EDNA WESTON

Edna Ruth Joiner Weston, 85, passed away in a Longview nursing home on Friday, September 23, 2022, following a sudden illness. Edna was born on December 26, 1936, in East Texas. Her parents were Edwin Ralph Joiner and Lena Edna McCleave Joiner. They settled in Omaha, Texas, as Edna began school. She attended Omaha Elementary and graduated from Paul Pewitt High School in 1955. Her college years began at Texarkana College and finished with a degree from East Texas State University at Commerce in 1959. Edna taught over 40 years in Longview ISD, at Jodie McClure Elementary and Mozelle Johnston Elementary. She married Judson Henry Weston on December 29, 1976. They resided in Harleton for many years, moving later to the Dalby Springs community in Bowie County. After retirement, she continued farming and ranching on her family’s land around Dalby Springs, raising Hereford cattle and horses. She was at least the 4th generation of the Joiner family to farm there. Edna loved the outdoors; in her later years, she often sat outside enjoying the woods and the animals within them around her home. She is survived by two sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law: Mary Minihan of Seminole, OK, and Leila and Gene Dixson of Oro Valley, AZ; cousins Martha Dalby of Longview, Debbie Dalby and Jonathan Dalby of Dalby Springs, and other family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Jud; her sister-in-law Verlin Miller and husband Archie; her brother-in-law Jerry Minihan; and her cousin and neighbor James Dalby. A graveside service will be held at the Dalby Springs Cemetery on Sunday, October 2, at 2 PM. Memorial donations may be made to the Dalby Springs Cemetery Association, C/O Debora Ford, 9191 US Highway 259 S, DeKalb, TX, 75559. Online registration at www.batesfamilyfuneralhome.com.