Honor Grace S. Roll

Honor Grace S. Roll, 93, of Trussville, AL went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 21, 2018. She was born to the late Rocco and Clotilde Agnes Savoia in Donaldsonville, Louisiana on June 4, 1924.

Honor was a great woman of faith and a prayer warrior. She was an accomplished artist and a nurse anesthetist, as well as a charter member of PACE in Birmingham and a dedicated member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church where she was a lay Carmelite member.

Honor was preceded in passing by her husband of 32 years, Harry Louis Roll Jr. and her son Harry Louis Roll III. She is survived by her children, Patrick Rocco (Jane) Roll, Michael Walter (Cathy) Roll, Jacques Savoia (Stacy) Roll, Thomas Charles (Patty) Roll, and Honor Renée Roll; her 13 grandchildren, Desiree (and her mother, Mary Roll), Patrick, James, Johnathan, Bryan Daniel, Christopher, April, Jacob, Briana, Kari, Jacqueline, Kevin, and Rachel; 23 great-grandchildren, Peyton, Skye, Eddie, Layne, Kaden, Pierce, Nadia, Audrey, Mason, Savannah, Logan, Kearstyn, Draven, Dakota, MacKenzie, Eli, Jaxson, Brooke, Cole, Mary-Katelyn, Miller, Riley, and Ruth; her godson Tim Wall and her goddaughter Kathy Young; and many other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held Sunday, March 25 from 3 – 5 pm at Ridout’s Trussville Chapel, 1500 Gadsden Hwy, Birmingham, AL 35235. Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, March 26 at 10 am with a viewing prior at 9 am at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 980 Huffman Road, Birmingham, AL 35215. Interment will follow the mass at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, AL.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in memory of Honor Roll to Our Lady Lourdes Catholic Church.

Inspiration by the Holy Spirit

A grand celebration now being held for Mrs. Honor Roll. It is certainly more than many could conceive but God has revealed it to us by his spirit to Sharon Smith. The sounds, beauty, magnificent light and love fill the atmosphere to such a degree that would almost take your breath away. The beauty in the corridors of heaven was spoken into existence and designed specifically for Mrs. Roll. Flowers fill the corridors; so many different kinds of flowers, plants and trees and each one tells her that they love her. Many of the roses and other flowers are colors such as she has never seen before. Rivers flow and oceans roar. The stars glisten and angels sing Holy, Holy, Holy, to Jesus, our King. There has been so much excitement and expectation from family and friends. They know the joy, peace, glory, magnificence, splendor and excitement that is always at the celebrations. Love, peace, vitality and energy fill the room as Honor dances with the love of her life Harry, her son Louis, friends, family and Jesus; her Lord and Savior. Beautiful, beautiful woman of God. Her youthfulness, vitality and grace radiates throughout the heavens.

 Mrs. Roll is remembered among the peoples of the earth for her grace, honor, dignity, strength, integrity and faithfulness. She ran when it would have been easier to crawl. She pushed, she pulled, she cried, she laughed. God in her; Holy Spirit teaching and comforting her and Jesus cheering her on. She knows the faithfulness of God and of her children. God’s faithfulness endures to all generations, you have established the earth and it stands fast. She believed it and saw it operating in her family again and again. She always enjoys her family. Faithfulness and covenant has been established to all future generations in the Roll Families. It is amazing to see how one Mother can affect the future of so many generations. She is a woman who fears the Lord and she shall be praised. She will be missed by many, but so much joy in knowing she is as of lately exactly where she wanted to now be with family, friends and her savior who died for you and me.

--Sharon Smith