Margaret Nell Allen Roberts, 92, of Tuscumbia passed away Saturday, February 8, 2020. Visitation will be Tuesday, February 11, from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia. The funeral service will follow at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Greg Beasley officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia.
Nell was a lifelong resident of the Shoals and a member of Valdosta Baptist Church. She loved to cook, to paint (oil and pastel), and most of all, to spend time with her family. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, John M. Roberts, Sr.; parents, Charles Allen, Sr. and Nellie McGregor Allen; sisters, Mary Cox, Elizabeth Branch, and Louise Petrusnek; and brothers, Charles Allen, Jr. and James Madison Allen.
Nell is survived by her sons, John M. Roberts, Jr. (Betty) and James F. Roberts (Joan); grandchildren, Tyler Roberts, Allison Handley, Emily Jones, John B. Roberts, and Joseph T. Roberts; and great-grandchildren, Sarah, Mollie, Oliver, and Lucy Roberts, Caden, Grayson, and Holden Handley, and Madeline, Owen, Isabella, Emilia “Emmie”, and Ben Jones.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to your local church or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
