417. ROBISON – Billy Joe – March 9, 1939 – January 6, 1952

 

HUNTSVILLE TIMES

Monday, January 7, 1952

 

12-Year-Old Dies At Birmingham Hospital; Funeral Set Tuesday

 

Billy Joe ROBERTSON, 12, of Owens Cross Roads, died yesterday morning in the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, following an attack of polio.

 

He was the son of Mrs. Ruth G. Glover ROBERTSON of Owens Cross Roads, and was taken to the Jefferson Hillman Hospital in Birmingham on Dec. 10 for treatment.  He was later moved to the polio ward of the Children’s Hospital where he died at 10:45 a.m. Sunday.

 

Besides his mother, he is survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. GLOVER, and several aunts and uncles.

 

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday from the Owens Cross Roads Methodist Church with the Rev. L. S. RICHEY officiating.  Laughlin-Service Funeral Home will direct interment in the Moon Cemetery.

 

Pallbearers will be Neville BARNARD, Will TURNER, Wilburn SUTTON, Robert BAKER, Wilburn PATTERSON and Moody ELLIOTT [ELLETT].