Nettie Elizabeth Roberts
Nettie Elizabeth Roberts, 86, of Ashland, died at 10:46 pm, Monday, November 17, 2014 at St. John’s Hospice. She was born November 28, 1927 in Liberia, to Frank and Geeblohn Mehn Williams. She married Tecumsay Jomo Roberts, Sr. on November 27, 1946 and he preceded her in death on May 6, 2013.
She is survived by four daughters, Marion (Charles) Woelfel of Winston Salem, NC, Elsie Lancaster of Silver Spring, MD, Gifty (Roosevelt) Smith of Chatsworth, IL and Yarvo Roberts of Ashland; two sons, T. Markous (Teresa) Roberts of Atlanta, GA and Sandy Roberts of Liberia; thirty-seven grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren and one sister Sarah Moore of Bayonne, NJ.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband; one son, Tecumsay J. Roberts, Jr.; two brothers and one sister.
Nettie was a member of Ashland United Methodist Church. She worked as a nutritionist for the Liberian National Police Academy.
Visitation: 9-10 am, Saturday, December 6, 2014, at First United Methodist Church.
Funeral Service: 10:30 am Saturday, December 6, 2014 at First United Methodist Church with Reverend Gifty and Roosevelt Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Williams Family posted on 11/25/14
Our heartfelt condolences to the family. It is our prayer that God will bring much comfort to the family in the days ahead. God has promised us a time when sickness and death will be no more Revelation 21:3-5). May the family have comfort and peace during this time of great loss.