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Edward Roberts Obituary
Roberts, Jr.
February 17, 1920-
March 17, 2012
Jacksonville, FL- Edward Moss (Papa) Roberts Jr., Age 92, of Jacksonville, Fl., formerly of Manchester, Ga., died Saturday March 17, 2012 at his home in Jacksonville.
Funeral Services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 24, 2012, at the First United Methodist Church in Manchester, with Jason Edward Roberts and Matthew Alan Roberts officiating. Entombment will follow in the Manchester City Mausoleum.
The family will receive friends at the church on Saturday from 12:30 pm until service time.
Ed was born February 17, 1920, in Washington, Pennsylvania, the son of Edward M. Roberts Sr. and Mexa Pauline Roberts. He was a Captain in the U.S. Army during WWII where he met his future wife Doris Belle Tew, at Ft Benning, GA. After WWII he worked 38 years for CSX Transportation (and predecessor railroads) retiring in 1984. Ed also spent many off days from the railroad cooking bar-b-que and Brunswick Stew for the family restaurant 'Tew's Barbecue' in Manchester. He was an 'Emeritus' member of the Stephen's Masonic Lodge in Manchester, and was a member of First United Methodist Church of Manchester prior to moving to Jacksonville, FL in 2006.
Mr. Roberts was preceded in death in 1998 by his wife of 56 years, Doris Tew Roberts.
Survivors include two sons; Harvey (Bobby) Roberts and his wife Carolyn of Prescott, Az.; Michael Roberts and his wife Angie of Jacksonville, Fl.; four grandchildren, Sherry Roberts of Prescott, Az, Amy Wambach and her husband Jim of Richmond, Va., Jason Roberts and his wife Carolina of Hoboken, NJ, Matthew Roberts and his wife Robyn of Jacksonville, Fl ; six great-grandchildren, Isabella (Bella) Trapp of Prescott, Az, Abby and Tyler Wambach of Richmond, Va, Rushton, Leila and Davis Cook Roberts of Jacksonville, Fl; also several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Community Hospice Foundation, 4266 Sunbeam Rd, Jacksonville, Fl 32257.
Online condolences may be offered at www.ssm.funeralhomes.com
Smith-Steele-Meadows Funeral Home, Manchester, Ga. is in charge of arrangements.
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