Roberta Key

Roberta Key, 71, of Keystone Heights, Fla., formerly of Jackson, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005, at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla.

She was born Sept. 2, 1934, in Mascotte, Fla., daughter of Johnnie Stephen and Lowena Blanche Baker Grover. She and Thomas A. Key were married Feb. 2, 1954.

Survivors include her husband; six daughters, Carol Martin and Linda Key of Marshfield, Mo., Donna Russell of Cape Girardeau, Sylvia Holloway of Jackson, Peggy Rawls and Wendy Santiago of Middleburg, Fla.

Also surviving is a brother, Johnnie Grover Jr. of Webster, Fla.; five sisters, Patricia Harris, Alberta Howard and Barbara Coleman of Webster, Nancy Brown of Athens, Ga., Sandra Stekelenburg of Pine Mountain, Ga.; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son.

Friends may call at Ponder Funeral Home in Lilbourn, Mo., from 1 p.m. until time of service Saturday.

The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jim Smith officiating. Burial will be in Mounds Park Cemetery at Lilbourn.