Orange County NcArchives Obituaries.....Roberts, Mrs. W. T. June 17, 1944 ************************************************ 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: Jacqueline Wilkerson jgwilkerson@earthlink.net April 16, 2007, 8:20 pm The News, Hillsboro, N.C., Thursday, June 29, 1944 Mrs. W. T. Roberts of Orange County died June 17 at Watts Hospital in Durham, after one week of illness and the complication of diseases. She was 66. She was a member of the Sharon Methodist church. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. S.F. Nicks on June 19. Burial was in the church cemetery. Survivors: Husband: W. T. Roberts Six Sons: Leon of Goldsboro, Cleon of Prospect Hill, William of Portsmouth, Virginia, Reid of Hillsboro, Preston and Frank of the home. Three Daughters: Mrs. L. T. Tilley and Miss Beatrice Roberts of Hillsboro and Miss Mabel Roberts of Raleigh Three Sisters: Mrs. Ada Tilley of Rougemont, Mrs. R. W. Anderson of Hillsboro and Mrs. H. F. Parker of Anderson, South Carolina 11 grandchildren Additional Comments: She was Virginia Frances Laws, daughter of William Rufus "Buck" Laws and Mary Jane Gray. She is buried in the New Sharon United Methodist Church Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/orange/obits/r/roberts599gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb