A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held on Friday, August 7, 2015 at 10:00 am in the St. Luke United Methodist Church chapel, 1104 2nd Ave, Columbus, Georgia with Pastor Robert Beckum and Pastor Sammy Turner officiating. Burial will follow at Main Post Cemetery, Ft. Benning, Georgia. There will be a visitation in the Wynnton Room of Striffler-Hamby on Thursday, August 6, 2015 from 5:00 until 7:00 pm.
Mrs. Roberts was born on October 19, 1936 in Stewart County, Georgia to the late Claudia Moore Wright and Newell Edward Wright. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Clarence T. Roberts, brother Eugene Talmadge Wright, sisters Marjorie Wright Fontenot and Claudia Edoline Wright Huffenberger.
Mrs. Roberts was a graduate of Chattahoochee County (Cusseta) High School and Perry Business School. She worked in Civil Service at Martin Army Hospital, Ft. Benning, Georgia and retired after 30 years of service. She was a member of St. Luke United Methodist Church and the Brookstone Garden Club.
She is survived by her son, John Eric Roberts, his wife, Dr. Rene Welch Roberts, grandson, Sean Tyler Roberts, stepsons, Michael Roberts, and Clarence T. Roberts, Jr, sister Stella Wright Tovey and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Flowers are accepted and donations to St. Luke United Methodist Church, 1104 2nd Ave, Columbus, Georgia in memory of Dorothy Jane Wright Roberts will be greatly appreciated.
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