Willie Roberts Jr.
Willie Roberts Jr., 77, of Ashland, formerly of Holly Springs, died May 17, 2018 at Ashland Health and Rehab. He was a member of Jones Grove M.B. Church where he served as an usher. He was retired from Sunbeam Inc.
Visitation will be Friday, May 25 from 2-6 p.m. at J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home; and Saturday, May 26 from 10-10:55 a.m. at Concord M.B. Church, Slayden. Services will be at 11 a.m. Rev. John Powell will officiate. Burial will be in Concord M.B. Church cemetery.
He leaves one son, Willie Earl Roberts of Memphis, Tenn.; five sisters, Margaret Goodwin of Moscow, Tenn., Mamie Webb of Michigan City, Betty Ann Patterson of Ashland, Alice Roberts and Evangelist Maggie Houston, both of Memphis; three brothers, Charles Roberts of Lamar, Jerry Roberts of Memphis, and Kennedy Roberts of Moscow; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Moses Roberts and Louis Roberts.