Avery County NcArchives Obituaries.....Roberts, Wilma J August 2, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@charter.net August 9, 2006, 1:00 pm Elizabethton Star August 6, 2006 Wilma J. Roberts Wilma J. Roberts, 81, 238 Ollie Collins Road, Elizabethton, died Thursday, August 3, 2006, at Lutheran Home - Hickory West, Hickory, N.C., following an extended illness. Mrs. Roberts was a native of Avery County, N.C. She was a homemaker and a member of East Side Free Will Baptist Church, Elizabethton. Mrs. Roberts was preceded in death by her parents, Clayton and Ada Bunton, a son, Eddie Blackburn, and a daughter, Wilma Alice Angle. Survivors include her husband, L.C. Roberts, of the home; two sons, Robert Blackburn and Albert Clay Blackburn, both of Newton, N.C.; and two daughters, Mary Jane "Janie" Angle and Elizabeth Tolley, both of Newton, N.C. Several grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive. The funeral service for Mrs. Roberts will be conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday, August 6, in the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Howard Messer and Rev. Mark Simmons officiating. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, prior to the service. The graveside service and interment will be at 10 a.m. Monday, August 7, at Colbaugh Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Those who wish to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the cemetery at 9:55 a.m. Monday. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site: www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of the arrangements. Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/avery/obits/r/roberts301gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb