Tommy Dean Weathersby

Tommy Dean Weathersby, age 88, a resident of Belen, NM, passed away on May 21, 2026, surrounded by his loved ones. Services will take place at Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church on Friday, June 12, 2026, beginning with a Visitation at 9:00 a.m., Rosary at 10:00 a.m., and a Funeral Mass to be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Tommy Dean Weathersby was a simple man who loved his family deeply and completely. We were all fortunate enough to see him live a long life, marked not by grandeur, but by quiet strength, steady love, and the kind of character that left a smile on the face of everyone fortunate enough to grace his path. He completed a life well-lived and was called to his next adventure on May 21, 2026, at the age of 88 in his home in Belen, New Mexico. Tommy was born on December 19, 1937, in Levelland, Texas, to Conrad Royce and Candace Udell Weathersby. After a brief stint in Clovis, New Mexico, Tommy and his family moved to Belen, where he graduated from Belen High School in 1955. After Belen, Tommy traveled east to attend Eastern New Mexico University on a basketball scholarship. He came back to Belen after his time in Portales, where he retired from PNM, on the gas side, after 40 years of service. Tommy was a member of Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church, Mounted Patrol, the Jaycee's, the Optimist Club, and was a Paul Harris Fellow for the Rotary Club. He built a life centered around family, hard work, and the people he loved most. Tommy was preceded in death by his parents; in-laws, Siprianita and Pedro Ortega; brother-in-law, Frank Ortega; nephew, Richard Weathersby; and sister in-law, Paula Weathersby. This life would not be a life worth living to Tommy if it didn't include his wife of 65 years, Edwina Weathersby, who was truly the love of his life. Together they built a family that became the center of everything he did. Tommy is survived by his little brother, Mickey Weathersby; his three children: Barbara Rodriguez, Tim (Tee) Weathersby, and Frances (Shawn) LeClair. He was the proudest Pap to Nicholas, Kris (Terry), Colton (Makayla), Tomas, and Jordan (Stetson). He also leaves behind his gang of great-grandchildren: Cole, Maya, Zia Rose, Rebekah, Alexandra, Thomas, Violet, Aiden, Kinley, Natalie, Odysseus, Perseus, and Kallista. Tommy is also survived by brother and sister in-law, Jerry and Patricia Oliver; sister in-law Lillian Ortega; sister in-law Diana Contreras; brother in-law Richard Ortega; and nieces and nephews, Lisa, Amy, Jill, Emily, Terry, Chris, and Sara. If there was something Tommy loved more than a good John Wayne Western, it was his sports. He loved playing basketball, coaching baseball, cheering on / screaming at the Dallas Cowboys, the New Mexico Lobos, the Belen Eagles, and most of all, supporting his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren in whatever sport or activity they were involved in. He never missed a game and sat at every practice in his van, window half-way cracked, smoking a Kent 100 until it was over. Some of his greatest joys came from chauffeuring his grandchildren around wherever they needed to go and simply just being with them. Tommy will be remembered not for grand words, but for the consistent and loving way he showed up for his family every single day. The urn pallbearer is Jordan Schutte; honorary pallbearers are Colton Nix, Kris Dragoo, Nicholas Rodriguez, and Tomas Rodriguez.

Tommy Dean Weathersby

December 19, 1937 - May 21, 2026