rancher in Indian territory in Oklahoma.
Services will be Monday at 10 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Walter Horn officiating. Interment will be in the Resthaven Mausoleum in Lubbock.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Gus S. Junis, and a son, Bill Weaver, both of Lamesa.
Branon-Philips Funeral Home is in charge of services.
Sunday, July 24, 1966