Irwin County GaArchives Obituaries.....Dr. J. Warren Roberts January 30 1998 ************************************************ 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: Kay Music http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00028.html#0006826 February 11, 2003, 6:52 am The Ocilla Star Newspaper, Wednesday, February 4,1998 Dr. J. W. Roberts The funeral service for Dr. J. Warren Roberts, DVM of Sonoma, CA, who died Friday, January 30, 1998 at his residence, was held Tuesday, February 3 at graveside in Ocilla Cemetery. He was 74. Rev. Kirk Loyless officiated at the 2:00 p.m. service. The deceased was born March 22, 1923 in Adel to Charles Howell and Madeline Marsh Roberts. A retired veterinarian from Knoxville, TN, Dr. Roberts was a former veterinarian in Ocilla. Of Methodist faith and veteran of WWII, U. S. Army, he was preceded in death by wife, Jeanette Cross Roberts. Dr. Roberts had lived in Sonoma for 3 months, moving from Pittsboro,NC. He was a member of the American Veterinary Medicine Association and past president of the Lions Club, Knoxville. He was a 1945 graduate of Auburn University. He is survived by one son: Lt. Colonel James W. "Jim" Roberts, Jr.; one daughter-in law and one nephew. Paulk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb