Mae Grooms Roberts

CANDLER - MAE GROOMS ROBERTS, 83, OF 439 MONTE VISTA ROAD DIED TUESDAY AT THE ASTON PARK HEALTH CARE CENTER AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY, SHE HAD LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF SUNRISE BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WILLIAM WALTER AND BONNIE BALDWIN GROOMS AND THE WIFE OF THE LATE SANFORD McCORMICK ROBERTS. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, EARL McCORMICK ROBERTS. SURVIVING ARE HER SONS, S. CRAIG ROBERTS AND C. JACK ROBERTS BOTH OF ASHEVILLE; SISTERS, VALERIE SURRETT OF CANDLER AND VELMA CHRISTINE RIDDLE OF CHATHAM, VA.; BROTHERS, GARRISON GROOMS AND LATT GROOMS BOTH OF ASHEVILLE, LAWRENCE GROOMS OF BRISTOL, VA. AND HARRY GROOMS OF ASHEVILLE; AND 5 GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 3:00 P.M. THURSDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REVS. CLAUDE SURRETT AND BILL HIGGINS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN PISGAH VIEW MEMORIAL PARK. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS ONE HOUR BEFORE SERVICES AT THE FUNERAL HOME.