Mildred Elizabeth (Barfield) Roberson 1903-1986

Mildred Elizabeth Roberson was born in Kirkwood, Missouri on March 29, 1903, the daughter of Henry and Mary Elizabeth Shockley Barfield and passed away in the Sunset Village in St. Robert on Thursday, February 13, 1986.  She had attained the age of 82 years.

She was united in marriage to William M. Roberson on September 14, 1920 in Vienna and unto this union four sons and one daughter were born.

She was a member of the Church of Christ in Vienna and attended as long as her health permitted.  She was a resident of the Sunset Med Center in St. Robert for the last several years and will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Funeral Services were held in the Church of Christ in Vienna on Saturday, February 15, 1986 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Ted Sewell officiating.  Burial was in the Vienna Cemetery under the direction of the Long Funeral Home of Vienna.

Serving as her pallbearers were her grandsons, John, Jack, Robbie and Jim Roberson, Don Copeland and Wayne Howery.

She is survived by her two sons, Harold Roberson of Waynesville and Charles W. Roberson; one daughter, Louise Barnett Howery of St. Robert; three sisters, Dassa Eads of Kansas City, Gracial Walsworth of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Blanche Sheronick of Walbridge, Ohio; eleven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren with other relatives.