Mildred Tucker Roberts, 89, of Ocilla, Georgia died Sunday, April 2, 2006, at Irwin County Hospital in Ocilla.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, April 6, 2006 at the Union Primitive Baptist Church, Lax with Elder Philip Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Brushy Creek Cemetery, Irwin County. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Wednesday evening at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Roberts was born May 22, 1916, in Irwin County, Georgia to the late William M. “Willie” and Miriam Jane McMillan Tucker. She had lived in the community most of her life. She was an LPN and a businesswoman. She received her nurses training from Ben Hill-Irwin Tech and worked as a nurse at Osceola Nursing Home and Irwin County Hospital. She was a member of Union Primitive Baptist Church in Lax.
Mrs. Roberts is survived by her two daughters: Janice Roberts Rinebolt of Fernandina Beach, FL and Sue R. Crenshaw of Fitzgerald; five grandchildren; one sister: Bertie Parker of Clayton; and two brothers: C.L. Tucker of McRae and Donald Tucker of Cordele. She was preceded in death by her husband: R.C. Roberts; two sons: Lanny Roberts and Mickey Roberts; and one sister.