Ova Lee Roberts

FAIRVIEW - OVA LEE GRANNY ROBERTS, 68, OF 46 GIBSON ROBERTS ROAD WENT HOME TO BE WITH JESUS MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2001 IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE WAS BORN AUGUST 28, 1932 IN MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA TO THE LATE ERNEST AND JUANITA (NETA) PAYNE. SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED BY GERBER AND WALKER MANUFACTURERS. SHE WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE TROY T. ROBERTS AND IS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SON, ROBERT ROBERTS, BROTHERS ARTHUR AND JUNIOR PAYNE AND SISTERS OLA MACE AND JEAN MACE. SHE WAS A LITTLE WOMAN WITH A LOVING HEART AND A FIREY SPIRIT SHE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTERS, CAROLYN FORTNER, OF CHARLOTTE, PAULINE ROBERTS AND HUSBAND, OTTO TYSLAND BOTH OF WESTMINSTER, SC, NANCY CRAIG OF ASHEVILLE, KATHY ROBERTS OF FAIRVIEW, SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN LAW, ALLEN AND PATTY ROBERTS OF ANDERSONVILLE, TN AND BEN AND CATHERINE ROBERTS OF FAIRVIEW. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY GRANDDAUGHTERS, JENNIFER ROBERTS OF ANDERSONVILLE, TN AND MICHELLE GOBEN OF NEW BRAUNFELS, TX; GRANDSONS MATT DUNCAN OF DUNCAN, SOUTH CAROLINA AND DEWAYNE RICE OF NEW MARKET, TN AND 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; SISTER, IDA MAE GOLDSMITH OF WATERLOO, ILLINOIS AND BROTHER, RAY PAYNE OF MARSHALL. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. THURSDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. JOEL BURTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT ASHELAWN GARDENS OF MEMORY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 8:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME. TO REGISTER ONLINE PLEASE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com.