Services for Avirl B. Roberts, of Summit, are 2 p.m. Thursday,May 21, at Johnston Chapel United Methodist Church with burial inthe church cemetery. Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home is in charge ofarrangements.

Visitation is Wednesday from 5 until 8 p.m. and Thursday from 1until 2 p.m. at the church.

Mrs. Roberts, 87, died May 18, 2009, at St. Tammany ParishHospital in Covington, La. She was born in Summit on Dec. 20, 1921,to Will and Rose Bigner Brown.

She was a homemaker and a very active and a lifelong member ofJohnston Chapel United Methodist Church until her health began tofail.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, EdwardRoberts; a daughter, Martha Roberts Ladieu; her brothers, EarlBrown and Hilton Brown; and a grandson, Todd Roberts.

Survivors are her daughters, Patsy Baker, of Falling Waters,W.Va., and Carol Rardin, of Belton, Texas; her two sisters-in-law;her eight grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; her twogreat-great-grandchildren; and a niece.