Amy Hope Roberts
(April 4, 1927 - July 5, 2013)

Amy Hope Douthat Roberts, 86, beloved wife of Swanson "Robbie" Roberts, died Friday, July 5, 2013. She is survived by her husband of nearly 70 years, and children, Kathryn Roberts Copley of Huntington and Stephen G. Roberts (Anne) of Charleston, WV; five granddaughters, Kathryn "Rynnie" Ross Cotter (Scott) of Bethesda, MD, Katelyn Copley Duncan (Donald) of Huntington and Elizabeth, Kathryn and Sarah Roberts of Charleston; two great-grandsons, Andrew Roberts Warner and Eli Dodge Duncan, and a step-great-granddaughter, Emma Cotter. She is also survived by her brother, Stratton L. Douthat (Gail) of Plainfield, VT, and nephews Stratton, Christopher and Thomas (Rebecca) Douthat and niece Kate Douthat. She was predeceased by her parents, Nell Kathryn Blankenship Douthat and Leland Sutherland Douthat, grandson Stephen Douthat Roberts, and close first-cousin Martha Ann Warren. Mrs. Roberts was born April 4, 1927, in Huntington, WV, graduating from Huntington High School in January 1945. While raising her children, she resumed her education at Marshall University and Eastern Michigan University, graduating cum laude from Marshall in 1968. She taught school in Huntington, Miami, FL, and Al Khabar, Saudi Arabia, where she and her husband lived for a number of years. She also taught at the American International School and the Women's Institute of Dharhan, Saudi Arabia. She and her husband traveled to many parts of the world, some of her favorites being Rome, England, the Greek Isles, sailing the Nile River and crossing the Panama Canal. Huntington was also a favorite of hers as that is where she grew up, raised her family and returned after living in Tampa, Miami, Atlanta and Saudi Arabia. Here and in their winter home in Summerfield, FL, she continued her enjoyment of bridge, reading, gardening, tennis, and in later years computer games, crossword puzzles and her great-grandsons. She was a member of PEO Chapter I and a former docent at the Huntington Museum of Art. Her family thanks the many friends she made over the years at the Gallaher Village Library for their kindnesses, and more recently to Jo Ghiz and Trish Finley of Hospice of Huntington for their assistance, care and concern. In-lieu-of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to be made to the Cabell County Public Library, Gallaher Village Branch, or Hospice of Huntington. Visitation will be held from 5pm until 8pm on Tuesday, July 9th 2013 at Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary. A private family committal will be held at a later date. We will miss you. We love you, Meme!