Donna Roberson
Donna Kahoma (Hayes) Roberson, 74, of Reelfoot Lake went home to be with the Lord Tuesday morning, April 30, 2024, at Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky.
Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Friday at Second Baptist Church. Brother Matthew Tippit, Pastor Justin Hiens, Pastor Russell Zik and Brother Charles Southerland will officiate. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery near Hornbeak.
Pallbearers will be Caleb McMillin, Scotty Hayes, J.B. Murphy, Randy Shane Roberson, Josh Roberson and Jeremy Seals.
Visitation will be held at Second Baptist Church from 10 a.m. until the hour of services Friday.
Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may take the form of donations to Second Baptist Church Legacy Campaign, 831 North Everett Blvd., Union City, TN 38261 or to Gideons International.
Donna was born Jan. 21, 1950, in Tiptonville, daughter of the late Lloyd and Margaret (Mowery) Hayes. She married David Roberson June 7, 1969.
Donna was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing, quilting and cross stitching. She would make hot tamales and peanut butter balls and give them to members of the community. Donna never met a stranger and would always end her conversations to others with “I love you.” She was a loving wife, mother, sister and granny.
She is survived by her husband, David Roberson of Reelfoot Lake; two daughters, Alicia Tippit and husband, Kelly, of Reelfoot Lake and Kristi Davis and husband, Brad, of the Shawtown community; one son, Dave Roberson and wife, Elizabeth, of Reelfoot Lake; one sister, Shauna Smith and husband, Danny, of Reelfoot Lake; she was “Granny” to her seven grandchildren, Matthew Tippit and wife, Molley, of Huntingdon, Marli McMillin and husband, Caleb, of Union City, Mayci Hogg of the Shawtown community, Maggie Edwards and Masyn Claire Roberson, both of Reelfoot Lake, Claire Harrison and husband, Alex, of Union City and Hayden Davis of Memphis; and two great-grandchildren, Caleb McMillin II and Isla Bradley Harrison, both of Union City.
Published in The Messenger on 5.1.24