1950 The Lion's Roar Carrollton High School Carrollton, Dallas Co., Texas Senior Class

OBITUARY   Wanda Joyce Roberts, born November 10, 1932, age 84, of Granbury, Texas died on Thursday, February 16, 2017. Memorial service: 1:00 p.m. Monday, February 20, 2017, at Wiley Funeral Home Chapel, Granbury. Wanda was born in Whitesboro, Texas and graduated from Irving High School. She resided in Grand Prairie, Texas most of her life and retired from Dallas County in Dallas Texas after 30 years of employment. The last 25 years in the County Tax Assessor Office as a manager. As a trendsetter she was among one of the first women given the job as a Field Appraiser. She was head clerk of substations and took great pride in being lead supervisor of a new office in Irving. Wanda loved gardening and raising vegetables. Her employees and customers would even enjoy buying her produce when she would take them to work to sell for extra money. She was a born entrepreneur. She was also an Independent Sales Consultant for Mary Kay for several years as a part-time endeavor. Wanda enjoyed and looked forward to family get togethers and if there weren’t any planned, she would plan them. Wanda was preceded in death by her mother and father, Everett and Ethel McLaughlin; son Charles “Chuck” Roberts; brother Everett Lavergne and great granddaughter Peyton Hope. Survivors include: Daughter Rachella Woods and husband Jim; brother Tom McLaughlin and wife Darlene, and sister Juanita Murphy; grandchildren Dana Cleveland and husband Paul, Danny Grider and wife Stacy, Jason Woods and wife Mary, Katie Trujillo and husband Gus, Chance Roberts, great grandchildren: Audrey, Allyson, Avery, Wyatt, Owen, Makayla, Aiden, Samantha and Nathan along with many nieces and nephews whom she felt were her own. She will be missed by her family and anyone who ever knew her. Special thanks from the family for all of the help and affection from Frankie McDaniel, who was not only Wanda’s caretaker but also dear friend. The family would also like to express their sincerest gratitude to the the special people from The Villa and other Angels that are too many to mention that assisted during the last 5 years. Grand Prairie Reporter Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

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• In Memoriam - Carrollton High School - Class of 1950
• Sister of Everett  Lavergne McLaughlin, CHS Class of 1951 and Thomas Leroy "Tom" McLaughlin who appears in the 1951 yearbook as a freshman.