Laurens-Bibb-Jasper County GaArchives Obituaries.....Roberts, Willie James "Billy" January 6, 1953 ************************************************ 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: William J. (Jim) Carroll williamcarrollj@bellsouth.net January 28, 2011, 2:20 pm The Dublin Courier Herald 1-7-1953 W. J. Roberts Rites Thurs. Final rites for Willie James Roberts, 55, of Macon, will be held Thursday, January 8, at three PM at C. Homer Adams Chapel and interment will follow in Northview Cemetery. Officiating minister will be Rev. Earnest Thompson of Macon and Adams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be members of Plumbers Union Local 472 of Macon, Ga. Mr. Roberts, a former Dublinite and grandson of the late Mrs. M. B. Childers, was born and reared in Monticello, Ga. and moved to Dublin in 1911 where he lived until 1937. He was engaged in the Plumbing business, was a Veteran of World War I, a member of Plumbers Union Local 472 of Macon, and a member of the First Christian Church of Macon. He had resided in Macon for the past 10 years. He died Tuesday, January 6 in a Dublin hospital, following a long illness. He was married to the former Katie M. Tyson and she survives him. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. J. C. (Joyce) Webster, South Bend Ind. and Mrs. Gladys Morris, Macon; one granddaughter, Anne Marie Morris, Macon; mother, Mrs. J. R. Roberts, Dublin; two aunts, Mrs. J. W. Mathews and Mrs. Maude Bankston, Dublin; one uncle, Dock Childers, Eastman; and a number of cousins and other relatives. Additional Comments: Willie James was born 16 Mar 1897. Georgia death certificate #1605. He is Buried in Section N, Row 18 at Northview Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/laurens/obits/r/roberts13195ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb