JAY DARRELL “JD” ROBERTS AGE 75 OF THE BRONSTON COMMUNITY.ENTERED INTO REST ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 27, 2013 AT HIS RESIDENCE. “JD” WAS BORN JULY 3, 1937 IN THE KIDDER COMMUNITY OF WAYNE COUNTY TO THE LATE JOHN ROBERTS AND ZORA GREGORY ROBERTS BRANSCUM.
HE WAS A ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PINEY GROVE UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH #2, WHERE HE FORMERLY SERVED AS ELDER DEACON, CHURCH CLERK FOR OVER 40 YEARS, CUSTODIAN, AND SONG LEADER. JAY WAS THE FORMER OWNER AND OPERATOR OF ROBERTS ELECTRIC OF 40 PLUS YEARS.
HE ENJOYED HIS CHURCH AND CHURCH FAMILY, ENJOYED FISHING, RIDING FOUR WHEELERS, SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY, GOSPEL MUSIC, AND SUPPORTED WLJC CHRISTIAN PROGRAM.
HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS PASSING, HIS BELOVED WIFE CECELIA DENNEY ROBERTS WHOM HE MARRIED DECEMBER 7, 1958 IN OHIO, FROM THIS UNION THEY WERE BLESSED WITH A DAUGHTER, RENEE AND HUSBAND TONY WARE OF BRONSTON, KY., A SON, TIMOTHY JAY ROBERTS AND WIFE SYLVIA OF BRONSTON, KY., FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, A SPECIAL GRANDCHILD JORDAN MICHAEL ROBERTS AND WIFE BETHANY, JOSHUA DAVID ROBERTS, TRAVIS MARTIN, AND ZASMINE MARTIN. ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD AUSTIN MARTIN. ALSO SURVIVING IS A BROTHER GLEN DALE ROBERTS AND WIFE JULIA OF BRONSTON, A SISTER CAROLYN WILHELM OF GA. AND SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, A GRANDSON KYLE ROBERTS, A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER JAZILYN OWENS, BROTHERS, JOHNNY W. ROBERTS, BILL ROBERTS AND JIMMY ROBERTS, SISTERS, SHERRY GLAZIER, JOAN NICHOLAS, GLENNA HUGHES, LONA ROBERTS, LEXIE OWENS, EFFIE CANADA AND DORA ROBERTS.
VISITATION FOR JAY DARRELL “JD” ROBERTS WILL BE FRIDAY MARCH 29, 2013 AFTER 6 PM TILL 9 PM AT THE CHAPEL OF SOUTHERN OAKS FUNERAL HOME AND AFTER 8 AM SATURDAY MARCH 30, 2013 AT SOUTHERN OAKS FUNERAL HOME.
FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE SATURDAY MARCH 30, 2013 AT 10 AM AT THE CHAPEL OF SOUTHERN OAKS FUNERAL HOME WITH BRO. CHESTER NEW AND HERSTEL CLARK OFFICIATING.
BURIAL WILL BE IN THE LIBERTY CEMETERY, KIDDER, KY.
SOUTHERN OAKS FUNERAL HOME ENTRUSTED WITH ARRANGEMENTS. RICHARD D. NEW, DIRECTOR