Austin Thomas Roberson, Jr., 89,

Austin Thomas Roberson, Jr., 89, of Bostic, passed away on Monday, January 13, 2014. 

A native of Rutherford County, he was born on July 03, 1924, a son of the late Austin T. Roberson, Sr., and Effie Cathy Roberson. He was a United States Navy Veteran having served in World War II in the Medical Corp on the U.S.S. Alabama. He was a member of Cliffside Baptist Church where he was a former deacon. He retired from Universal Films. He loved to cook, fish, whittle, go to his summer home in the NC Mountains and never met a stranger.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth “Toots” Parris Roberson; two sons, Royce Roberson and wife Sandy of Myrtle Beach, SC and Noyce Roberson & Kay Wallace of Peachland, NC; one daughter, Joyce Tate of Chesnee; one brother, Fred Roberson of Morganton; seven grandchildren; seventeen grandchildren; four great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at Cliffside Baptist Church with the Rev. Joey Cantrell and Rev. Lander Heffner officiating. Burial followed at Cleveland Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Cliffside Baptist Church Building Fund PO Box 336 Cliffside, NC 28024

McKinney-Landreth & Carroll Funeral and Cremation Service is serving the family.