Billy Roberson Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Billy Roberson of Oxford, Mississippi, born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, who passed away on September 13, 2022, at the age of 97, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Elsie Shannon Roberson and James Samuel Roberson; his wife Laura Jane Gentry Roberson; his parents-in-law, Gladys and Claude Gentry; his siblings, Edith Roberson Weatherly, Jean Roberson Wood and Richard Roberson; his nephews, Jim Weatherly, Shan Weatherly and Ronnie Winter; and his close friends, Linda McCarthy Pendergest and Martha Gardner.

He is survived by: his cousins, James Tillman, Charles Tillman and Bain Shannon; his great-niece Hannah Weatherly Kimbrough; his son Jeff Roberson of Oxford; his sister Mary Ann Roberson Herndon of Memphis, Tenn.; his cousin Julia Shannon Yandell of Madison; his nieces and nephews, Sherrie Winter, Tommy Wood (Anita), Elise Black (Scott), Randy Wood (Marilyn), Terry Wood (Melinda), Cristi Mansfield (Ken), Jerri Thompson (Wendell), Robby Roberson (Kelly), Kelly Dobbins (Laurence), Jody Herndon, Cynthia Weatherly and Kevin Ann Weatherly; his extended family Bobbie Gentry Griffin; his close friends, Amy Weeden (Ken), Laura Holt (Jim), Mary Lee Michael, Jeannette Shackelford, Cornerstone Insurance, Farmers and Merchants Bank; and also, Ole Miss, Sloan Weeden, Saili Weeden and Lindi Holt.

Memorials are encouraged to be made to First Methodist Church of Baldwyn, Miss., his church home that was so important to him for seven decades.