Irwin County GaArchives Obituaries.....Raymond Roberts  January 12 1998
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The Ocilla Star Newspaper, Wednesday, January 21,1998


Raymond Roberts
    The funeral service for Raymond Roberts of Ocilla, who died Monday, 
January 12, 1998 at Tift General Hospital, was held Thursday, January 15 
at Old Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church in Irwin county. He was 71.   
Elder Charles Tyson, Rev. Carroll McMillan and Hugh Roberts officiated 
at the 11:00 a.m. service with interment in the church cemetery.
Music was provided by Jo Ann Snyder, keyboard; Athleen Fletcher, Hugh 
Roberts, Jo Ann Snyder, singers; and congregational singing.
Pallbearers were Ira Paulk, John
Hudson, Robert Fain, W. F. "Buck" Martin, Buddy Bennett, Jack Gray, 
Walter Tyler, and Herman Mixon.
The deceased was born October 10, 1926 in Irwin county to Charlie C. and 
Dona Allen Roberts. A retired farmer and a member of Old Valley Grove 
Church, Mr. Roberts had lived in Irwin county all his life. He was a 
former member of the Irwin County Forestry Board and Irwin County Health 
Board.
He is survived by his wife, Iantha "Pete" Roberts of Ocilla; two sons: 
Harold L. Roberts of Douglas and R. Carroll Roberts of Fitzgerald; one 
daughter: Debra R. Newsome of Ocilla; one sister: Ruby Broome of 
Decatur, formerly of Ocilla; 7 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Paulk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements


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