CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Missouri McKinney Roberts, 19 Aug 1961 ----¤¤¤---- Obituary appeared in the Sunday, August 20, 1961 Elizabethton Star Hampton. Mrs. Missouri McKinney Roberts, 39, Route 1, Hampton, who was fatally injured Saturday night in an automobile accident in Avery County, N.C. was a native of Carter County and had lived her entire life in Hampton. She was a member of the Rittertown Baptist Church. Survivors are her husband, Timothy W. Roberts; three daughters, Wanda Roberts with the Women's Army Corps in Maryland, and Loretta Roberts and Reta Ann Roberts, both of the home; three sone, Elmer Ray Roberts, with the Air Force in Florida, and Toney Roberts and Wesley Roberts, both of the home, her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Frank McKinney, Johnson City; a sister, Mrs. Viola Boyd, Johnson City; and five brothers, Ernest Howell McKinney, Stacey McKinney, Ben McKinney, Leonard McKinney and Kermit McKinney all of Johnson City. Hathaway-Percy Funeral is in charge of arrangements. Funeral services for Mrs. Missouri McKinney Roberts will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Rittertown Baptist Church with Rev. Ham Campbell, Rev. Ralph Snead and Rev. Bruce Buchanan officiating. Hardin Bros Quartet in charge of music. Active pallbearers, Ben and Bill Deloach, Starlin Odom, Boyd Arnold, Garland Campbell, Harlan Calhoun, O.F. Buckles, Jack Kennedy. Honorary pallbearers, Horace Shull, Kelley Coy and I.B. Waycaster, Walter Jackson, George Smith. Flowerbearers will be the Young Ladies Class of the church and friends. The body will be returned to the home at 2 p.m. Tuesday and removed to the church at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to await the service hour. Burial in Rittertown Church Cemetery. Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Steve Peters sspeter2@bellsouth.net ___________________________________________________________________