Melinda T. Roberts

Melinda Roberts Obituary

On Saturday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m., our hearts were saddened of the passing of our loved one. Ms. Melinda Thorne Roberts, 56, of 7901 #1 Boydton Plank Road, Dinwiddie, was called home by her Heavenly Master from the Southside Regional Medical Center.

Ms. Roberts was predeceased by her sister, Agnes Ann Thorne. Melinda retired from the Ragsdale Building Center, and was a former employee of Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co.

Ms. Roberts was born in Dinwiddie to Agnes Pulley Torne and the late Mr. Clinton Thorne Sr. on July 9, 1952. She was a product of the Dinwiddie County Public School System and was a member of the Little Bethel Baptist Church, Stony Creek, Va.

She leaves to cherish in her memories, a loving and devoted mother, Agnes Pulley Thorne of Dinwiddie; two devoted daughters, Erica N. Roberts, and Chameka Roberts; four sons, William of Georgia, Derrick, Michael and Randy Roberts, all of Dinwiddie; five grandchildren; and a future daughter-in-law, Teonna Gaiter; three devoted brothers, Clinton Thorne Jr. (Bertha), James Thorne (Michelle) and Robert Thorne (Arlene); nine uncles; nine aunts, two devoted companions, Marvin Williams, and Thelma Jarratt; and many devoted nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, at the Chapel of the William N. Bland and Son Funeral Home, Petersburg. The Rev. William N. Bland Jr. will officiate. Interment will be in the Dinwiddie Memorial Park.

Funeral services have been entrusted to the William N. Bland and Son Funeral Home, Petersburg; www.blandenterprisesinc.com.

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Published by The Progress-Index from Oct. 5 to Oct. 7, 2008.

Memories and Condolences
for Melinda Roberts

13 Entries

October 9, 2008

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

KENNETH GREEN

October 9, 2008

I'll see you when the sun goes down
And all the stars go crazy,
And Christ returns to claim His throne
Upon this erring earth.
And you and I will be amazed
At all that now seems hazy;
For now is faith, but then will be
The glory of rebirth.

Death will die, and we will sing
With angels at our ears,
And all my love for you will pour
Like rivers from my song.

And joy will never end, for we
Will be beyond the years,
And time before the end of time
Will not seem very long.

How beautiful Creation will
Then be! Much more than now,
When visible to faith alone
As we endure our pain.

How wonderful the gift of grace
From Christ that will allow
Me well to bear my grief until
I see you once again.

LILLIAN DAY

October 9, 2008

want you to be happy when I'm gone.
When you mourn me, make your mourning bright,
Adjusting what you long for to the light.
Nor need you love the less what has passed on.
The art of memory is celebration,
Yearning that turns sorrow into song,
Opening a heart forever young
Upon the unmade bed of its creation.
Then celebrate my life, and also death,
On which I, like a mendicant, depend,
Begging that my suffering might end
Even as I fight for every breath.
Hold onto me with unresentful tears,
A testament to what we've learned of love,
Pleased again to move as your heart moves,
Partaking with no loss in passion of
Years as rich and full as were our years.

RENNA

October 9, 2008

I think of you as watching from
A time and space beyond the sky,
A place where we might someday come,
Alexis and I, and we three some
Sweet moments share. Though it's a lie,
I think of you as watching from

This place, and know you're gone, but numb
With grief, I cannot let you die.
There is no place where we can come

Together once again. It's dumb
To think so. Yet when I cry,
I think of you as watching from

A happiness I cannot plumb,
More real than real, more want than why,
A place where we might someday come,

Alexis and I. No heart can sum
The measurements that yield goodbye.
And so I keep you watching from
A place where we might someday come.

MARGIE REESE

October 9, 2008

I need to say goodbye although you're with me.
I stand beside your grave, yet you are here.
I miss you terribly and hope you miss me,
But when I turn to you, you're always near.
I talk to you as though you lived within me,
Not changed but simply moved in from outside.
I know each day you must a little leave me,
But here, as always, you must be my guide.
You were and are and will be, just as ever,
In many minds and hearts, not only mine.
No physical event can such love sever;
Death is a dimension, not a line.
And so goodbye does not mean you are gone:
So long as I still love you, you live on.

RONEY FAMILY

October 9, 2008

I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
To you, to tell you that I loved you, to say
What now must be one long, unbroken cry
Of pain, now that at last you've gone away.
I cannot tell you what a joy it was
To be the one to tend you in your need.
The burden was a gift, for giving does
Not burden one who loves, though loving bleed.
I wish I could have been with you when you,
Perhaps aware, perhaps not, turned towards death
Alone, with no one there to wonder to,
To share your fear, your hand, your one last breath.
I wish, I wish, I wish . . . but it is done,
And now I must surrender what is gone.

ROBERTSON FAMILY

October 9, 2008

Death is nothing but a moment's rest
Until the Second Coming of the Lord
When He shall gather to Him of the best
To take them to the place of their reward.
I've felt the power of Jesus in my soul
Shining like a golden sun within,
Melting my hard heart to make me whole,
Burning out the remnants of my sin.
I've felt Him work within me, so I know
The glory that will come when I awake.
I'll sleep just like a child who'll homeward go,
And in my dreams of love great pleasure take.
So do not mourn my death, and do not grieve.
The Lord will come for me: This I believe.

Stephen "Bro" Pulley Jr.

October 8, 2008

Sorry for loss. Your family is in our prayers.

Linda Walker and Family

October 8, 2008

Sorry for your sudden loss. Remember that God will put no more on you than your are able to bear. May God bless you. You are in may prayers.

DONNIE, PAM & FAMILY LASSITER

October 7, 2008

MAY TIME AND GRIEF PASS SWIFTLY AND MAY MEMORIES LAST FOREVER. WE WERE SO SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR LOSS. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP AT THIS TIME.

Charlotte Ragsdale Carnes

October 7, 2008

I share in your loss. Melinda was part of our family and will be greatly missed. Melinda's family will be in my prayers. With love and sympathy Charlotte

KATHIE ROSS SHORT

October 7, 2008

ALONG THE ROAD OF LIFE

All along the road of life
There are stops which one must take
But only one destination
If Jesus is the choice we make.

If you are tired and weary
From the struggle of it all,
Jesus will renew your strength
As you wait and on Him call.

He has joy in abundance
And will give you strength within,
His love will carry you safely home,
As he cleanses away all sin.

With wings as of an eagle
You can soar above the clouds of doubt,
And rest on the mountain top
He is the God who will bring you out.

The Heavens Declare

The Heavens declare His Glory ~
They speak of it o’er and o’er,
Whether the sky’s blue and brilliant
Or darkness reveals its vast store;
Even when storm clouds gather
And lightning dissect the dark sky,
The Heavens declare His Glory ~
It’s written right there so high!

The Heavens declare His power
To hold us forevermore,
The stars and the planets are stationed
To stay, til He directs them o’er;
And, if He so perfect keeps order
Of galaxies, seasons and time,
Cannot this God Who loves you
Keep you, by His Love sublime?

If the tempter should come and bring darkness
To your life and leave you distressed;
If your soul is buried in sorrow
And you can’t get your chin off your chest;
Oh, weary soul, look to the Heavens!
Lift skyward your hungry eyes ~
For the Heavens declare His glory,
And shall, through the eons of time

"My Savior"

He is to me a Savior