Carolyn Abney Roberts died Friday, May 11, 2012, at LSU Hospital in Shreveport, La. She was 55.

Mrs. Roberts was born June 8, 1956, in Fitler, Issaquena County, to the late James Horace and Ruby Eleanor Cochran Abney. She was reared in Vicksburg and graduated from Vicksburg High School.

She was a horticulturist who had worked in plant nurseries.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, James Abney, Larry Abney and her twin, Samuel Abney; and three sisters, Martha Joy Stevens, Eula Mae Phelps and Barbara June Abney Greenland.

Mrs. Roberts is survived by her husband, Tom Roberts; a daughter, Joy Evans of Monroe, La.; a son, Tanner Ellerbe of Vicksburg; three sisters, Mary Dodson, Sue Stevens and Liz Baylot; three brothers, Tanner Abney, Bobby Abney and Van Abney; and several grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and friends.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Redbone United Methodist Church, U.S. 61 South, with Pastor Thomas Shreve officiating. Burial will follow at Redbone Cemetery.