Ruby Roberts

She was a retired school teacher, having taught in Laurel and Goldsboro in North Carolina, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She taught school for 42 years.

She attended White Rock Presbyterian Church in Madison County, North Carolina as a young girl. She was a founding member of the First Presbyterian Church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She professed her faith in Jesus as her Savior and Lord and later in life looked forward to going home to be with Him and many family members.

During World War II, she supported the war effort by working for the Glen L. Martin Aviation Industry in Baltimore, Maryland, and later at Crown Cork and Seal where she managed a test laboratory.

She loved to tell stories and was an avid reader, especially history. She was very artistic, could paint, and designed a lot of artwork and needlework patterns to decorate clothing and household items. She enjoyed gardening and loved her antique roses.

Survivors include one daughter: Ruby Nieminen of Greeneville; one sister and brother-in-law: Emily W. and Walter S. Smith; sister-in-law: Gladys Wallin; two granddaughters: Laura Nieminen of West Lafayette, Indiana, and Krista and husband, Jeff Waid, of Hilliard, Ohio; nephews: Bobby and wife, Carolyn Wallin, of Hampton, Virginia, Johnnie Wallin and wife, Mary of Richfield, Virginia, and Ricky Wallin and wife, Cindy, or Rustburg, Virginia; and six great grandchildren: Paul Smith of Overland, MO, Ruby Anne and husband, David Munyon, of Grandview, MO; Michael and wife, Sylveena, of Raytown, MO; Lillian Smith of Kansas City, MO; and great nieces and great nephews.

She was the daughter of the late James and Nepul (Franklin) Wallin, Sr. and was preceded in death by her husband Robert Edward Roberts, a brother, James Wallin, Jr., and sister, Helen W. Shelton.

The family will receive friends from 10 am to 11 am Friday, June 9, at Kiser Rose Hill Funeral Home. Following visitation, the funeral service will be held at 11 am in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Charles Hutchins and Rev. James W. Lively officiating.

Burial service will be held inside the mausoleum of GreeneLawn Memory Gardens. Interment will follow in GreeneLawn Memory Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Jeff Barden, Michael Smith, Daniel Waid, Jeff Waid, Bobby Wallin, and Johnnie Wallin.

Honorary Pallbearers are David Caine, Steve Caine, Bruno Keparutis, Paul Smith, Walter Smith, Clarence Tweed, Gilbert Tweed, Johnny Tweed, and Rev. Ricky Wallin.