Peggy Sue Roberts, age 68 of Hendersonville, formerly of Dickson, died Sunday, June 5, 2016 at her home. Visitation with the family will be on Tuesday from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until time of service at Goodpasture Christian School, 619 Due West Aveune, Madison, TN. The funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, 2016 from the Auditorium at Goodpasture Christian with Jeff Bixeman, Lindsey Judd, Janie Jones, Ben Dennis and Scott Ballard officiating. Interment will follow in Union Cemetery, Dickson. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to Goodpasture Christian Middle School Building Program.
Peggy was the daughter of the late Murrell A. Roberts and the late Imogene Downey Roberts Oakley. A graduate of Dickson High School, she received her Bachelor’s Degree from David Lipscomb College. She taught for a year at David Lipscomb before beginning her 43+ year teaching career with Goodpasture. Highlights among her accomplishments was being named the first Girls Basketball Coach, coaching Track and Field, Cheerleader sponsor and coordinating their All-Stars Competitive Squad. She also coordinated countless other sporting, academic and extra-curricular school events. She was beloved by the students and staff and touched countless lives during her tenure there. A life-long member of the Church of Christ, she regularly attended the Walnut St. congregation in Dickson, Madison Church of Christ, as well as the congregation in Hendersonville.
Survivors include her sister, Janie Roberts Jones (Richard), Charlotte, TN; nieces and nephews, Deb Jones Betty (Rucker), Old Hickory, TN, Allyson Jones Harmon (Bill), Thomas Seeley (Jessie), and Teresa Seeley Edwards (Lance), all of Dickson; five great-nieces and nephews, Wyatt Harmon, Mady Harmon, Michael Seeley, Megan Seeley, and Caleb Seeley. She was preceded by a sister, Carol Roberts Seeley.