Weldon, Jarrod Leigh 

Services for Jarrod Leigh Weldon, 24, of Longview, will be 2 p.m. Monday, 
September 25, 2006, at Rader Funeral Home Chapel at 1617 Judson Road in 
Longview, with Clark Dugger officiating. Burial will follow in Lakeview 
Cemetery. Mr. Weldon was born June 30, 1982, in Longview, and he died 
September 21, 2006, in Longview. Survivors include his parents, Joe and 
Karen Weldon; and sisters, Jodie Bartell and Emily Cox. Visitation will 
be 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. A memorial guestbook may be signed 
online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 9/24/2006.

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Weldon, Jarrod Leigh

Funeral services for Jarrod Leigh Weldon, 24, of Longview, will be held at 
2 p.m. Monday, September 25, 2006, in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home of 
Longview with Mr. Clark Dugger of Rice Road Church of Christ in Tyler 
officiating. Burial will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens. Those serving 
as pallbearers include, Gerritt Tisdale, Derek Weldon, Robbie Tembrook, 
Chad Swank, Chris Carpenter, and Jimmie Newhauser. Jarrod was born in 
Longview on June 30, 1982, to Joe and Karen Weldon. He passed from this 
life on September 21, 2006. He attended school at Pine Tree, graduating in 
2000. After graduating, Jarrod attended Kilgore Jr. College and Texas State 
Technical College in Marshall. He has worked for several companies, 
including Central Freight Lines, Big Five Tire Co., Coburn's Supply Co., and 
most recently, Johnny Corino's. Jarrod was a member of the Greggton Church of 
Christ in Longview. Jarrod had a great love and passion for life. He lived for 
the moment and took from it all that he could. His family and friends were so 
very important to him and he loved to make people laugh. He enjoyed water 
sports, skate boarding, just "hanging" out and music. Music was his greatest 
passion and ambition. Jarrod was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, 
James Richard Arnold Sr. of Longview; paternal grandmother, Mary Jane Weldon of 
Bryan; and his aunt, Nancy Gail Hyde of Duncan, Okla. He is survived by his 
parents; sisters and brothers-in-law, Jodie and Matthew Bartell of Coronado, 
Calif., Emily and Brad Cox of Longview; paternal grandfather, George J. Weldon 
of Jacksboro; and maternal grandmother, Betty Blakely of Longview; nieces, 
Hannah Bartell and Abby Cox; nephews, Harrison and Hudson Bartell; aunts and 
uncles, James "Bubba" Arnold Jr., Jason Arnold, both of Longview, Jana and 
Lloyd Tisdale of Conroe, Eddie and Julie Weldon of Longview, and Loree and 
Ronnie Neismith of Bryan; as well as numerous cousins, and a host of other 
family and friends. "The family wants all of our family and friends to know 
how much all of the love, prayers, and words of comfort have helped us at this 
most difficult time. All our love to each and everyone. Love helps heal the pain." 
A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 9/25/2006.