Florence Hazel Roberts

LAUREL - Florence Hazel Roberts, formerly of Laurel, died on Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, in Genesis Health Care in Seaford, where she had been a patient for the past 8 years. She was born in Laurel, on Nov. 3, 1920, the daughter of the late Ernest and Ida Waller Anderson. Her husband, Leon T. Roberts, died on Nov. 13, 1994. She received her education at Paul Lawrence Dunbar School in Laurel. She was a member of St. Matthews First Baptist Church in Laurel, where she had served as Sunday School Superintendent, Sunday School teacher, Mother of Communion Stewards, was a church missionary, member of Pastors Aid, and for many years was the church pianist. She also gave piano lessons. She did domestic work in the Laurel area and she and her husband helped to raise many children in their home. She was preceded in death by four sisters and two brothers. She is survived by a son, Joseph Louis Roberts of Laurel; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Monroe Anderson of Cranberry, N.J.; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by four sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were in St. Matthews First Baptist Church in Laurel, with Pastor Nathan McCoy officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Framptom Funeral Home P.A. in Federalsburg, Md.