Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thursday, March 19, 1970

Mrs. Belle Roberts

WINNFIELD (Special) -- Funeral services for Mrs. Belle L. Roberts, 76, of Sikes, were held at 3 p.m. today at Sikes Pentecostal Church.

Burial was in Hurricane Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Mrs. Roberts died Wednesday at Winnfield General Hospital after a lengthy illness.

Survivors include five sons, Alfred Parker, Elvie Parker, Eselle Parker, all of Sikes, Lavelle Parker of Joyce and Sevelle Parker of Orange, Tex.; two daughters, Mrs. Etta Hubbard of Winnfield and Mrs. Avis Simmons of Urania; two brothers, Henry Lawrence and Ben Lawrence, both of West Monroe; 31 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.