Mary Frances Roberts

June 29, 1930 - May 4, 2020

Mrs. Mary Frances Jackson Roberts, age 89, of Richlands, Virginia went to be with the Lord on May 4, 2020 at her home. Mary was born on June 29, 1930 in Richlands, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Clarence and Ellen Josephine Mutter Jackson. She was a founding member of the Lake Park Freewill Baptist Church where her husband served as assistant pastor and helped to build the church. Mary had worked for 25 years in the cafeteria at Richlands High School. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, Rev. Henry Roberts; brothers, June Jackson and Hubert Jackson; sisters, Pansy Ruth Jackson and Lorraine Maggard; and grandson, Eric Brandon Raines. Mary is survived by Her son, R.C. Roberts and wife, Debbie of Richlands, Virginia Daughter, Sandra Raines and husband, Larry of Beckley, West Virginia Sisters Maxine Wolford of Freeburn, Kentucky Betty Jessee of Tazewell, Virginia Nancy Cole of Bearwallow, Virginia Carol Lester and husband, Jr. of North Tazewell, Virginia Grandchildren, Chris Roberts of Richlands, Virginia; Jamie Sawyers and husband, Doug of Buckhannon, West Virginia; and Lindsay Bowers and husband, Stephen of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Great Grandchildren, Hunter Sawyers, Katie Bowers, Erin Bowers, Anna Bowers, and Owen Bowers. Funeral services will be conducted privately with Dr. Marc Brooks officiating. Interment will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens in Claypool Hill, Virginia. Chris Roberts, Doug Sawyers, Hunter Sawyers, Dougie Norman, Clyde Roberts, and Jim Reynolds will serve as pallbearers. Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia is in charge of arrangements and those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com