Calhoun County AlArchives Obituaries.....Roberts, Earle Blassingame November 1, 1956
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The Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama
Source: The Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama
Date: November 2, 1956

Earle Roberts Passes at 77 At His Home

Earle Blassingame Roberts, a well known Oxford civic leader, died last night 
at 11:55 o'clock at his residence, 227 Main Street, In Oxford, aft er an 
illness of three days.  He would have been 78 years old today.

Funeral services will be conducted at First Baptist Church in Oxford tomor row 
with the Rev. Eugene Cotey officiating.  Burial will follow in Oxford 
Cemetery.  The time of the service will be announced later by Usrey Fun eral 
Home.

Mr. Roberts retired on Oct, 1 after serving for 50 years as a buyer for 
Anniston Hardware Company.  He was a member of Oxford's First Baptist Church 
and was one of the organizers of the Boy Scout movement in the Oxford 
Community.

Survivors include one son, James R. Roberts, Oxford; two daughters, Miss Mary 
G. Roberts, Oxford, and Mrs. Lydia R. Wingfield, Atlanta, Ga.; three sisters, 
Mrs. James A. Orr, Mrs. Foster Mellon and Mrs. Sam A. Mellon, all of Oxford.

He was married to the late Mrs. Margaret Richey Roberts and was the brother of 
the late Gowan Roberts, former Talladega County Tax Collector.

Mr. Roberts was born and reared in Oxford and attended the old Oxford Coll 
ege.  He was a member of the old Anniston Symphony Orchestra which was 
directed by T. Stanley Sibert.  He also was Scoutmaster of one of the first 
Boy Scout troops ever organized in the community.

Mr. Roberts was a member of the Calhoun County Sportsman's Club and the Oxford 
Chamber of Commerce.


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