Gloria Roberts
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Mrs. Gloria Simmons Roberts, age 63, passed away Friday July 12th at her residence under the care of Regency Southern Care Hospice Services. She was a Moncks Corner, S.C., native but resided in Bulloch County for many years. She was a graduate of Berkeley High School in Moncks Corner. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., a Master of Education degree in Early Childhood from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga., and a Specialist Degree in Curriculum and Technology from Nova Southeastern University in For Lauderdale, Fl. She taught elementary education in the Screven County, Vidalia City, and the Burke County School Systems and retired as a teacher with the Bulloch County School System.
Mrs. Roberts was a member of Brannen Chapel United Methodist Church for many years where she served as a Communion Steward and Vacation Bible School teacher. She later became affiliated with 3:16 Church in Statesboro. She transferred her membership to First McCanaan Baptist Church is Sardis, Ga., with her husband where she sang in the church choir and worked in the food ministry. She was a faithful member of the Sardis-Girard Community Choir an was also a devoted attendee of the Community Bible Study Group in Statesboro.
She is preceded in death by a son, Christopher Roberts, and a brother Jerome Simmons.
She is survived by her husband Lenwood Roberts.; her sons Bryant Roberts and Benjamin Roberts; her parents Mr. Leroy and Mrs. Eva Simmons.; her sister Janette (Eugene) Wooldridge ; her brotherCory (Tauheeda) Bryant
Home Going Celebration Services for Mrs. Gloria Roberts was held Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 11am at the Elm Street Church of God, 29 Elm Street, Statesboro, with Minister Jean Callaway, Presiding, the Rev. Willie Callaway, Eulogist, and the Rev. Alexander Smith, Pastor. Interment will be held in First McCanaan Baptist Church Cemetery, Murray Hill Road, Sardis, Ga.
Craig R. Tremble Funeral Home, Statesboro Chapel are in charge of arrangements.