Ocean County , NJ History

from Tuckerton Beacon 30 May 1991

Lakewood Citizen 1 Dec 1922 At 10 o'clock on Sunday evening, Mrs Florence White Pettit Roberts, wife of Thomas Roberts. died at her East Fourth Street home from the effects of cancer. Mrs Roberts had been in ill health for a long while and had been suffering particularly during the few weeks past. Mrs Roberts was in her 48th year and besides being survived by an aged mother now living in Whitesville, she leaves a husband and seven children. They are Raymond, Carl, Hazel, George, Mavis and Olive Pettit and Mary Roberts. The following brothers also survive: George, Warren, Charles, Joseph and Mack White of Whitesville and a half brother, Henry Cooper of Englishtown. The funeral services were held at 2:30 on Wednesday afternoon at the Episcopal church. The service was conducted by the Rev Mr Hugh D Jones with undertaker CHT Clayton, of Adelphia, in charge of the interment which took place in Woodlawn Cemetery