John Eddie Roberts (1889 - 1962)

Born 5 Apr 1889 in Kemper, Mississippi

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Louise (Cummings) Roberts — married 27 Jun 1918 in Mobile, Alabama

Died 5 Sep 1962 at age 73 in Kemper, Mississippi

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Biography

John Ed Roberts was the son of John Bethel Roberts and Emma Whitfield Knight Roberts.

John Ed Roberts and Sarah Louise Cummings were united in Matrimony on the 27 June 1918 in Mobile, Alabama. They were the parents of 4 children.

John Ed Roberts was a Methodist minister before 1930 until his death in 1962, preaching in churches in the central part of Mississippi. His son Eddie Frank Roberts also became a Methodist minister.

Their oldest daughter, Ruth Beatrice, died shortly after the birth of her first child, John & Sarah raised their grand daughter.

Bio by Helen Roberts Kennedy

Sources

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9XM-K2K : accessed 23 February 2018), John Roberts in household of John B Roberts, Beat 3 Moscow, Kemper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 15B, family 296, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,813.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZB-M95 : 12 December 2014), John Ed Roberts, 1917-1918; citing Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,682,942.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBR-KLH : accessed 23 February 2018), John E Roberts, Piave, Greene, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 9A, line 45, family 152, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1145; FHL microfilm 2,340,880.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGP-X6Z : accessed 23 February 2018), John Ed Roberts, Beat 2, Humphreys, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27-9, sheet 12B, line 68, family 210, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2030.

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 November 2019), memorial page for Rev John Ed Roberts (5 Apr 1889–5 Sep 1962), Find A Grave Memorial no. 34272847, citing Egger Cemetery, Caledonia, Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Jo Roberts (contributor 47188400) .

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34272847