By Staff
March 28, 2005
Funeral for Eloitte Wilson Roberts, 88, of Hartselle will be Thursday, March 31, at 11 a.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Jeff Redmond and Robert Slack officiating.
Burial will be in Hartselle Memory Gardens.
Mr. Roberts died Monday, March 28, 2005, at Hartselle Medical Center. He was born Nov. 18, 1916, in Morgan County to James Luke Roberts and Velma Pauline Brasseale Roberts. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Hartselle and was an ordained deacon. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War 2, having served in the South Pacific. He was retired from NASA as a crane operator. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ella Mae Johnson Roberts.
He is survived by two sons, B. C. "Sonny" Roberts and wife Kathleen of Portland, Ore. and Rev. Dr. Jim Roberts and wife Diane of Huntsville; one daughter, Bonnie Teichmiller and husband Derwin of Hartselle; nine grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Ross Beard, Bart Roberts, Ray Richards, Tony Teichmiller, Vernon Gower and Aubrey Anderson.
Honorary pallbearers will be Craig Roberts, Fred Langston, Jerry Wilson, Bill King, Jack Templeton and Charles Quinn.