Obituaries:  Rev. Monroe Roberts, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       R-163
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 27, 1979
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Rev. Monroe Roberts

  The Rev. Monroe Roberts, 95, of Provencal, died Friday, Sept.
21, in a Natchitoches hospital, after a long illness.

  Services were held at 2 p.m., in Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral
Home Chapel in Natchitoches, with the Rev. Troy Wheeler, and the
Rev. Robert M. McGill Jr. officiating. Burial followed in Shady
Grove Cemetery near Bellwood.

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Jane Roberts of Provencal;
six sons, Curtis Roberts of Smithville, Texas, Chester Roberts of
Pineville, Truman Roberts, and Hershel Roberts, both of Baton
Rouge, Sherman Roberts of LeCompte, and Billy Roberts of
Natchitoches; three daughters, Jewel Evans of Baton Rouge,
Claudia Rashall of Shreveport, and Willie McGrath of Hurst,
Texas; two sisters, Louise Hawthorne of Provencal, and Julia Key
of Mansfield; 20 grandchildren; and 18 great grandchildren.