Sadie Louise Roberts, 78

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Sadie Louise Roberts, 78, died Dec. 16 at Hospice of Metro Denver City Park in Denver, Colo., after an extended illness.

A retired supervisor of housekeeping at Stouffer Inn in Denver, she was the daughter of Scipio and Pauline Stone Roberts Sr. and was preceded in death by brothers, Roy, Fred, Gene and Cowan Roberts; sisters, Annie Ruth, Lily Van and May Roberts, Olivia Hill, Sue Lee and Lois Officer.

She is survived by son, Anthony Walling of Painesville, Ohio; daughters, Marsha Walling and Rebecca Roberts of McMinnville and Kathey Hampton of Denver; 14 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren; brothers, Scipio Jr. and Frances of Detroit, Mich., Roy and Georgia Huggins of McMinnville, and Kenneth Huggins of Oxnard, Calif.; and a host of nieces and nephews.

A private ceremony was held at Buckley Mortuary. Memorial services will be held at Hiawassee Church of Christ near Morrison at 1 p.m., Jan. 8.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Dec. 29, 2004