Ella Roberts

Benson, NC:  Mrs. Ella Sue L. Roberts, age 68 of 561 Ennis Road died Sunday at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. A Funeral service will be Tuesday, 3:00PM at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel.   Officiating will be Rev. R. B. Parrish.  Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery, Benson.    Mrs. Roberts was born August 5, 1946 in Johnston County to the late Ralph and Eloise Byrd Lassiter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fenner Jerl Roberts. Mrs. Roberts was a retired nurse and member of Friendly Chapel Church.   Surviving are children & spouses, Donnie Hales, Wayne & Lynn Hales all of Benson, Donna & Randy Batten of Princeton, and Lori Roberts Preston of Clayton; sisters, Pat Johnson of Smithfield, Vicki Jackson of Warsaw, Rose Clower of Dunn, Sherry Lee of Clayton; brother, Robert Lassiter of Benson; twelve grandchildren; and several nieces & nephews.   Family will receive friends 1:00PM - 2:30PM prior to service at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in  Benson.