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William H. "Ben" Robertson
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He was preceded in death by his parents, Irving S. and Louise Jackson Robertson.
Master Sergeant Robertson was an aircraft mechanic supervisor retired from the United States Air Force. He was a member of Canaan Baptist Church of Purvis, Mississippi.
He is survived by his wife, Nora Stewart Robertson of Purvis; his daughter, Beverly Callahan Saucier of Purvis; four sisters, Francis Roberts of Newport News, Virginia, Margaret Javins of Shipman, Virginia, Adella Layne of Amherst, Virginia, and Phyllis Colgan of Newport News, Virginia; one brother, Irving S. Robertson Jr. of Gouster, Virginia; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services was held 10 a.m. Monday, April 12, 2010, at the Hulett-Winstead Purvis Chapel with burial in Coaltown Cemetery. Military rites performed by the VFW Post 3036 Honor Guard.
This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.
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