Helen Ruth Roberts

Helen Ruth Boyett Roberts, 71, passed away on Nov. 16, 2001. Born in Huntington, TX, on Jan. 29, 1940, she graduated for Robert E. Lee High School in 1958. She worked as a secretary at First Baptist Church in Dayton for 26 years where she was also a member. After her retirement, she and her husband moved to the Old River area where she was an active member of Old River Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lynn Sherman Roberts; parents, John B. and Mollie Boyett; father and mother-in-law, Lynn H. and Marjorie Roberts; infant son, Gary Lynn Roberts and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

She is survived by her daughter, Lynn Helen Brown and husband James of Mt. Belvieu; son, Alan Wayne Roberts and wife Stephanie of Bossier City, LA; grandchildren, Susan Roshell and David Roberts, Melissa Lynn and Randy Aaron Brown; great granddaughters, Brooklyn Roshell Roberts and Makenzie Grace Roberts; sister, Edith Pace and brother and sister-in-law, Edward and Margie Boyett; uncle and aunt H.E. and Irene Sanders; aunt, Bernice Cox, several nieces, nephews and a host of friends.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00p.m., at Earthman Funeral home.

Funeral services will be on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., at old River Baptist Church, 12948 FM 1409 Dayton, TX 77535, with Brother Danny Biddy officiating. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Baytown, TX.

Serving the family as pallbearers will be Greg Boyett, Doug Boyett, Toby Boyett, Chuck Edge, Cody Edge and Jim Sullivan.

To view the online obituary and post a tribute for the family, visit earthmanbaytown.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Earthman Funeral Home, 3919 Garth Road; Baytown, TX, (281) 422-8181.