Roberta Lee Mathis

	Roberta Lee (Bertie Lee) Mathis, 81, of DuQuoin, passed away at 8:26 a.m. Sunday, February 18, 2001 at her residence.
	Roberta wa a homemaker.  She was a member of the First Christian Church of Duquoin where she had been a Deacon for several years.  She wa a member of the Rebecca Circle and the Christian Womens Fellowship of the church.
	 She was born December 8, 1919 at DuQuoin, the daughter of Robert Lee and Flossie (Summers) Smith.  She married Lloyd P. Mathis on July 13, 1938 at St. Louis, Mo. and he passed away on June 27, 1986.
	She is survived by two daughters, Connie Solliday and husband Michael of Carbondale and Marjorie Lima and husband Joseph of Aurora, Colo.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
	 She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and one sister.
	Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 22 at the Searby Funeral Home in DuQuoin with Rev. Chester Zimmer officiating.
	Friends called from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Searby Funeral Home in DuQuoin.
	Interment was in the IOOF Cemetery in DuQuoin.
	Friends may make memorials to the Perry County Health Dept. or the First Christian Church of DuQuoin.	
