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Margorie Leola Roberts

Marjorie Leola Edwards Roberts, 93, widow of Donald Roberts, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, at Crestpark in Stuttgart. Mrs. Roberts was born August 27, 1921, in Vilonia, Ark., to Walter and Lelah Stevens Edwards. She was a homemaker and member of Humphrey United Methodist Church. She loved her family, her church and her cat, Daisy. Besides her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Marilyn Roberts; son-in-law, Kenneth Wessels; two sisters, Flossie Bishop and Evanell Bryant; and a brother, William "Dub" Edwards. Survivors are a daughter, Donna Wessels of Humphrey; two granddaughters, Dana Arledge and husband Jerry of White Hall and Melissa Robinson of Humphrey; and one great-grandson, Ryan Robinson of Humphrey. The family wishes to thank Glenda Austin for her dedicated caring of our mother and grandmother. Funeral services, officiated by Bro. George Crumbly and Bro. Spencer Branch, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Turpin Funeral Home with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Lone Tree Cemetery. Her family requests memorial be made to Humphrey United Methodist Church. Please go to www.turpin-co.com to sign the online guestbook.

Published August 12, 2015

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