Peggy Ann Keaton Roberts, 94, was born in Ashland, KY on June 15, 1928 and passed away on Friday, July 30, 2022. She grew up in Huntington, West Virginia, a daughter of the late William Homer Keaton and Ruth Bragg Keaton.
In 1949 Peggy married Wendell Arthur Roberts and they soon moved to Kentucky Christian College in Grayson, Ky to enter the ministry. They served many churches in Kentucky as students. They ministered to the Peaks Mill Christian Church in Frankfort, KY, Macedonia Church of Christ in Lexington, KY, Highlawn Church of Christ in Huntington, WV, Elkins Church of Christ in Elkins, WV, First Christian Church in Covington, VA, Peaks Mill Christian Church in Frankfort, KY, Morristown Christian Church in Morristown, IN, Olive Hill Church of Christ in Olive Hill, KY, Highlawn Church of Christ in Huntington, WV along with several part time ministries after retirement. Peggy was the “old time stereotypical” preacher’s wife. She housed guests, cooked for crowds, directed the music, taught others to direct music, was a sought after soloist, taught volunteer teachers how to teach. She mentored many a young person headed to Bible College and ministered to women’s groups as a conference speaker throughout the US. She worked hard to go back to school after her children were in school and obtained her Master’s Degree in education. She directed an independent school for handicapped children, taught the learning disabled, Kindergarten and First Grade. Her teaching didn’t stop in the classroom!
Her strength as a woman, mother and Christian is an example she leaves her family. Visuals of her faithfulness to her morning devotions are memories the family hold dear. She is well known for her homemade rolls and cinnamon rolls and passed that skill to several family members. She was a member of Freedom Christian Church in Jamestown, KY.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell A. Roberts and a granddaughter, Sarah Brooke Roberts Hart.
SURVIVORS:
3 children: Susan Jane Roberts Davis & Dennis of Roanoke, VA, Wendell William Roberts & Cindy of Jamestown, KY and Raymond Allen Roberts & Candyce of Campbellsville, KY
8 granddaughters: Susan Lee Gilliland Sivkov of Marina Del Rey, CA, Jeri Rae Gilliland Haubner of Avon, IN, Julie Dawn Gilliland Wright of Roanoke, VA, Sarah Brooke Roberts Hart (deceased 2012), Elizabeth Ashley Roberts Leveridge of Jamestown, KY, Heather Lee Roberts Russell, Summer Rae Roberts Tucker, and Kendal Shea Roberts Harden all of Campbellsville, KY
27 great-grandchildren
1 sister: Billie Keaton Konikov
3 nieces & 1 nephew
Celebration of Life: Monday, August 1, 2022 from 5:00pm-7:00pmCT at Harden Coffee, 202 E Main St, Campbellsville, KY
You may honor her memory with gifts to Freedom Christian Church or to the Sarah Roberts Hart Scholarship Fund.
Wilson Funeral Home in Russell Springs is in charge of arrangements.
