She was a member of GreeneLawn Baptist Church. Brenda was a retired employee of Greene Valley Development Center.
The family states she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and was loved very much by her family and all who knew her.
Brenda is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Roy Roberts Jr. and wife Tasha; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Rhonda Ricker and husband Matthew, Angie Collins, Shannon Ivy and Tohnya Grey and husband Karl; one stepson, Marty Collins and a son she loved as her own, Danny Ricker; two adopted children, Deanna Thacker and husband Dusty and Miley Roberts. She is also survived by 20 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren; three sisters, Shelba Shipley and husband Jimmy, Charlotte Carmack, Teresa Banks and husband Billy; several nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
Brenda was preceded in death by her husband, of 47 years, and the love of her life, Roy C. Roberts, Sr.; father and mother, Harold Starcher and Lena Hensley Starcher; four brothers, Richard, Gene, Preston and H. D. Starcher; two step-sons, Jimmy and Billy Roberts; mother and step father-in-law, Anna Belle and Jim Russell; father and step mother-in-law, Chester and Louise Roberts; two brothers-in-law, Clay Fillers and Chester Carmack; two sisters-in-law, Donna Starcher and Linda Starcher as well as a son-in-law, James Ivy and a great granddaughter, Nevaeh Cutshall.
The family will receive friends on Thursday from 1 – 3 pm and 5 – 7 pm at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home. The funeral service will follow at 7 pm in the chapel of the funeral home with Rev. Danny Ricker officiating.
A graveside service will be held on Friday at 2 pm in Cedar Creek Cemetery. Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 1 pm on Friday to go in procession to the cemetery.
Pallbearers are Brock Church, Nicholas Roberts, Allen Cutshall, Clint Brobeck, Cory Cutshall, Jeremy Davis, Brandon Ivy and James Ivy III.
Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kiserrosehillfuneralhome.com.
Kiser Rose Hill Funeral Home
125 Idletime Drive, Greeneville, TN, 37743
423-636-8007
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