Mrs. Jo B. Roberts, 67, of Fitzgerald, died Sunday, December 16, 2007 at her daughter’s home in Ambrose.
Graveside services will be held 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 19, in the Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Edgar Renfroe officiating. Visitation will be 7-9 Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Roberts was born September 4, 1940 in Fitzgerald to the late Lorenzo Dow and Mary Anna Spires Brown. She lived in the community most of her life, graduating from Fitzgerald High School in 1958 and attending Southeastern Business College. Mrs. Roberts was a homemaker, former church secretary for Northside Baptist Church, and former employee of the Fitzgerald Herald Leader. She was a member and church organist of Northside Baptist Church (now Crossview Baptist Church).
Mrs. Roberts is survived by a daughter, Lisa Roberts Strom of Ambrose; grandchildren, Casey Joe Strom and Anna Leigh Strom both of Douglas; great-grandchildren, Vanessa Jade Strom, Logan William Strom and Milleigh Morgan Kinnard. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Thomas “Jimmy” Roberts and a sister, Geri B. Dudley.
Memorials may be made to Hospice.