Louise Elizabeth Wetherington Roberts

Louise Elizabeth Wetherington Roberts

Louise Elizabeth Wetherington Roberts passed away on Friday, May 20, 2011 at the Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee, FL, from a long illness with cancer. Louise was born in Lenox, GA, on July 17, 1939, where she lived all her life until she met and married the love of her life, Bobby Gene Roberts in 1957. They later moved to Tallahassee, where they raised their family.

She was a valued, long time employee of the late Joe Nahoom at the American Restaurant Supply in Tallahassee, known by all of her customers as an exemplary, accommodating employee, who loved to serve them and do whatever it took to accommodate them. After her retirement, she lived a quiet and simple life and her primary priorities were her family and loved ones. Her life was a testimony to the human spirit.

She was predeceased by her husband and best friend, Bobby Gene Roberts; her parents, Charles Ang and Addie Bell Rentz Wetherington of Lenox; a brother, Ralph Wetherington and his wife Loretta of Valdosta, GA; and one grandson, Ivon Lynn Roberts of Tallahassee.

She leaves to mourn her death her beloved family: two daughters, Kimberly Louise Roberts and Kristi Anna Roberts, of Tallahassee; one son, Muchael D. Roberts (wife Amy); two grandchildren, Emma and Ellie, of Rockledge, FL; two brothers, E.J. Wetherington (wife Pauline) of Wakulla Station, Fl, and Emerson Duane Wetherington (wife Barbara Rose) of Lenox; and her beloved furry friend and companion, KoKo, as well as many loving nieces, nephews and close friends.

A graveside service and interment will be held at Lenox Cemetery, Lenox, GA, at 10 a.m. on July 17, 2011. Family and Friends will gather afterwards at the home of Emerson and Barbara Rose Wetherington, 785 Albert Brady Road, Lenox, GA 31637. Memorial donations may be made to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, Fl, 32308.