Joe Louis Roberson

JOE LOUIS ROBERSON, 62, OF MOUNDS, IL. DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON Thursday MAY 9, 2013 AT ST.
FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER IN CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO.
JOE WAS BORN TO THE UNION OF NOEL SR AND ROSSIE LEE ROBERSON ON MARCH 14, 1951 IN
MOUND CITY, IL. HIS PARENTS, FOUR BROTHERS, TWO SISTERS AND ONE GRANDDAUGHTER PRECEDED
HIM IN DEATH.
JOE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. HE RETIRED FROM
THE US ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS WITH 34 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE LOVED TO FISH AND ENJOYED
TINKERING WITH HIS HOBBY OF BUILDING THINGS AND ELECTRICAL WORK.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE OF 32 YEARS JANET. HIS CHILDREN; MARGARET
ROBERSON, JO ANN(GLENN) GORE, KAREN ROBERSON OF PEORIA, IL. STAFF SERGEANT TERESA (I sl.
SERGEANT KAONIS THOMAS, ST. LOUIS , MO. MICHAEL(DEBBIE) HOLLIS, ST. LOUIS, MO.
JOHNNY(CHRISTINE) HOLLIS, BELTON, TX., DOMINIC HOLLIS, PADUCAH, KY. LASHONDA LAWRENCE,
CAIRO, IL AND JARED LAWRENCE, NASHVILLE, TN. FOUR BROTHERS; NOEL, JR(SANDRA ROBERSON)
MOUNDS, IL. DON(DIANIE) ROBERSON, BURKBURNETT, TX. DEWAYNE(SHAWN) ROBERSON, COLORADO
SPRINGS, CO. ALFORD MCRAY ROBERSON, MOUNDS, IL. TWO SISTERS; ROZIENE(DAN) DUMAS, VILLA
RIDGE, IL. MARGARET FLOYD, ROCHESTER, NY. THREE SISTERS-IN-LAW; DONNA GAINES, CAIRO, IL.
MARGIE MOPKINS, CONWAY, AR AND LIZ(BISHOP PAUL JONES), CAIRO, IL. 18 GRANDCHILDREN, 14
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013, AT NEW BEGINNING UNITED FREEWILL
BAPTIST CHURCH IN CAIRO, IL AT 11:00 A.M. WITH BISHOP PAUL JONES OFFICIATING. VISITATION WILL
BE FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL THE FUNERAL HOUR WITH BURIAL IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERY IN MOUND
CITY, IL.