W.W. "Bill" Wythe Roberts

  W.W. “Bill” Roberts, Jr. went to be with his Lord on November 12, 2006. Graveside services will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Weatherford, Texas, on 11:00 a.m., at East Greenwood Cemetery, with Murphy Phillips, of the South Main Church of Christ officiating. 

  Bill Roberts was born on August 21, 1927, to W.W. “Wythe” Roberts Sr. and Lois Spann Roberts, in the Dicey Community. Mr. Roberts graduated from Weatherford High School, attended Weatherford College and Texas Tech University before joining the Merchant Marines. 

  Once he was old enough, he joined the United States Navy, where he served aboard the U.S.S. Clamagore, a diesel submarine. In 1951 he married the love of his life, Mary Drake and operated a dairy near Lake Weatherford for many years. In 1967 he changed careers and began working in the aircraft industry for Southern Airways in Mineral Wells. In 1968 he moved to Amarillo, Texas, to work for Bell Helicopter Textron, later moving to Tehran, Iran with Bell.

  Upon his return from Iran, he finished his aircraft career with General Dynamics in Fort Worth from which he retired in 1992. 

  Mr. Roberts was preceded in death by his parents, his eldest son, Tuffy Lee Roberts, and his eldest grandson, Terry Lee Roberts.

  Mr. Roberts is survived by his beloved and devoted wife of 55 years, Mary of the home; his daughter, Naomi Roberts Woodard and her husband, Mark of Amarillo; his son, William Wythe “Bill” Roberts, III of Galveston; his sister, Anne Blackmon of Fort Worth; his grandchildren, Tracy Garvin and her husband, Troy, Danica Woodard, Nathan Woodard and his wife, Miranda, W.W. “Billy” Roberts IV, Randy Roberts, Paul Roberts, and Ella Kathryn; his great grandchildren, Ashleigh and Bayleigh Garvin and Benjamin Lee Jacobsen.  

  He is also survived by Janice Roberts Gilliland and her husband, Al, Paula Roberts, many nieces, nephews, friends and his faithful companion, Suzy. His rugged smile, invites you to sit a while. This handsome man, who many times was kissed with a tan. With a mind so sharp, and he always had heart. He never was mean, and his wit’s were keen. We will all miss him, the lips that kissed him. The arms that held him, the hearts that loved him. Let his hope be ours, higher than the stars. Of life eternal, it began with faith small as a kernel. We look to see him, this wonderful man we called father, husband, and friend.  

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