Helen S. Roberson, age 86, of Bonnie died at 11:17am on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at her home in Bonnie with family and friends at her side. Helen was born April 14, 1924 in Bonnie, Illinois; a daughter of Wayman and Lela (Hughey) Sledge. She married Clyde A. Roberson on November 2, 1941 in Jackson, Missouri. He preceded her in death on September 13, 2009. Helen was employed at the International Shoe Company in Mt. Vernon, Illinois and later at The Bank of Sesser in Sesser, Illinois until her retirement. She was a member of the Logan Street Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon. Helen is survived by two sons, Ronald Roberson and wife Glenna of Scheller, Illinois and Rodney Roberson of Bonnie, Illinois; four grandchildren, Randy Roberson of Scheller, Rick Roberson of Effingham, Illinois, Chantel Lafontaine of LeRoy, Illinois, and Ryan Roberson and wife Trisha of Ridgecrest, California; five great grandchildren, Rowan and Seth Lafontaine and Morgan, Ryder, and Addison Roberson; and also two sisters Doris and husband Ray Newell of Bonnie and Virginia Cockrum of Sesser. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, brother-in-law Stanton Eugene Cockrum, brother-in-law and sister-in-law Lloyd and Margaret Roberson, brother-in-law Evan Warren Page, nephew Russell Roberson and niece Marcella Fowler. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m on Wednesday, February 2,2011 at Newell Funeral Home in Waltonville with Pastor Jason E. Newell officiating. Burial will follow at Knob Prairie Cemetery in Waltonville. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at Newell Funeral home in Waltonville. For those wishing, memorials may be made to Knob Prairie Cemetery and will be accepted at the funeral home. For more information, you may call Newell Funeral Home at 279-7272