Norma Jean Roberts Rayburn

Norma Jean Roberts Rayburn July 8, 1955 - March 30, 2010 FT. MITCHELL, AL— Norma Jean Roberts Rayburn, 54 of Ft. Mitchell, AL went home to be with her Lord, Tuesday March 30, 2010 at the Vista Care Center at Franciscan Woods, Columbus, GA. A memorial service will be held 7:00 p.m. EST, Friday, April 2, 2010 at Silver Run Baptist Church, Seale, AL with Pastor Kip McKee, Pastor Shane Connors, and Pastor Roosevelt Oakes officiating, according to Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City, AL. A private interment will be held at FT. Mitchell National Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers are Jack Frost, Rudy Boutwell, James Huffstutler, Roger Lipscomb, Terry Glover, Matt Huffstutler and Kevin Dabbs. Mrs. Rayburn was born July 8, 1955 in Columbus, Georgia, daughter of Gloria W. Roberts and the late Henry E. Roberts, Jr. Mrs. Rayburn was a member of Silver Run Baptist Church for twenty years where she was very active in the youth ministry. She loved her family and especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her father. She is survived by her mother, Gloria W. Roberts of Columbus, GA; her husband, Gene Talmadge Rayburn of Ft. Mitchell, AL; a daughter, Jennifer Lynn Sowell and husband Steven of Seale, AL; stepchildren, Walter Rayburn of Texas, Vickie Jean Smith of Ft. Mitchell, AL, William Charles Rayburn of Columbus, GA, Marian E. Phillips of Smiths Station, AL; two sisters, JoAnn Howell of Columbus, GA, and Jackie Roberts Fryer and husband Scott of Smiths Station, AL; three brothers, Donnie Roberts of Colorado, Bruce Roberts and wife, Rita of Columbus, GA, and Gerald A. Roberts and wife Rosie of San Jose, CA; three grandchildren Austin, Hunter and Chloe Sowell of Seale, AL; many nieces, nephews, extended family, church family and friends. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Silver Run Youth Ministry, Seale, AL.