Robert Ray Roberts
September 6, 1919 ~ November 6, 2005
Resided in:
Arden, NC
Arden – Robert Ray Roberts, 86, of Arden, died Sunday, November 6, 2005, at a local nursing home after an extended illness.
Born in Madison County, he was the son of the late E. S. Roberts and Mabel Hensley Roberts.
He graduated from Mars Hill College and served with distinction during World War II in the Army Air Force. Ray was a glider pilot and landed in Normandy during the D-Day Invasion and in Holland. He received the Purple Heart and two air medals. He received an honorable discharge as a lieutenant in 1946.
He lived most of his adult life in California and retired from North American Rockwell after 35 years of employment.
Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife Alta Faye Cox Roberts; his daughter, Janet Louise Roberts of the home; a sister, W. Faye Barnard of Asheville and a brother, Cecil L. Roberts of Arden; three nieces and one nephew.
The funeral service will be held in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian at 2:00 pm Wednesday conducted by the Reverend Willis Gaines. Interment will follow in Green Hills Cemetery. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service on Wednesday.
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Cecil and Betty, Willie Faye, and Ray’s Family, We know Ray had been ill a long time; however, regardless of age, health, or any other circumstance we are never ready to give up our loved ones. The only possible comfort comes from our Faith in the Sovereignty of God and the manifested concern of caring friends. Please know we are thinking of you and will hold you in our prayers. Zunita and Joe
Cecil and Betty, Willie Faye, and Ray’s Family, I hope it helps in some small way to know that others are thinking of you and care. Mary
A most fitting tribute.
I remain appreciative of the up-to-date services of Groce.
mr roberts was a patient of mine while he was in the va extended care and rehabilitation center. i enjoyed him very much as a patient. he would have rather stayed with us but i was very happy when he agreed to go to live in the nursing home and be very close to his wife. prior to that, he would only see her once a week. i felt that this wasn’t the way that a couple married for over sixty years should live. he lived a long life and i’m happy that he spent his last months close to his wife of over sixty years.