Odell Roberts, 85, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Monday, March 1, 2004, at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald, Georgia with Rev. Harris Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7:00 until 9:00 P.M. on Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
Miss Roberts was born March 15, 1918 in Tift County, Georgia to the late Tally Roberts and Leila Estelle Beck Edwards. She lived in the community most of her life and was a former employee of Modern Industries. Miss Roberts was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Fitzgerald.
Miss Roberts is survived by: one daughter, Mary Lee Spoon, Fitzgerald; two sons, Larry Rathburn, Fitzgerald and Robert Roberts, Chester, GA; several grandchildren and several great grandchildren; three sisters, Hulley Hatten, Fitzgerald, Carolyn Cornette, Fitzgerald and Ruby Lee Thigpen, Grovetown, GA; one brother, Billy Lord, Morrow, GA.