Atkinson-Tift County GaArchives Obituaries.....Roberts, Laverne Crosby Taft  April 28, 2009
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The Atkinsn County Citizen - April 30, 2009
TIFTON - Laverne Crosby Roberts, 66, of Tifton died Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 
Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday 
in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Wayne Driskell 
and the Rev. Tom Deal officiating. Burial will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. 
Randy Taft, Roland Mitchell, Kevin Kirby, Michael Spikes, Elden Gurley and Joey 
Gurley will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 
tonight at the funeral home. Mrs. Roberts was born Aug. 19, 1942 in Axson and 
was the daughter of Joe Crosby and Mamie Mathews Crosby, both deceased. She was 
also preceded in death by her first husband, Donald Taft; three brothers, R.T. 
Crosby, Clifford Crosby and Eugene Crosby; and one sister, Lorene Carver. She 
was the owner and operator of Laverne's Beauty Salon and a member of Tifton 
Primitive Baptist Church. She was also a former member of the Pilot Club. Mrs. 
Roberts is survived by her husband, Kyle Roberts of Tifton; one son, Ronald 
Gene Taft of Tifton; daughter, Donna Sue Taft of Douglasville; four sisters, 
Helen Gurley of Axson, Genell Wilson of Douglas, Jannie Giddens of Pearson and 
Tessie Burch of Axson; and eight grandchildren including, Kevin Kirby of 
Atlanta and Savanah Mobley of Tifton. Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals is in 
charge of arrangements. 

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