Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Roberts, Ike August 22, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  August 22, 2006
Ike Roberts 





    Ike Roberts, 81, 1345 Dry Creek Road, Elizabethton, went home to be with 

the Lord on Sunday, August 20, 2006, with his family by his side at the 

Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. 





    Ike was a lifelong resident of Carter County and the son of the late 

Isaac "Coon" and Laura Maggie Moffitt Roberts. In addition to his parents, he 

was preceded in death by three brothers, Arnold, Fred and Larn, five sisters, 

Nola Roberts, Rosie Holder, Stella Ellison, Faye Mangus and Frances Lyons, and 

an infant granddaughter, Tammy Lee Walker. 





    Ike was an avid fisherman, deer and coon hunter. He owned and operated the 

Gap Creek Bus Line for many years and was a retired school bus driver with the 

Carter County School System. He loved to spend Sunday afternoon with his 

family and friends. He was a loving husband, father and "Pa." 





    Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Betty Campbell Roberts, of the 

home; a daughter and son-in-law, Trula and Johnny Walker, Elizabethton; a son 

and daughter-in-law, Eddie and Shavonne Roberts, Elizabethton; two grandsons, 

Ronnie and Lynn Walker; four granddaughters and their spouses, Debbie and 

Billy Garrett, Atlanta, Ga., Shon and Dale Blevins and Angie and Brian Andes, 

all of Elizabethton, and Becky and Jimmy Light, Blountville; 10 great-

grandchildren, Kevin and Amy Walker, Johnny Lynn Walker, Derek Harrison, 

Hannah Mock, Kaitlyn McKeehan, Brandon Blevins, Isaac Easter, Casey Blevins 

and Morgan Garrett; and two great-great-grandchildren, Chloe Holden and Tracy 

Walker. He is also survived by two special nieces, Frankie Hubbard and Hassie 

Hall, and two special neighbors and friends, Richard and Mary Miller. 





    Funeral services for Mr. Roberts will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, 

August 22, with the Rev. Dale Blevins and the Rev. Alan Simerly officiating. 

Music will be provided by Shon Blevins and C.J. Roberts. The family will 

receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, prior to the 

service. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 

23, in the Lyons Cemetery. Those wishing to attend should meet at the cemetery 

at 10:45 a.m. Active pallbearers will be Richard Miller, Alfred Hubbard, Carl 

Roberts, Johnny Lynn Walker, Lynn and Ronnie Walker and David Hare. Honorary 

pallbearers will be Lawrence Walker, I.G. Peters, Bill Lyons, Steve and Bob 

Culler, Kevin Culler, Glen Henegar, Jimmy Light and Vernon Campbell. Family 

and friends may call at the home at anytime. Online condolences to the Roberts 

family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. 





    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.



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