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© Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home
Submitted by: T.D.
Frank Roberts passed from this life on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at his home in Bennington, Oklahoma at the age of 82 years 11 months 2 days. He was born to John and Mary Elizabeth (Loper) Roberts on Monday May 28, 1928 in Colbert, Oklahoma. Frank married his sweetheart Janice Usry on Saturday March 26, 1949 in Sherman, Texas.
Family Hour will be 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at Holmes ~ Coffey ~ Murray Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at the Old Bennington Presbyterian Church in Bennington, Oklahoma with Brother Charles Williams and Brother Roger Speers officiating. Interment will follow at the Old Church Cemetery in Bennington, Oklahoma. Serving as pallbearers will be James Wright, Austin Wright , Danny Hilton, Jimmy Looney , Jimmy Hammond and Ryan Aldridge. Frank was a member of the Wade Baptist Church.
He had many interests. Fishing was one but music played a big part of his life. He played the fiddle and the guitar and listened to Homer and Jethro music. Frank enjoyed watching the Three Stooges, wrestling and baseball and also liked playing dominos . Where ever he went he would count all the cars and trucks he would meet. Frank loved to go out and eat anytime food was mentioned.
Surviving relatives are; wife, Janice Roberts of the home; sons, Donald "Don" Roberts and wife Cathy of Silo, Oklahoma, Larry Roberts of Colbert, Oklahoma, Edward Roberts and wife Vicky of Hugo, Oklahoma, David Roberts and wife Lori of Denison, Texas; daughters, Idanel Wright and husband Tim of Bennington, Oklahoma, Martha Jane Looney of Bennington, Oklahoma; sister, Emma Davis and husband Henry of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; sister-in-laws, Martha Roberts of Denison, Texas, Edna Roberts, Bennington, Oklahoma, Ramolla Walker of Antlers, Oklahoma, Geraldine Usry of Antlers, Oklahoma, Donelda Blanton and husband Dan of Midlothian, Texas; brother-in-law, Charles Usry of Paris, Texas and 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren and a host of neices and nephews and counsins as well as many other relatives and friends.
Frank is preceded in death by his; parents, John and Mamie Roberts; brothers, Jess and Gerald Roberts; daughter-in-law, Carolyn Roberts; brother-in-laws, Homer Lee Usry, John Walker, William Dale; sister-in-law, Ruth Usry; grandaughter, Mindy Kay Roberts.
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