MRS. ROBERTSON PASSES AWAY

Mrs. Laura Robertson who would have been 91 years old had she lived until July 12, passed away Monday afternoon at her home in the Cross Roads community after several years illness and confinement in her home.

Mrs. Robertson was bright and cheerful through all her years of suffering and helped with the home duties until a short while before her last illness. She was a loyal member of the Cross Roads Methodist Church where the funeral was held Tuesday afternoon by her pastor, Rev. Roach and Bro. Oscar Patterson. Burial took place in Old Field cemetery where her husband was buried several years ago.

Mrs. Robertson is survived by her son, Mr. Abner Robertson with whom she made her home, Mr. Henry Robertson of Oklahoma and a daughter, Mrs. Jordan of Dyersburg. Goosmann Funeral Home in charge.

The Crockett Times
Alamo, Tennessee
Thursday, February 22, 1951
Vol. 18 No. 52

MRS. J. H. ROBERTSON

Mrs. J. H. Robertson passed away at her home near Cross Roads at the age of 90 years and 7 months. Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. E. R. Roach, assisted by Bro. Oscar Patterson, a next door neighbor, at the Methodist Church of Cross Roads of which she was a faithful member for 43 years. She will be missed in her community where she was known as "grandma." She leaves her son, Abner Robertson with whom she lived, Henry Robertson of Helena, Okla., Mrs. W. E. Jordan of Dyersburg, David Robertson, grandson, David Shelton Robertson, Alva Palmer Robertson, Gene Revelle Robertson, great grandsons and Fred Jordan, grandson of Dyersburg, Mrs. Lewis Barlett, granddaughter, Beverly Sue Barlett, great granddaughter, Dicky Barlett, great grandson of Puente, Calif., two nephews, E. O. Cherry of Jonesboro, Ark., and Herman Cherry, Mrs. Will Watson, Mrs. Itha Isabelle of Bay, Ark.; two half brothers, Will Ellis of Pine Bluff, Ark., and Bob Ellis of Jonesboro, Ark.

Goosmann Funeral Home in charge.