Obituaries:  Fred Roberson, Sabine Parish       R-162
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 3, 1967
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Fred Roberson

  Death claimed one of Zwolle's leading citizens Sunday, Feb. 26,
at 4 a.m. Taken from this earthly life was Mr. Fred M. Roberson
Sr., 58, respected pharmacist.

  Mr. Roberson had operated Pelican Drug at Zwolle since 1961.
Prior to that, he operated a drug store in Dubach. Before that he
had managed Walgreen Drug Stores in Chicago, Knoxville, and
Nashville. During his life, he had served as a detail man for
Winthrop Laboratories in North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, and Virginia.

  He was a past president of the Zwolle Lions Club, and a member
of the Zwolle Area Development Association. He also held
membership in the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association.

  Funeral services for Mr. Roberson were held Monday, Feb. 27, at
3 p.m., in the Fellowship Baptist Church near Dubach, with the
Rev. D. A. Daughty officiating. Burial was in the Fellowship
Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home of
Many. The body lay in state at the Fellowship Baptist Church,
from 12 noon until the time of services.

  Survivors included his wife; two sons, Fred Roberson Jr. of
Zwolle, and Frank Roberson of Roberson, Ill.; his mother, Mrs. T.
R. Roberson of Dubach; a brother, M. R. Roberson of Shreveport;
and two grandchildren.