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The Paducah Sun
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TAMMS, Ill. — Dorothy P. Abbott Roberts, 95, of Tamms died at 4 a.m. Thursday at her home.
She was a housewife and homemaker. She was a member of Elco Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for 25 years.
She is survived by three daughters, Geneva Heinback of Concord, Calif., Delores Bottom of Tamms, and Vermel Huckelberry of Jonesboro; one stepdaughter, Sue Van Laningham of Pekin; one sister, Pearl Harvell of Anna; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren, 14 great-great-grandchildren; and several stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ora Abbott, and her second husband, Everett Eugene Roberts. Her parents were Ira and Grace Bridges.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Elco Baptist Church with the Rev. Lacie Betts officiating. Burial will follow in St. John’s Cemetery in rural Dongola.
Friends may call after 5 p.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms and after 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.