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Kim Green Roberts, 60, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on February 17, 2022. Born in Mobile, AL, she was a daughter of the late Welch Butler Green and Mary Banks Green. She graduated from Tyner High School in Chattanooga, TN in 1979. She graduated from Carson-Newman College in 1983 with a degree in Music Education. She worked as a music teacher at Thornwell School for the Arts and Hartsville Middle School. She was a staff accompanist in the Department of Music at Coker University and served for many years as pianist and organist at First Baptist Church in Hartsville. Kim married Charles Roberts in 1983. She was Charles' accompanist in his voice lessons in the Music School at Carson-Newman College. This provided the springboard for their life partnership in marriage, music and ministry. She was a member of St. Matthew's Church in Darlington, SC. She is survived by her husband, Charles Roberts; her son, Scott (Kaci King) Roberts; her daughter Katie (Drew) Walters; grandsons, Charlie and Freddie Walters; sister, Amy (Ned) Irwin of Jonesborough, TN; and brother, John Green of Chattanooga, TN. She was preceded in death by her father, Welch (Buddy) Green and by her mother, Mary Green. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday February 20, 2022, at the First Baptist Church. The Rev. Rags Coxe will officiate with burial to follow in the First Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Brown-Pennington Atkins Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Matthew's Church, 210 S. Main St., Darlington, SC 29532 or the Music Department at Coker University, 300 E College Ave., Hartsville, SC 29550. The Directors of Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home and Crematory are caring for the family.

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Mrs. Kim Green Roberts

March 24, 1961 - February 17, 2022