Sione Aliimatafitafi "BJ"

Sione Aliimatafitafi "BJ" obituary, Seminole, TX

Sione Aliimatafitafi "BJ"

Sione Aliimatafitafi "BJ" Obituary

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Funeral Services for Sione Aliimatafitafi will be held at 11:00 A.M. (MST), Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at Seventh Day Adventist Church under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home, Seminole, Texas, officiated by Pastor Ken.

Sione Aliimatafitafi was born in American Samoa, on May 27, 1981, to Metai Aliimatafitafi and Fiado Tui.

Sione married the love of his life Leiloa Mamona on November 19, 2010, in Utah. He loved spending time with his two sons and his family. He was a mechanic for ASAP.

Sione is preceded in death by his father Metai Aliimatafitafi, and a brother Eric Metai.

His is survived by his wife Leiloa Aliimatafitafi, his two sons Monroe J.T. Aliimatafitafi (MJ), and Job Jeremiah (JJ), his mother Fiado Aliimatafitafi-Alamogordo, NM, a brother Maefumaletaisamasama Metai and wife Margaret Sagaga of San Antonio, TX, a niece Petaniafou Sagaga, and two nephews  Maefumaletaisamasama Jr Metai, and Eric Metai, his Godfather: Monroe Ratchford, Gained Extended Families: The Mares family from Hobbs, NM and Seminole, TX, The Sarakanti Family from Hobbs, NM, The Cupples Family from Hobbs, NM, The Espinoza Family from Seminole, TX, The entire Trevino family from Andrews, TX, last but not least the Hobbs, NM and Seminole, TX Communities.

A family and friends’ visitation will be held on Monday, October 13, 2025, from 6:00 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. at Ratliff Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole, Texas.

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