Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
Thursday, January 17, 2008

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.