Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Roberson, Nola M November 10, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak jkodak@charter.net November 16, 2006, 11:25 am Elizabethton Star Nov 15, 2006 Nola M. Roberson Nola Mae Stockton Roberson, 76, of Elizabethton, went home to be with Jesus, Friday, November 10, 2006, at Johnson City Medical Center following complications from surgery. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late John and Julia Hughes Stockton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Orville Lewis Roberson, four brothers, Voiad, Claude, Marshall and Paul Stockton, and two sisters, Mary Street and Ida Henson. Mrs. Roberson had worked for Empire Furniture Company and was a homemaker. She was of the Free Will Baptist faith. Survivors include three sons and two daughters-in-law, Jimmy and Beverly Roberson, Dale and Penny Roberson and Bobby Roberson, all of Elizabethton; a daughter and son-in-law, Billie and John Merritt of Elizabethton; a brother and sister-in-law, Spence and Grace Stockton of Roan Mountain; two sisters, Edna Vance of North Carolina and Dorothy Roberson of Roan Mountain; six grandchildren, Elizabeth Clark, Amanda Roberson, Julia Roberson, Dustin Roberson and Alesha Roberson, all of Elizabethton, and Emily Roberson of Virginia; and two great-grandchildren, Aaron and Tera Clark of Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services for Mrs. Roberson will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 15, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Randy Johnson officiating. Music will be provided by Laurel Adkins. Graveside services and interment will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 16, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, will be Carl Roberson, Barry Stockton, Roger Stockton, Gary Stockton, L.D. Vance and Les Roberson. Honorary pallbearers will be Cecil Honeycutt, J.D. Snyder, J.R. Stockton, Sam Harrison, Charlie Trivett, Ronnie Edwards, Doyce Sheffield, Noah Ensor, Ken Dugger, Ben Johnson and Ray Whitehead. Also her special friends: Leona Street and Ruby Weeks. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. Thursday to go to the cemetery. Online condolences may be e-mailed to the Roberson family at mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carter/obits/r/roberson386gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb