Rosalynde Jacks Robertson

Rosalynde Jacks Robertson went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 10, 2024. She was born on August 28, 1953 in Asheville, NC, and grew up across western North Carolina. She graduated from Glade Valley High School in Alleghany County, NC in 1970, and graduated fromGreensboro College in 1974 with a Bachelor of Music Degree. She wed Walter in 1975 in DukeChapel.

Rosalynde was a devoted wife, loving mother, and adoring grandmother. She was a fantastic hostess who loved to cook and host friends and family. She enjoyed researching family history, was an avid proponent of adoption, and an advocate for tobacco heritage. She loved to travel and spend time with friends and family. Rosalynde enjoyed golfing for 30 years and made some amazing friendships on the golf course.She directed and accompanied her church choir at Shady Grove UMC for 35 years. She was an excellent pianist, Sunday School teacher, and active member of the United Methodist Women.She was a tremendously talented and classically trained soprano who sang with the Halifax Community Chorale and the Durham Choral Society for 17 years.

Proceeding her in death were her parents, the Reverend W. Ralph Jacks and Miriam W. Jacks.One sister, Ann J. Perkins, and her birth mother, Peggy Ann Waddell Doty.

Surviving are her husband, Walter R. Robertson of the home, one daughter Laura R. Elliott(Quinn) and granddaughter, Lucy Rose Elliott of Browns Summit, NC. Brother-in-law, CrowderB. Robertson, Jr. of Virgilina, VA. One niece, Julie A. Boyd (Jimmy) of Pinnacle, NC. One aunt,Barbara Waddell Smith of Lugoff, SC, sister Helen McLawhorn (R.B.) of Seagrove, NC, brotherSteve Doty (Katie) of St. Stephen, SC, brother Tony Doty (Janet) and sister Dee Doty Uga (Ben)both of Vero Beach, Florida.

A visitation will be held at Brooks Lyon Funeral Home in South Boston, VA on Tuesday,October 15, 2024 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. A graveside service will be held on October 16, 2024 at 3:00 PM at Shady Grove UMC in Virgilina, VA.

In lieu of flowers, please consider memorials to Shady Grove UMC Cemetery Fund or The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) for Western North Carolina Disaster Relief.