Roberta Yocum Nally, 79, of Bardstown, joined her Heavenly Father on May 21, 2023, at Baptist East Hospital in Louisville. She was born Jan. 28, 1944. She retired from Owens-Illinois and was a member of New Beginning Baptist Church where she was on the bereavement committee and the ladies adult Sunday school class.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest “Boots” Nally; her daughter, Sandy Nally Haydon; her parents that raised her as their daughter, William Thomas and Maude Dugan Yocum; her Muh, Rose Yocum Browning Black; a sister, Ethel Yocum Cook; and brothers, Woody Yocum, Charles Yocum and Willie Browning.
She is survived by two daughters, Debbie (Doug) Osborne of Bardstown and Tricia (Marty) Cain of Taylorsville; eight grandchildren, Jenni (Aaron) Butler, Bret (Joy) Osborne, Brittany (Jacob) Hall, Derek (Lauren) Bryan, Sarah (Ben) Morrison, Madaline (Jacob) Asher, Mariam (Daniel) Dones and Alexandra Haydon; 8 great-grandkids, Anna, Lily, Kaleb, Braylee, Emma, Lucy, Harper and Oaklee; and sisters, Irma Yocum Livers, Sharon Browning Stoess and Vickie Browning Smith.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 26, at Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home. Bro. Jeff Griggs will officiate. Interment will be in Bardstown Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Bret Osborne, Derek Bryan, Jacob Hall, Ben Morrison, Jacob Asher and Daniel Dones.
Honorary pallbearers will be her granddaughters and great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday, May 25, and Friday after 8:30 a.m. at the funeral home.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to New Beginnings Church.
Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.