Mrs. Ida Roberts, 75, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. W. Emerson, Sylvester, Ga., Tuesday.
Surviving are three sons, Otto Edward, Decatur; Luther L, Quitman, Gal and Buford L., Nashville Tenn; five daughters, Mrs. Earl Harden, Decatur; Mrs. Gilford Harden and Miss Iva Roberts, Quirman, Ga; Mrs. John Wods, Tyronza, Ark, and Mrs R.W. Emerson, Sylvester, Ga.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the St. James Methodis church with burial in Florencce cemetary. Rev G. Q. Brooks officiated.
She was a member of the St. James Methodist church.
Arrangements were by Brown-Service of Florence.
Sources
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSP-PRG : accessed 12 July 2015), Ida Pickett in household of Elijah Whitten, Pigeon, Warrick, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district 55, sheet 136B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0320; FHL microfilm 1,254,320.
Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920.
State of Georgia. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998. Georgia, USA: Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998.
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