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Submitted: 8/21/22 • Approved: 8/22/22 • Last Updated: 8/25/22 • R532548-G532547-S3
Jimmy N. Roberts
April 29, 1919-September 22, 1996
Please see military marker
Betty L. Littlejohn Roberts
June 9, 1926-November 10, 2013
Married August 6, 1945
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Jimmy N. Roberts
Jimmy Roberts, 77, former longtime Hereford businessman, died Sunday evening at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Amarillo.
Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Jeremy Grant, pastor, officiating. Burial, with military honors, will be in West Park Cemetery with arrangements by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Roberts was born April 29, 1919, in Winston County, Miss. He married Betty Littlejohn in Winston County Aug 6, 1945. He was in the U.S. Army during World War II, serving in Africa and Italy.
The family moved to Hereford in May, 1948, and opened Hereford Furniture across the street from the post office. The business later moved across the street from First National Bank and became Roberts Appliance Store.
Roberts then purchased a building on W. 3rd Street, where WH-TV & Appliance is now located. After 38 years in business, Roberts retired 10 years ago following a stroke.
Survivors include his wife, Betty; one daughter, Beverly Miller of Canyon; one son, Rick of Avendale, Az.; four brothers, Olyn and Billy of Louisville, Miss., Johnny of Baton Rouge, La., and Sam of Ashboro, N.C.; one sister, Margaret Porter of Columbus; one granddaughter and four step-grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 96th Year, Vol. No. 58, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Tuesday, September 24, 1996, Page 2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: James Newson Roberts
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 21
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 29 Apr 1919
Birth Place: Louisville, Mississippi, USA
Residence Place: Louisville, Winston, Mississippi, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Louisville, Winston, Mississippi, USA
Employer: Mc Kay And Kilpatrick Furniture Store
Weight: 145
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: John Bryan Roberts
Household Members:
Name Relationship
James Newson Roberts Self (Head)
John Bryan Roberts Father
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James Roberts
Death Date: 22 Sep 1996
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: James N. Roberts
Birth Date: 29 Apr 1919
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Mississippi
Last Residence: 79045, Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 22 Sep 1996
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: James Newson Roberts [James N Roberts]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 29 Apr 1919
Birth Place: Louisville, Mississippi
Death Date: 22 Sep 1996
Father:
John B Roberts
Mother:
Belle Bagwell
Notes: Jun 1940: Name listed as JAMES NEWSON ROBERTS; 07 Oct 1996: Name listed as JAMES N ROBERTS
*Obituary Betty L. Littlejohn Roberts
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 13, 2013)
HEREFORD — Betty Jo Roberts, 87, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Brooks Chapel in Canyon with Jeff Cates, pastor of Canyon Country Church, officiating. Graveside services will follow at 4:30 p.m. in West Park Cemetery in Hereford. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.
Betty Jo Roberts was born June 9, 1926, in Kaufman to Marvin and Verda Stanfield Littlejohn. She graduated from Vernon High School. She married James N. Roberts on Aug. 6, 1945, in Louisville, Miss., and he preceded her in death in 1996.
She was a longtime resident of Hereford, where she worked for KPAN Radio for many years. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Hereford and sang in the church choir for many years. Betty Jo was an outgoing person and loved tennis, fishing and boating.
She also was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Jimmy Littlejohn.
Survivors include a daughter, Beverly Miller and husband Mike of Canyon; a son, Rick Roberts of Phoenix; a granddaughter, Tracie Sutton and husband J.R. of Canyon; a great-granddaughter, Katelyn Sutton of Canyon; a stepgrandson, Randall Sutton of Quanah; and a nephew, Charles Littlejohn of Dallas.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Alzheimer's Association, 415 W. Eighth St., Suite 300, Amarillo, TX 79101.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Contributed on 8/21/22 by neldapat
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