Velma Robertson 

       Graveside services for Velma J. Robertson, 88, of Lubbock will be held on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park.  A memorial service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the Sanders Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. John Burke officiating.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening from 6-8:00 p.m.  Arrangements are under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home.

   Mrs. Robertson passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2010.  She was born December 31, 1921 in Parsons, Kansas to Leslie R. and Carrie W. Locke.  She married Joe Bill Robertson in 1941.  She received her BA in Education from Adams State College and her MA from Eastern New Mexico University.  She was a gifted elementary school teacher.  She taught Adult Sunday School for many years.  She was a long time member of Oakwood Baptist Church, but more recently worshiped with her children and grandchildren at LakeRidge United Methodist Church.

   Survivors include her husband of 68 years, Joe Bill; her daughter, Kathleen Jones and husband Bobby; grandchildren, Melissa Jones and husband Garry and Dianna St. Clair and husband Christopher; and her beloved great-grandchildren, Benton, Graham and Katy St. Clair, all of Lubbock.  She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Rollin Locke, Miles Locke and Truman Locke; and a daughter, Elizabeth Janette Lozier.

   In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made to LakeRidge United Methodist Church for the Change for Children Fund, 4701 82nd Street - Lubbock, Texas 79424.