Lucille Henderson Byers Roberson

Lucille Henderson Byers Roberson, age 91, of Forest City, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at her home.

Lucille was born Thursday, April 27, 1933 in Cherokee County, SC to the late Karl Henderson and Bertha Blackwell Henderson. She worked as a human resources assistant for J.C. Cowan and Burlington for thirty years before retirement. Lucille was always full of energy and enjoyed sewing, dancing, traveling and tending to yard and her flowers. She loved having a good time with her granddaughters and great grandchildren. Lucille was a longtime member of Caroleen Methodist Church where she faithfully served as a Sunday School teacher, choir member and on various church committees.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Walter “Slick” Byers, Orville Spake and William Roberson; two sons, Adrian Byers and an infant boy; great grandson, Elijah Hickman; sisters, Corine Fowler, Evelyn Doggett, Polly Price, Helen Blackwell, Grace Conner and Ruth Deese.

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Lisa Byers Harris of Forest City; granddaughters, Mandy Harris, Rebecca Lee Hickman (Tyree) and Tabitha Marks (Zachery) all of Forest City; five great grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 15th at Caroleen Methodist Church with Reverend Roy Byers officiating. Interment will follow at Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall one hour prior to service time.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are requested to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043 or to Caroleen Methodist Church, PO Box 187, Caroleen, NC 28019.