R. J. Roberts
Mrs. R. J. Roberts Passes away at Home Thursday. Aged 84
After nearly four years of invalidism, characterized much of the time by intense suffering, Mrs. Naomi Roberts passed away at _ o'clock Thursday morning at her home, 810 W. Lamar Street. Her death came on the second anniversary of the death of her husband, R. J. Roberts.
Mrs. Roberts was a native of this county. She was born Dec. 29,1863, about four miles north of McKinney and was therefore a little more than eighty-three years of age at the time of her death.
She was a daughter of T. J. McDonald, a pioneer who came to this county from Missouri in 1848, and settled on the farm where she was born. Her mother before marriage was Mary Faulkner, who has a number of living relatives in this county, among whom are the family of the late Johnny Montgomery, of Frisco, and Mrs. Sally Perkins,, of McKinney. Mrs Roberts was a sister of Tony McDonald, W. T. McDonald, Mrs. Lucy Herndon, and Mrs. Augusta Mounger, all of whom preceded her in death.
On Nov. 11, 1879, she was married to R. J. Roberts, who at the age of seventeen came to Collin County from Pulaski, Tenn. She was the mother of seven children, three of whom died in early childhood. The surviving children are Lou Roberts and Mrs. Mary F. Pitts of this city; Mrs. Pearl Dale of Greenville, and Mrs. Will W. Cave of San Angelo. Besides these four children, she is survived by nine grandchildren-- the three sons and three daughters of Mrs. Will W. Cave; the two sons of Mrs. Pearl Dale, and the one son of Mrs. Mary F. Pitts, Capt. Karl R. Pitts.
About fifty years ago Mrs. Roberts united with a little Christian Church that had been organized in the Wilmeth community three miles north of McKinney, and her membership remained in that church until the congregation became too small to maintain its organization. She made her profession of faith under the ministry of the late Elder R. C. Horn, a pioneer Christian minister. Officiating at the funeral was the minister of the First Christian Church of McKinney. Examiner, Feb. 13, 1947
After nearly four years of invalidism, characterized much of the time by intense suffering, Mrs. Naomi Roberts passed away at _ o'clock Thursday morning at her home, 810 W. Lamar Street. Her death came on the second anniversary of the death of her husband, R. J. Roberts.
Mrs. Roberts was a native of this county. She was born Dec. 29,1863, about four miles north of McKinney and was therefore a little more than eighty-three years of age at the time of her death.
She was a daughter of T. J. McDonald, a pioneer who came to this county from Missouri in 1848, and settled on the farm where she was born. Her mother before marriage was Mary Faulkner, who has a number of living relatives in this county, among whom are the family of the late Johnny Montgomery, of Frisco, and Mrs. Sally Perkins,, of McKinney. Mrs Roberts was a sister of Tony McDonald, W. T. McDonald, Mrs. Lucy Herndon, and Mrs. Augusta Mounger, all of whom preceded her in death.
On Nov. 11, 1879, she was married to R. J. Roberts, who at the age of seventeen came to Collin County from Pulaski, Tenn. She was the mother of seven children, three of whom died in early childhood. The surviving children are Lou Roberts and Mrs. Mary F. Pitts of this city; Mrs. Pearl Dale of Greenville, and Mrs. Will W. Cave of San Angelo. Besides these four children, she is survived by nine grandchildren-- the three sons and three daughters of Mrs. Will W. Cave; the two sons of Mrs. Pearl Dale, and the one son of Mrs. Mary F. Pitts, Capt. Karl R. Pitts.
About fifty years ago Mrs. Roberts united with a little Christian Church that had been organized in the Wilmeth community three miles north of McKinney, and her membership remained in that church until the congregation became too small to maintain its organization. She made her profession of faith under the ministry of the late Elder R. C. Horn, a pioneer Christian minister. Officiating at the funeral was the minister of the First Christian Church of McKinney. Examiner, Feb. 13, 1947
