January 19, 1997

REV. EARL V. ROBERTS

BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- The Rev. Earl V. Roberts, 80, of Buncombe, Ill., died Friday, Jan. 17, 1997, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. He was born March 1, 1916, at Energy, son of Emory E. and Cora Tripp Roberts. He and Ellen Wiggs were married on April 10, 1940...

BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- The Rev. Earl V. Roberts, 80, of Buncombe, Ill., died Friday, Jan. 17, 1997, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky.

He was born March 1, 1916, at Energy, son of Emory E. and Cora Tripp Roberts. He and Ellen Wiggs were married on April 10, 1940.

Roberts entered the ministry in 1950 and served as minister to Cumberland Presbyterian Churches in Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

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Survivors include his wife and two sisters, Velma Roberts and Rosemary Roberts, both of Sacramento, Calif.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.

Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. today and on Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, and then again after 12:30 at Ebenezer Hall Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Lick Creek.

Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the church. Dr. Wayne Wiman will officiate with burial to follow at Ebenezer Hall Cemetery.

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