John Lee ROBERTSON
- Born: 27 Sep 1893, Coaling, Tuscaloosa Co., AL 277
- Marriage: Sarah Hattie PHIPPS after 1930
- Died: 4 Jun 1959, Kilsyth, Fayette Co., WV at age 65 71
- Buried: 6 Jun 1959, Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., WV 71
General Notes:
The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, 5 June 1959
Funeral Services for J. L. Robertson Arranged
KULSYTH (RNS) \emdash Funeral services for John Lee Robertson, 70, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Freewill Baptist Church at Kilsyth by the Rev. W. C. Combs and the Rev. Robert Doan. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity.
Lee died at his home about 9 a.m. Thursday after suffering a heart attack.
He was a retired miner, a member of the Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church, and of the United Mine Workers of America.
Born in Alabama, Sept. 27, 1888, Robertson is survived by his wife, Charlotte; three sister, Mrs. Virginia DeLeon of Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. G. C. Granger and Mrs. Lula Oley, both of Birmingham, Ala.; two sons, Ernest of Chicago, and Harry of Farmington; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Jones of Farmington; three stepsons, Carlos of Prosperity, Herbert of Mount Hope, and Gasprid Collier of Kilsyth; and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Opal Cash and Mrs. Alice Cash, both of Lynchburg, Va.
The body will be taken to the residence at 5 p.m.today from Tyree Funeral Home at Mount Hope and to the church one hour before the funeral.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.
John married Sarah Hattie PHIPPS, daughter of David Crockett PHIPPS and Mary Louvena MILAM, after 1930. (Sarah Hattie PHIPPS was born on 27 Mar 1881 in Raleigh Co., WV, died on 27 Dec 1939 in Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV 273,274 and was buried on 31 Dec 1939 in Church Of Christ Cemetery, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., WV 275.). The cause of her death was cerebral hemorrhage.
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