Mrs. Mary Dorothy Roberson, 92, of Clemmons, passed into the loving hands of her God and Savior on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Mary was born on May 28, 1934, in Tottenville, New York, the first child of Dorothy E. and Thomas J. Marshallo, Sr. Mary graduated from Tottenville High School in 1952.
After graduating high school, Mary pursued a secretarial career before marrying and raising her family. Mary was married to Dalphus (“Red”) Hilliard Roberson, who she met through a U.S. Army pen pal program, until his passing in 1976. Mary and Red had three children: daughters Linda Dorothy Roberson (who preceded Mary in death) and Meredith Kay Bennett (Gray), and son Danny Wilson Roberson (Annette). Mary is also survived by adult grandchildren Alexander Roberson (wife Megan), Chance Everhart (wife Trish), Selina Aguilar (husband Antonio), Kristen Spisak (husband Jake), Mason Bennett (wife Mary Kathryne), and precious great-grandchildren Penelope Roberson, Elena Aguilar, Ilene Aguilar, Jeremiah Aguilar, Patrick Furr, Travis Martin, Barrett Spisak, and Adaline Spisak.
Mary was pre-deceased by her parents, her brother, Thomas Marshallo, Jr., and her daughter, Linda. Mary was a member of Abundant Life Fellowship in Tyrone, Georgia, where she had many friends before moving to North Carolina in 2013.
Mary enjoyed dancing – especially clogging – modeling, playing canasta, Red Hat Society events, and she loved to travel the world with Meredith in her younger years, visiting new places and revisiting old favorites from Red’s military days.
Mary’s service will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, October 19, 2026 at Frank Vogler and Sons Funeral Home, 2849 Middlebrook Drive, Clemmons, North Carolina. The family will receive friends from 12 to 1 pm at the funeral home prior to the service. Mary will be interred on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at Sherwood Memorial Park in Jonesboro, Georgia, where she will be buried next to Dalphus.
Online condolences may be made to Trinity Elms, 7449 Fair Oaks Drive, Clemmons, NC (https://trinityelms.net/donate/) or to a charity of your choice.
