Owen Roberts

Waynesville-Owen Rexford Roberts, age 90, of Silver Bluff Nursing Home, died Saturday, December 27, 2003 at his residence.

He was a native of Buncombe County and former resident Cary, NC. He was the son of the late Thomas A. and Carrie Harris Roberts. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Dowe A. Roberts.

He was a retired Executive Officer with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, with 37 1/2 years of service. He was a former Chief of Police for the Town of Waynesville. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, and member of Excelsior Lodge of Charlotte, and was a member of the Scottish Rite, and the York Rite. In the mid 1940's he was an ordained deacon at the First Baptist Church of Waynesville. He was a former member of the First Baptist Church of Cary.

He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Margaret Jones Roberts; two sons, David O. Roberts and his wife, Pamela of Spartanburg, SC and Thomas A. Roberts and his wife, Sandra of Clyde; two daughters, Judith A. Crump and her husband, Gerald of Titusville, FL and Betsy Reeves, of Charleston, SC; one sister, Louise Miller, of Asheville; eight grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 30, 2003 in the Chapel of the First Baptist Church of Waynesville, of which he was a member. The Reverend Dr. Robert Prince will officiate. Interment services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, prior to the services, at the church.

Memorials may be made to Samaritan's Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607 or to one's favorite charity.

Wells Funeral Home in Waynesville is in charge of arrangements.

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