Photo courtesy of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home - Somerset
Feb 8, 1937 - Oct 9, 2025
I sure will miss you granny, eating your homemade biscuits and gravy and playing rummy, I love you
Kendra Whittle
October 11, 2025 | Nancy, KY | Grandchild
Granny I love you and will miss you so much. There was nothing more comforting than going to granny and pa’s house.
Jamie
October 10, 2025 | Grandchild
Roberta was like a mom to me I loved her Dearly. She was married to my brother before I was even Born. I will miss talking to her .
Janice Decker
October 09, 2025 | Somerset, KY | Sister
I’m so sorry for your loss. Sending prayers and condolences to your family. She looks so much like my grandmother Tina. She will be missed.
Dianna Hart
October 09, 2025 | Elizabethtown, KY | Family
Roberta Lavern Polston Perkins, age 88 of Nancy, KY, passed away on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at Cumberland Nursing and Rehabilitation. Roberta was born on February 8, 1937 at Jabez, the daughter of Elza “Buck” Polston and Mary Bell McGown Polston. Roberta was a faithful member of Jabez Christian Home Baptist Church. She was married to R.V. Perkins on November 28, 1953 in Russell County and they shared 67 years of marriage prior to his passing on May 2, 2021. Roberta loved gospel music and she will be remembered for her alto voice, singing with her husband. She enjoyed gardening, playing rummy and dominoes.
Survivors include her twin daughters, Lanna Gay Draughn (Hiram) and Janna Kay Gaines (Marty), both of Nancy; her daughter-in-law, Lana Perkins of Somerset; six grandchildren, Kyle Perkins (Tara), Jamie Burke (Jeremy), Kendra Whittle (Brian “Bruno” Carroll), Dustin Whittle (Brittany), Tarah Gaines (James), and Katie Arlene Perkins; five great grandchildren, Joel Haynes, Harper Haynes, Hannah Burke, Bryson Carroll and Lucy Marie Perkins; one brother, Kendall Polston, extended family members, church family, neighbors and friends who are saddened by her passing.
In addition to her parents, Buck and Mary Bell Polston; and her husband R.V. Perkins, Roberta was preceded in death by two sons, Kevin Perkins and Kenny Perkins.
Visitation for Roberta will be held on Sunday, October 12, 2025 from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home. Her funeral service will follow on October 12th at 2:00 pm at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Military Springs Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Dusty Whittle, Kyle Perkins, Jeremy Burke, Bryson Carroll, Brian “Bruno” Carroll, James Haynes and Marty Gaines.
You are welcome to view the obituary and offer condolences to the family at our website: www.LakeCumberlandFuneralService.com
Lake Cumberland Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements for Roberta Perkins.
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