Sharon Yvonne Roberts (nee McCullough) passed away at the age of 80 on Wednesday, August 12th at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, MO. She was born March 1st, 1945, in Springfield, MO to the late Ernest and Lena McCullough.

Sharon was intelligent, well educated, and passionate about many things. She believed in equality and social justice. She marched in the civil rights movement. She loved literature. She was a brilliant writer. She loved theater. She owned a dinner theater. She devoted her life to helping others, whether it was as a professor at SMSU, or as a tax accountant and bookkeeper working out of her home. She also loved video poker, and found peace and joy being in a casino. Sharon willingly gave her time, effort, and energy to others, sometimes at her own expense physically and mentally. She was loved by everyone who knew her.

Sharon was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Lena McCullough; her first husband, William H. Roberts; her second husband, John W. Lefever; and her sisters Dorothy Goodwin, Dee O’Neil, and Mary Turner.

She is survived by her sister Erma Davis, her son Jeffrey M. Roberts, her son Joshua T. Roberts, her grandson Joseph T. Roberts, her grandson Austin M Roberts, and two great-grandchildren.

Visitation for Sharon will be Thursday, August 21st at 11am at Greenlawn Funeral Home North, on North National. Funeral services will be at noon at the same location, followed by a procession to the Roberts Cemetery on S. Farm Road 193. If you are inclined to send flowers, we encourage you to use www.roseamongthorns.florist 417-720-4004. Otherwise, Sharon would want you to donate to St. Jude Children’s Hospital to honor her memory.