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Walter Ward Roberts

17 Jun 1918 – 25 Mar 1976

Birth	17 Jun 1918
Death	25 Mar 1976
Cemetery	Orange Grove Cemetery East Pascagoula , Jackson County , Mississippi , USA
Added by	Helen R. Kennedy on 17 Dec 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37878728

Bio

Walter was the son of Charlie Bethel Roberts and Mary Elizabeth Burkhalter Roberts. Walter W. Roberts and Minnie Lee Taylor were united in marriage on the 30 June 1940 at the Methodist Church in Kreole, Jackson County, Ms. They were the parents of four children. A family story about Walter Roberts as a young boy his father Charlie was hauling dirt to form the Highway or railroad foundation, the family would travel along the route, sometimes living in tents. Charlie and his sons would haul dirt in a wagon pulled by mules to form the road foundation. Charlie's son Walter was the youngest boy at that time who was old enough to help with the chores, his job was to carry water in water pails from creeks or etc. for the family's use and for the mules. Walter became known as "water boy". Many years later Walter went to Neshoba county to visit family he hadn't seen in many years, when they saw him in their excitement they exclaimed, "That's water boy".

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Family

Parents

• Charlie Bethel Roberts 1877–1946 FaG
• Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Burkhalter Roberts 1885–1943 FaG

Spouse

• Minnie L. Taylor Roberts 1923–1998

Siblings

• Stennis Devoy Roberts 1901–1979 FaG
• Luna May Roberts Black 1903–1984 FaG
• Ida Inez Roberts Thomas 1904–1980 FaG
• Luther Leroy Roberts 1906–1958 FaG
• Charles Calloway Roberts 1909–1984 FaG
• Emma Roberts 1909–1912 FaG
• Barbara Lee Roberts Hutcherson 1911–1977 FaG
• Richard Marvin Roberts 1914–2002 FaG
• Ruby Ernestine Roberts Jarrell 1916–2010 FaG
• Harvey William Roberts 1920–1973 FaG

Children

• Patricia Ann Roberts Ready 1941–2025
• Luther Earl Roberts 1943–1987
• Donald Ray Roberts 1946–2016

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