This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morris, Parkhurst, Rhodes, Reed, Hanley, Montaruli, VanPelt, Lambe, Montgomery, Schultz, Burns Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/3478 Message Board Post: Roberta Leta Morris, daughter of Johnnie William and Ester Pearl Rhodes Parkhurst, was born March 3, 1935 in Butler, Oklahoma. Roberta departed this life the evening of March 23, 2002 at her home in Waynesville, Missouri, at the age of 67 years and 21 days. Roberta worked on the assembly line at Brown Shoe Company for six years before becoming the owner and operator of Coxy Arts Theatre, Cozy Acres Mobile Home Court, Beauty Shope, Laundry Mat and Tatoo Shop. Roebert was a member of the VFW Post 3176 Ladies Auxiliary, Waynesville, St. Robert Area Chamber of Commerce, Gardening Club and the arbor Day Foundation. She enjoyed gardening, reading, sewing and hummingbirds. Roberta will be sadly missed by three sons: Carl Dean Morris of Waynesville, Missouri, and Terry and Carl Reed of the State of Oklahoma and two daughters: Angel Hanley of Dayton, Ohio and Sherrie Montaruli of Nixa, Missouri. She also leaves three brothers: Wayne Parkhurst and his wife, Juanice and Mevlin Parkhurst and his wife Deanne all of Cheyenne, Oklahoma, and Robert Parkhurst and his wife, Nadine of Duncan, Oklahoma; four grandchildren: Carl Dale Morris, Charles Reed, Elizabeth Ann Morris and Jennifer Reed and four stepsisters: Mary Lou VanPelt, Jane Lambe, Wanda Fay Montgomery and Lorene Schultz. Also surviving are her best friend: Sharon Cariger: frinds: John Culbertson and Roger Alley; sister-in-law: Jean Parkhurst, and several other relatives and friends. Roberta was preceded in death by her parents: Johnnie and Ester Parkhurst; one son: Lou Burns and two brothers: Jimmie Eugene and Marion Parkhurst. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK