Calhoun-Perry County AlArchives Obituaries.....Roberts, Eliza Wyatt Hornbuckle May 31, 1920
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The Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama
Source: The Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama
Date: May 31, 1920

OXFORD NEWS

MRS. R. G. ROBERTS DIES SUDDENLY SUNDAY EVENING

Death of Universally Beloved Woman Causes Sorrow in Oxford

Sorrow and grief settled over Oxford like a pall on Sunday night and Monday as 
the news passed from home to home that Mrs. Eliza Hornbuckle Roberts had been 
called from earth into a life of sweet repose and ample reward for her 68 
years of beautiful Christian service, the sudden death of the universally 
beloved woman coming as a distinct shock to the friends of the family 
throughout many sections of Alabama.

In the death of Mrs. Roberts there is removed from earth one of the genuinely 
lovable types linking the old and the new, a woman whose home influence has 
extended far and near has joined the silent majority and real grief of the 
king that lingers holds sway today in the hearts of those who knew and loved 
her.

Mrs. Roberts was 68 years of age at the time of her death, her last birthday 
on February 29 having been celebrated with many unusual features, the 
distinction of Leap year birthdays having been hers.  Born at the Judson 
college during the presidency of her father, the late Dr. Hornbuckle, Mrs. 
Roberts spent her childhood and early womanhood under the roof of the honoral 
institution, and during all the years of her active life since moving to 
Oxford at their marriage she had had an active interest in the woman's 
educational center of the Alabama Baptist, educating her daughters at the 
famous institution founded by her illustrious father.

Mrs. Roberts' health had not been good during; the past winter, but she had 
improved apparently and had been up and about the house for the past week.  
She was stricken suddenly Sunday evening and passed away within a short time 
despite the efforts of neighbors, physicians and nurses to restore her after 
the Sunday evening attack.

Surviving the lamented Oxford woman are five grown children, Earl Roberts, of 
the Anniston Hardware Company sales staff; Mrs. James Orr, of Oxford, Captain 
R. Gowan Roberts, of Talladega; Mrs. Foster Mellon of Oxford and Mrs. Sam 
Mellon of Fort Worth, Texas, whose father, the late Richard Gaines Roberts, 
died at his home in Oxford about five years ago.

Funeral arrangements are being held uppending the arrival of Ms. Roberts' 
youngest daughter, Mrs. Roberta Roberts Mellon, who is en route home from Fort 
Worth.  The services will probably be held on Wednesday from the late's home, 
with interment at Oxford cemetery.

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