Arleta Flo Whatley

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July 6, 1929 – July 8, 2021

Funeral Services for Arleta Flo Whatley, 92, formally of Denver City will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, July 13, 2021 in the Denver City Church of Christ with Dr. Alvin Sneed and Brother Skip Rodgers officiating, under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Denver City.

Arleta  passed away Thursday, July 8, 2021 in Abilene, Texas.

She was born July 6, 1929 in Lubbock County to Benjamin and Annie James.   Arleta married Herman Whatley on February 4, 1949 in Monahans, Texas.  She was a homemaker and a member of the Denver City Church of Christ.

Arleta was preceded in death by her husband Herman Whatley on November 18, 2008; her son-in-law John D. Self on January 22, 2001; along with five brothers and one sister.

She is survived by her two daughters Brenda Self of Abilene, Deanna Loe and her husband Travis of Canyon; a brother Ovis James and his wife Doris of Big Spring; a sister Charlotte Belich and her husband Bill of Ft. Worth; two sisters-in-law Laquita James of Shallowater, JoAn James of Louisiana; three grandchildren John D. Self III, Amy McClish and Abby Vassallo along with eight great grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the New Mexico Children’s Home in Portales, New Mexico.

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