01/31/2006
Roberta Jean Barbour, 84, of Knoxville, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, at West Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation.
Memorial services are planned for 10:30 a.m. today (Friday) at Bybee & Davis Funeral Home in Knoxville. Friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Inurement at Graceland Cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Leslie Beard and a son Steven Marc Barbour both of Knoxville. Also surviving are grandchildren Mykala Vrban, Mike Beard, and Rhiannon Barbour and seven great-grandchildren.
Her parents, husband Thomas, and a brother, Robert preceded her in death.
Roberta was born March 25, 1921, in Conesville, the daughter of Walter and Edith Pine.
She married Thomas Barbour on Jan. 17, 1942, in Missouri. She was active with the Women's Auxiliary of the Knoxville VFW Post # 3519. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren playing bingo and bowling.
In lieu of flowers please make a memorial to the Women's Auxiliary of the Knoxville VFW Post # 3519.
The Knoxville Journal Express, February 2, 2006