Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
CORNELIA LEA PRAY ROBERTS
Religious services were held for Cornelia Lea Pray Roberts, 84, of
Liberty, Tuesday, January 8, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. at Brown Funeral
Home in Liberty. Bro. Melvin Blalock officiated. Burial was in
Liberty Cemetery.
Ms Roberts passed away Sunday, January 6, 2008, at Southeast
Regional Medical Center in Kentwood, La.
Born August 19, 1923, in Amite County, Ms Roberts was the daughter
of Fred Gordon Pray and Bessie Robinson Pray, both deceased.
Ms Roberts was a housewife and a member of Liberty United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, Ms Roberts was preceded in death by her
husband, Webb J. Roberts Sr.; an infant daughter, Mary Janice Roberts;
a granddaughter, Nancy Lynn Roberts; and two sisters, Geneva Nelson
and Mittie Hudson.
Ms Roberts is survived by two sons, Webb J. Roberts Jr. and Andrew Gordon Roberts and wife Janice, all of Gloster; one daughter, Betty R. Wood
of Jackson, La.; eleven grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Thursday, January 17, 2008