The Celebration of Life for Mrs. Hilda Lincoln Roberts, 77, will be held during Memorial Services Saturday, September 28, 2024 at St. Mary Catholic Church at 9am, under the direction of Sparrow Funeral Home.
Disposition is Cremation
Hilda was born to Anna and Edward Lincoln on January 14, 1947, in Opelousas, Louisianna.
She attended public schools in Orange. She loved playing tennis and basketball in high school.
After graduating from Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, she returned to Orange to work. An educator, she retired from the West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District. While in the district, Coach Dan Hooks appointed her Head Coach of the girls Basketball and Track and Field Teams, both of which excelled. In 2003 she was also named “Teacher of the Year”.
Hilda met and married Donnie Ray Roberts of Marshall, Texas. Their three children all attended school in Orange.
Her summons from earthly life came September 9th, 2024.
Hilda was preceded in death by her son Donnie Ray Roberts, II, her parents, brother, Tevis Lincoln and nephew Lincoln Lewis.
Her memory will be forever in the minds and hearts of her son, Tevis Roberts (Rebecca), daughter, Kelly Spurlock, sisters, Edwina Lewis and Phyllis Thomas, 6 grandchildren, 3 nieces, 1 nephew and a host of cousins and friends.
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