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Elizabeth R "Lib" Roller was born on April 24, 1924 in Pulaski, Tennessee, the daughter of Dr Bert Anderson Roller (1893–1934) and his wife Helen Lovell (Denny) Roller (1895–1983).
She attended Peabody Demonstration School, graduating with a major in Physical Education. She also earned a masters degree in education and completed most of her doctoral courses before enlisting in the US Navy during World War II and serving her tour in Washington DC. She was openly proud of her military service and marched every year in her original uniform on Veterans Day.
Upon returning to Nashville, Lib taught special education in the public schools, eventually shifting her focus to teaching Native American Culture, Pioneer Living and Outdoor Education at the elementary level. At the same time, she was very active in community theater, working mostly backstage, though she did play Dolly in The Matchmaker and the lion in Shaw's Androcles.
When school was out each summer, Lib would go on archeological digs in Nebraska searching for mammoth bones, and she become quite a collector of ancient artifacts, which were proudly shared with her students and family.
During several summers she also ran a Girl Scout camp on Long Island, always bringing along her cats! There she was responsible for recruiting counselors and directing them in teaching crafts and outdoor activities.
Lib lived most of here life with various family members in Nashville, and after they died or moved away, she spent her remaining years at Belmont Village in Green Hills with her beloved cats and new friends. She was the aunt who always acknowledged everyone's birthday with generous gifts no matter where they lived. She also gave an annual Christmas party every year on December 26 where each family member received a large stocking filled with small, personalized gifts, collected all year long. Lib Roller lived life fully and on her own terms, and she was a yellow dog Democrat and a lifelong supporter of education and the arts.
A resident of Nashville, Tennessee, she was 92 years old when she passed away on November 17, 2016.
She was preceded in death by her parents and by their adopted daughters Helen Claire (Roller) Glover (1913-1982) and Jane Hays (Roller) Sights (1919-2016). [Helen and Jane were biological daughters of George Venable Rawlings and Edith Randolph (Denny) Rawlings, and when their parents died in 1921 and 1923, they were adopted and raised by their aunt Helen Lovell (Denny) Roller and her husband Bert Anderson Roller.]
Graveside Services were held in Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on November 18, 2016
Elizabeth R "Lib" Roller was born on April 24, 1924 in Pulaski, Tennessee, the daughter of Dr Bert Anderson Roller (1893–1934) and his wife Helen Lovell (Denny) Roller (1895–1983).
She attended Peabody Demonstration School, graduating with a major in Physical Education. She also earned a masters degree in education and completed most of her doctoral courses before enlisting in the US Navy during World War II and serving her tour in Washington DC. She was openly proud of her military service and marched every year in her original uniform on Veterans Day.
Upon returning to Nashville, Lib taught special education in the public schools, eventually shifting her focus to teaching Native American Culture, Pioneer Living and Outdoor Education at the elementary level. At the same time, she was very active in community theater, working mostly backstage, though she did play Dolly in The Matchmaker and the lion in Shaw's Androcles.
When school was out each summer, Lib would go on archeological digs in Nebraska searching for mammoth bones, and she become quite a collector of ancient artifacts, which were proudly shared with her students and family.
During several summers she also ran a Girl Scout camp on Long Island, always bringing along her cats! There she was responsible for recruiting counselors and directing them in teaching crafts and outdoor activities.
Lib lived most of here life with various family members in Nashville, and after they died or moved away, she spent her remaining years at Belmont Village in Green Hills with her beloved cats and new friends. She was the aunt who always acknowledged everyone's birthday with generous gifts no matter where they lived. She also gave an annual Christmas party every year on December 26 where each family member received a large stocking filled with small, personalized gifts, collected all year long. Lib Roller lived life fully and on her own terms, and she was a yellow dog Democrat and a lifelong supporter of education and the arts.
A resident of Nashville, Tennessee, she was 92 years old when she passed away on November 17, 2016.
She was preceded in death by her parents and by their adopted daughters Helen Claire (Roller) Glover (1913-1982) and Jane Hays (Roller) Sights (1919-2016). [Helen and Jane were biological daughters of George Venable Rawlings and Edith Randolph (Denny) Rawlings, and when their parents died in 1921 and 1923, they were adopted and raised by their aunt Helen Lovell (Denny) Roller and her husband Bert Anderson Roller.]
Graveside Services were held in Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on November 18, 2016
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Elizabeth R "Lib" Roller was born on April 24, 1924 in Pulaski, Tennessee, the daughter of Dr Bert Anderson Roller (1893–1934) and his wife Helen Lovell (Denny) Roller (1895–1983).
She attended Peabody Demonstration School, graduating with a major in Physical Education. She also earned a masters degree in education and completed most of her doctoral courses before enlisting in the US Navy during World War II and serving her tour in Washington DC. She was openly proud of her military service and marched every year in her original uniform on Veterans Day.
Upon returning to Nashville, Lib taught special education in the public schools, eventually shifting her focus to teaching Native American Culture, Pioneer Living and Outdoor Education at the elementary level. At the same time, she was very active in community theater, working mostly backstage, though she did play Dolly in The Matchmaker and the lion in Shaw's Androcles.
When school was out each summer, Lib would go on archeological digs in Nebraska searching for mammoth bones, and she become quite a collector of ancient artifacts, which were proudly shared with her students and family.
During several summers she also ran a Girl Scout camp on Long Island, always bringing along her cats! There she was responsible for recruiting counselors and directing them in teaching crafts and outdoor activities.
Lib lived most of here life with various family members in Nashville, and after they died or moved away, she spent her remaining years at Belmont Village in Green Hills with her beloved cats and new friends. She was the aunt who always acknowledged everyone's birthday with generous gifts no matter where they lived. She also gave an annual Christmas party every year on December 26 where each family member received a large stocking filled with small, personalized gifts, collected all year long. Lib Roller lived life fully and on her own terms, and she was a yellow dog Democrat and a lifelong supporter of education and the arts.
A resident of Nashville, Tennessee, she was 92 years old when she passed away on November 17, 2016.
She was preceded in death by her parents and by their adopted daughters Helen Claire (Roller) Glover (1913-1982) and Jane Hays (Roller) Sights (1919-2016). [Helen and Jane were biological daughters of George Venable Rawlings and Edith Randolph (Denny) Rawlings, and when their parents died in 1921 and 1923, they were adopted and raised by their aunt Helen Lovell (Denny) Roller and her husband Bert Anderson Roller.]
Graveside Services were held in Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on November 18, 2016
Elizabeth R "Lib" Roller was born on April 24, 1924 in Pulaski, Tennessee, the daughter of Dr Bert Anderson Roller (1893–1934) and his wife Helen Lovell (Denny) Roller (1895–1983).
She attended Peabody Demonstration School, graduating with a major in Physical Education. She also earned a masters degree in education and completed most of her doctoral courses before enlisting in the US Navy during World War II and serving her tour in Washington DC. She was openly proud of her military service and marched every year in her original uniform on Veterans Day.
Upon returning to Nashville, Lib taught special education in the public schools, eventually shifting her focus to teaching Native American Culture, Pioneer Living and Outdoor Education at the elementary level. At the same time, she was very active in community theater, working mostly backstage, though she did play Dolly in The Matchmaker and the lion in Shaw's Androcles.
When school was out each summer, Lib would go on archeological digs in Nebraska searching for mammoth bones, and she become quite a collector of ancient artifacts, which were proudly shared with her students and family.
During several summers she also ran a Girl Scout camp on Long Island, always bringing along her cats! There she was responsible for recruiting counselors and directing them in teaching crafts and outdoor activities.
Lib lived most of here life with various family members in Nashville, and after they died or moved away, she spent her remaining years at Belmont Village in Green Hills with her beloved cats and new friends. She was the aunt who always acknowledged everyone's birthday with generous gifts no matter where they lived. She also gave an annual Christmas party every year on December 26 where each family member received a large stocking filled with small, personalized gifts, collected all year long. Lib Roller lived life fully and on her own terms, and she was a yellow dog Democrat and a lifelong supporter of education and the arts.
A resident of Nashville, Tennessee, she was 92 years old when she passed away on November 17, 2016.
She was preceded in death by her parents and by their adopted daughters Helen Claire (Roller) Glover (1913-1982) and Jane Hays (Roller) Sights (1919-2016). [Helen and Jane were biological daughters of George Venable Rawlings and Edith Randolph (Denny) Rawlings, and when their parents died in 1921 and 1923, they were adopted and raised by their aunt Helen Lovell (Denny) Roller and her husband Bert Anderson Roller.]
Graveside Services were held in Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on November 18, 2016
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