Rev. Lloyd Roberts

WEAVERVILLE - REV. LLOYD V. ROBERTS, 72, 0F 466-1 REEMS CREEK WENT HOME TO GLORY LAND FEBRUARY 17, 2001 . A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY HE HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JOHNNY AND SUSIE ROBERTS. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER, JAMES ROBERTS AND A NEPHEW KEITH ROBERTS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF WOODLAND HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE OF 52 YEARS, INEZ COGDILL ROBERTS OF THE HOME, SIX CHILDREN, PEGGY JO SHELTON OF MARS HILL, JANICE ANN BENNETT OF WEAVERVILLE, KAREN MARLOWE OF NEBO, LARRY ROBERTS OF WEAVERVILLE, RICKEY ROBERTS OF NEBO AND RITA HUDGINS OF MARION; 11 SPECIAL GRANDCHILDREN AND STEP GRANDCHILDREN; 6 PRECIOUS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; BROTHERS. COY AND LEONARD ROBERTS OF MARSHALL, BRANSON AND HOWARD ROBERTS OF ALEXANDER, RAY ROBERTS OF WEAVERVILLE AND RICHARD ROBERTS OF ASHEVILLE; SISTERS, OPAL RICE AND MARGARET RIDDLE OF ALEXANDER, ELLEN ROBERTS OF ASHEVILLE, LEOLA NAVY OF COLUMBIA, SC AND 27 NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. TUESDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REVS. EB JENKINS AND H.L. WILSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN GREEN HILLS CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 9:00 P.M. MONDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME. A MAN OF GREAT FAITH, REV. ROBERTS DEDICATED 48 YEARS OF HIS LIFE MINISTERING FOR GOD AND PASTURING OF CHURCHES. HE WAS DEVOTED TO HIS WIFE, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL THOSE WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM.