Southern Democrat Jan 5, 1933 ANOTHER VETERAN PASSES WILLIAM B ROBERTS another old Confederate Veteran passed to his reward Sunday. He had been in declining health for sometime and his death came as no surprise to his many friends. Mr Roberts was about 87 years of age and was a member of the Baptist Church. "Uncle Bill" as his friends called him, was one of Blount's leading citizens and took an active part in the affairs of his county until age forced him to lead a less active life. He served for a number of years as a member of the Board of Registrars of Blount County. The deceased is survived by two sons, Isaac R and W Arthur Roberts, both of Cleveland; three daughters, Mrs Lula Pass of Cleveland; Mrs Dora Blackmon of Birmingham and Mrs James Logan of Texas; one brother, S J Roberts of Cleveland. The funeral services were held at Cleveland Monday and were concucted by Rev J A Smallwood and Rev R A Tuck with Pruitt directing The Masons were in charge. With the death of Mr Roberts the number of old Confederate Veterans in this county was reduced to seven. Those surviving are T J Bright of route 1 Blount Springs; J R Jenkins of Oneonta; S W Burnett of route 2 Altoona; W T Grigsby of route 1 Bangor; W H Kemp of route 2 Horton; Bird S McDill of route 1 Village Springs and R J Wilson of Remlap. Only one other death in the ranks has occurred during the past year , that of W S Mullins.