THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, April 23, 1953

 

Edward West Roberts, 81-year­old resident of Bunnell, died in a Daytona Beach nursing home last Wednesday after an illness of several months.

Mr. Roberts had lived in Flagler County about 25 years, and was engaged in manufacturing brick, ochre, and building. He also, at one time, operated the old Dupont Railroad from Haw Creek to Dupont.

Funeral services were held Friday morning in the chapel of W. Carl Davis and Son, in Palatka, with Rev. Neale, pastor of the Palatka Presbyterian Church officiating.

The body was shipped to his former home in Mermac, Mass. for burial.

Survivors are a son, E. W. Roberts, Jr., Newton, Mass., and a half-sister, Mrs. Lida Feakins of Miami.