Cornelia Ann Roebuck

Cornelia Ann Roebuck passed away on December 25, 2023 in Starkville, MS. She was a homemaker and a member of Zama Baptist Church. She was born on April 12, 1955 to the late Author Mancil Odom and Mary Louise Presley Odom in Starkville, MS. She loved being a P.E. teacher in Sturgis and a daycare worker in Kosciusko, MS. She also enjoyed cooking, putting together jigsaw puzzles, and most of all being with her children and grandchildren and her extended large family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Aaron Roebuck, Sr.; sisters, Deborah Faye Odom and Dorothy Hall; brother, William Anthony Odom.

She is survived by her daughter, Candace White (Chad); sons, Jesse Darrell Files (Summer) and Wesley Files; Step-Son, Aaron Roebuck, Jr. (Mona); Sisters, Vickie Salley (James), Betty Brown (Chuck), Gwen Ray (Roy), Stella Sanders, and Charlotte Livingston (Mack); brothers, Hilbert Bush (Helga), Jerry Odom, Author Mancil Odom, Jr. (Gail), and Paul Odom (Debra); 15 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled for Friday, December 29, 2023 from 9:30-11:00 a.m. at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Sturgis, MS, with the service immediately following. Burial will be in Craig Springs Cemetery in Sturgis.