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John Calvin Roberts Sr.

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John Calvin Roberts Sr.

Birth
Green Hill, Drew County, Arkansas, USA
Death
7 Jul 1974 (aged 76)
Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Star City, Lincoln County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas
Monday, July 8, 1974

John Roberts Sr.
John C. Roberts Sr., 76, of Star City, died Sunday at Jefferson Hospital. A retired timberman and sawmill operator, he was born at Green Hill (Drew County), a son of the late Robert and Emma Crawford Roberts.
He worked in the timber business in Lincoln County for 50 years and was a member of the First Baptist Church at Star City.

Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Fannie Clary, who he married in 1920; two sons, John C. Roberts Jr. of Star City and Robert W. Roberts of Little Rock; a daughter, Mrs. Marine R. Drake of Star City; three brothers, Mead Roberts of Memphis, Ray Roberts of Dumas and Payne Roberts of Marion, Louisiana; four sisters, Mrs. Alma Archer of Monticello, Mrs. Ruby Blankenship and Mrs. Bertha McClain of Houston, and Mrs. Elizabeth Lynch of Columbus, Ohio; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a. m. Tuesday at Primitive Baptist Church at Star City. Burial will be in Drake Cemetery by Ralph Robinson & Son Mortuary of Pine Bluff.

Pallbearers will be Buck Blyth, June Henley, Donald Drake, Havis Donaldson, Ralph Clary and Mak Parks.
Pine Bluff Commercial
Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas
Monday, July 8, 1974

John Roberts Sr.
John C. Roberts Sr., 76, of Star City, died Sunday at Jefferson Hospital. A retired timberman and sawmill operator, he was born at Green Hill (Drew County), a son of the late Robert and Emma Crawford Roberts.
He worked in the timber business in Lincoln County for 50 years and was a member of the First Baptist Church at Star City.

Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Fannie Clary, who he married in 1920; two sons, John C. Roberts Jr. of Star City and Robert W. Roberts of Little Rock; a daughter, Mrs. Marine R. Drake of Star City; three brothers, Mead Roberts of Memphis, Ray Roberts of Dumas and Payne Roberts of Marion, Louisiana; four sisters, Mrs. Alma Archer of Monticello, Mrs. Ruby Blankenship and Mrs. Bertha McClain of Houston, and Mrs. Elizabeth Lynch of Columbus, Ohio; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a. m. Tuesday at Primitive Baptist Church at Star City. Burial will be in Drake Cemetery by Ralph Robinson & Son Mortuary of Pine Bluff.

Pallbearers will be Buck Blyth, June Henley, Donald Drake, Havis Donaldson, Ralph Clary and Mak Parks.

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