Obit Of Roberts, Bertie Mae - Washita County, Oklahoma

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Roberts, Bertie Mae

Bertie Mae Roberts Dec. 11, 1929-May 20, 2007 A funeral service will 
be held at 10:00 a.m., on Friday, May 25, at Mish Funeral Home, 120 
Minner Ave, for Bertie Roberts. Pastor John May of Rio Bravo Valley 
Baptist Church will officiate. A gathering at Standard Park will 
begin immediately after the service for a time of sharing and 
remembering. Bertie went home to the Lord on May 20, after a sudden 
illness. Born Bertie Mae Thomason to Jefferson Pinkney Thomason and 
Jossie (Daniels) Thomason in Sentinel Oklahoma, she was the first of 
five children. She was preceded in death by her brother, Jeff Jr; 
sister, Lorene, and parents, Jeff and Jossie. Bertie is survived by 2 
siblings, Jossie Fay Van Horn of Boron, CA ,and Jack Thomason of La 
Puente, CA. Bertie is survived by four sons: Jim Cobbs of Arroyo 
Grande; Larry Cobbs of Pismo Beach, CA; Don Cobbs of Stigler, OK and 
Lonnie Cobbs of Bakersfield. Also sharing Bertie's memory are ten 
grandchildren and fifteen great- grandchildren. In 1946, when Bertie 
was in her mid-teens, her entire family packed all of their 
belongings and boarded a train heading for California. They arrived 
in Arvin, CA where they found work. Bertie attended Bakersfield High 
School and later on she attended Bakersfield College. She became a 
pre-school teacher, and became friends with Marty, who through thick 
and thin stayed friends for over 42 years. In her fifty-five years 
living in Kern County, she also worked as a social worker. Her 
hobbies included sewing and almost any kind of craft and art work. In 
her younger years, she loved photography and learned to develop her 
own black and white photos.

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 5/23/2007.
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