Elbert County GaArchives Obituaries.....Roberts, Minnie L. Wheelis May 17, 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Esther Smith http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006600 April 8, 2010, 9:31 pm Ocilla Newspaper Ocilla - Mrs. Minnie L. Roberts, 97, died Saturday, May 17, 2003, at Osceola Nursing Home in Ocilla. Mrs. Roberts was born in Elbert County on October 21, 1905, to R.B. and Blanche Gunter Wheelis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rafe Roberts, and four sons, Amon Roberts, Ralph Roberts, Harmon Roberts and Barney Roberts. A seamstress for Crouch's Cleaners, she was a member of Old Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church. She had lived in the community most of her life. Survivors include: sons, W.B. Roberts and Hugh Roberts, both of Ocilla, and Troy Roberts of Fitzgerald; daughter, Margie Horne of Perry; 16 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 11 am Monday, May 19, at Old Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Charles Tyson officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. The Paulk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/elbert/obits/r/roberts13014ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb