Benny Ray Jobe

A graveside service for Benny Ray Jobe, of Ballinger, Texas, will be held Sunday, December 14, 2014, at 2:00 p.m., at Evergreen Cemetery in Ballinger, with Pastor Lynn Smith officiating.


Benny Ray, 86, passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2014 under hospice care at a Texas State Veteran?s Home in Big Spring, Texas after a long illness.

He was born April 20, 1928 in Abilene, Texas to Andrew Thomas Jobe and Nora Elizabeth (Standerfer) Jobe. They moved to Winters, Texas, Runnels County, just a few short years later where Benny was raised thereafter.

On November 01, 1948, he married Mary Jessie Caudle in Ballinger, Runnels County. They began their 58 years together in Ballinger, were blessed with a son, Bobby Weldon Jobe, in 1957, and moved while Ben was in the military, sometimes across states and oceans and later, spent their retirement years back in Ballinger where their journey began.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jessie (Caudle) Jobe, his parents, Andrew Thomas ("A.T.") and Nora Elizabeth (Standerfer) Jobe, and his 10 siblings: 5 sisters; Bertha Marie Jobe Kissinger, Juanita Ruth Jobe Ingraham Taft, Naomi Lee Jobe Boswell, Catherine Moneta Jobe Glasscock and his twin, Betty Jo Jobe Turnbow and 5 brothers; Aaron Forrest ("Bud") Jobe, Howard Clarence Jobe, Alvis Truett ("Slats") Jobe, W.C. ("Dood") Jobe, and Byron Davis ("B.D.") Jobe.

He is survived by his son, Bobby Weldon Jobe, wife Sandra S. "Susie" (Cox) Jobe, his grandson, Perry Lee Jobe, and numerous nieces and nephews.

In January, 1952, Benny Ray enlisted in the United States Air Force and retired as a Master Sergeant after twenty years of service. After military retirement, he continued working in the private sector, retiring in 1990 from Halliburton Geophysical. Shortly thereafter, Ben and Jess retired to Ballinger. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, VFW and 1st Christian Church.

He enjoyed golf, some hunting and fishing, and always continued reciting poetry, telling stories, playing his harmonica, and loved music, especially old songs, jingles, traditional country music and hymns which he often sang or recited during his everyday activities. After retirement, he loved working on his “Crosstie Ranch” raising goats, growing pecan trees, and gardening. Mostly, whether it was with Jessie, other family members, the oldest or newest friends (he almost never met a stranger), hanging out at his “office” at the local feed store, visiting the local café, bank, etc. or earlier in life somewhere in the 50 states or across the globe with people of different cultures, he loved life and people.

He was a devoted and loving family man and friend who we miss tremendously and whose life we celebrate, are grateful for and cherish the memories until we can see him again.