Roberta Edmond
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November 12, 1944 - July 26, 2019 Burial Date: August 9, 2019 |
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Roberta Edmond, 74, of Somerset, NJ passed away at home the evening of Friday, July 26, 2019, after a 35 year-long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Roberta Edmond was born on November 12, 1944, in Dublin, Georgia (Laurens County) to the late James Zell and Adlean Pryor Edmond. She was raised in New Brunswick, NJ and graduated from New Brunswick High School in 1963. Shortly after graduating from NBHS, Roberta married the late Edgar (Earl) Johnson and moved to Newark, New Jersey. She would shortly thereafter give birth to her Son Cedric Earl Johnson. After being officially diagnosed with MS in 1991, Roberta moved to Somerset, NJ to be closer with her immediate family and regularly attended Sharon Baptist Church (New Brunswick, NJ). Predeceased by her parents James Zell and Adlean Edmond & Brother James Russell Edmond. She is survived by one child, Cedric Earl Johnson (New Brunswick, NJ), Sister Evelyn Edmond (Somerset, NJ), three grandchildren Syrita Johnson (Plainsboro, NJ), Teisha Macon (Toms River, NJ), and Aaron Cedric Edmond (Woodbridge, VA), six great-grandchildren, Aunts Dena M. Cummings (Washington D.C.) and Mable Pryor (Macon, GA) and Uncle Robert Pryor (Macon, Georgia), Sister in Law Blondie Davis-Edmond of Somerset, NJ (Nephews Stephen Davis of Long Beach, CA & Robert Edmond of Old Bridge, NJ), God Children Monique “Nikki” King-Brown (Piscataway, NJ) & Donye Alexander (Newark, NJ), Close Friend Donna Alexander and a host of nieces, nephews, and close friends. | |