Ronald

Roberts

James Ronald Roberts, of Thomasville, passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at Victory Baptist Church on Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 3:00 pm with Rev. Gary Holland officiating. Visitation will be held on Saturday, May 28th from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm at Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home Chapel. He will be laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Ronald was born on August 17, 1948 in Thomasville, GA, to the late James Leon Roberts and Hazel Adel Vick Roberts. He was the oldest grandchild of Ruben & Armissie Vick and Harmon & Mary Roberts, who preceded him in death. He married Diane Elise Shiver Roberts on February 21, 1969 in Boston, GA, who survives. He was a retired Fire Chief for the City of Thomasville and went on to work as a Rural Mail Carrier in Boston, GA. He was a faithful member of Victory Baptist Church where he was a Deacon and Sunday School Teacher. All who knew him will always remember him as a happily devoted, deeply loving, forever loyal, endlessly giving, completely dedicated, admirably disciplined, and fiercely protective man for all his family and those he called Friend. He became a Man of God in 1979 and made it his Life's mission to positively affect every life he touched from that day forward.  He is survived by his wife, Diane S. Roberts of Thomasville, his children, Vanamey Roberts Fleming (Frank) of Evans, GA, and, James Christopher Roberts (Merideth) of Coolidge, GA, grandchildren, Frank Fleming, Jackson Fleming, Coleman Fleming, Annelise Fleming, Evan Roberts, and Ella Roberts, siblings, Linda Dunham (Terry) of Booneville, AR, Joanne Majors (Ronnie) of Thomasville, Mike Roberts (Sheila) of Cairo, GA, and Debbie Hart (Bobby) of Pavo, GA, and a number of nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: Victory Baptist Church - 938 N. Pinetree Blvd., Thomasville, GA 31792.