Darby Lavon (Williams) Roberson

Service for Darby LaVon Williams Roberson, 77 of Temple will be Thursday September 24, 2020 from 10:00 AM- 11:00 AM Dorsey-Keatts Funeral Home Chapel in Waco, Texas with Rev Melvin Petty, Officiating.

Burial will follow at Temple Garden of Memories Cemetery in Temple, Texas with Rev. Allen Edwards, Officiating.

Mrs. Darby LaVon Williams Roberson was born on December 4, 1942 to the late Elva Williams and Belle Williams of Temple, Texas.  She was the seventh of seven children.

Darby attended Temple public schools where she was a graduate of Dunbar High School.   After graduating from high school, she worked for Mrs. James Jewelry’s and Henderson Jeweler’s, and it was during this time she met Weldon Roberson. They united in marriage in 1974, and was married for 47 years.

After moving to Waco, Texas, she worked at Cox’s Department Store, where she often worked as the top sales person in the Jewelry and Clothing Department.

Darby was a woman of fashion, beauty and class; she loved to dress and cook, often having lavish cookouts in her back yard.

She loved to plant in her garden every year before Easter Sunday.

Darby was a member Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church in Temple, Texas.

Preceding her in death were her parents Elva and Belle Williams; three brothers, John Williams, Melvin Williams and Elva Williams, Jr.; three sisters, Dorothy Murcherson, Claudine, Jackson and Lois Kea.

Darby leaves to cherish her memories her beloved husband of 47 years Weldon Roberson of Waco, Texas; one close friend and caretaker Rachel Bethea, and a host of nieces and nephews.