BERNICE ALSUP ROBERTS

Bernice Alsup Roberts, age 82, of Jacksonville, FL, previously of Garrard County Kentucky, passed away at 2:30 p.m. on August 12, 2012 in her home.

Funeral services will be held Friday August 17th at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Pine Knot Funeral Home in Pine Knot, KY. Burial will be at the Wood family cemetery. The family will receive friends after 2pm Friday until time for services at the funeral home.

Born in Buena Vista, Kentucky on January 11, 1930, she was the daughter of the late William Ledford Ball and Myrtle Wood Ball. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Roberts of McCreary County, KY; her brothers Homer (Dick) Ball and William (Junior) Ball; a sister Lorraine Evans and a son David Michael (Mike) Alsup.

Surviving family includes son Bruce Alsup of Jacksonville, FL and daughters Karen Bono of St. Louis, MO, Cindy Sink of Annapolis, MD, and Renata Alsup of Titusville, FL. She is also survived by a host of grandchildren, great-grand children and great-great grandchildren.

In addition to being a homemaker and raising a family, Ms. Roberts had been a licensed practical nurse for the Veterans Administration. Her volunteer activities included being a Cub Scout den mother, a "pink lady" for a hospital auxiliary and she was very involved in her square dancing club.

Flowers should be sent to the Pine Knot Funeral Home, Pine Knot, KY. Her favorite charity was Paralyzed Veterans of America. Her final year of life she was so thankful for the loving and caring she received from the staff, nurses, and volunteers of Hospice of Northeast Florida. She would appreciate your donations to these in her honor.

Pine Knot Funeral Home is assisting the family of Ms. Bernice Roberts in her funeral arrangements.