Submitted by Letha Ann Anderson
Obituary for Joe B. Roberson - Fayette- June 6, 1935 - March 18, 2023
Funeral services for Joe Berry "Bo" Roberson, 87, of Fayette, MS, who passed away on March 18, 2023, will be held on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Mt. Zion Church of God In Christ at 1:00 P.M. with Pastor Douglas Anderson officiating; burial will follow at Bekette Chapel AME Cemetery under the direction Marshall Funeral Home.
Visitation service will be held on Sunday, March 26, from 12:00 P.M. until the service time at the church.
Joe, "Bo" as he was so fondly known as was born on June 6, 1935, in Marks, MS, to Perkins Roberson Sr. and Jeff Metcalfe.
He retired from Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Company and started a new Chapter in his life as an owner of his own Lawn Care Maintenance business.
He is preceded in death by parents, Perkins Sr. and Jeff Metcalfe Roberson; four siblings, Ezell Roberson, Perkins Roberson Jr., Robert Lee Roberson and Catherine Jones; an acquired child, Alice Faye Jackson.
Joe "Bo" leaves to cherish his precious memories, three children, Lillie Staples and husband Charles, Carolyn Anderson and his only son Carl Anderson and wife Jacqueline; three acquired children that he loved and reared as his own, Sandra Kay Sampson and husband Albert, Donna Kelly and husband Robert Sr. and Vincent Anderson and wife Dionne; his siblings: Jeffie Henderson, Ben J. Roberson and wife Willie Mae, Everlena Deal and her husband James, Mandy Ward and her husband Ernest, Arthur Roberson Sr. and his wife Celestine, and Isaac Roberson and his wife Carolyn; and a host of other relatives and friends. Deacon Roberson was the proud grandfather of 18 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
Mr. Roberson was a blessing to all that lived around him and those in the community who came within his grasp.
Online condolences can be made at www.marshallfuneralhomems.com for the family, as well as memorial tributes.