Flags are flying at half mast at Fulton County facilities in honor of Firefighter Felix Roberts. He lost his life in the line of duty while battling a structure fire at a home in Johns Creek on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2007.
Visitation for Firefighter Roberts will be held on June 1, 2007 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Murray Brothers Funeral Home, 1199 Utoy Springs Road, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30331, with the Wake Service to follow from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Funeral services will take place Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at Elizabeth Baptist Church, 4245 Cascade Road, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30331. (Traffic is expected to be extremely heavy along Cascade Road throughout the day.) Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens located at 5755 Mallory Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30349.
We are all fortunate to have worked with Firefighter Roberts, said Fire Chief Larry Few. He was a hero who bravely served both his country and Fulton County residents. We are stunned by this loss.
Roberts joined the Fulton County Fire Department in 1999. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in the Persian Gulf War. A native of Tampa, Florida, Roberts is survived by his mother and four siblings.
In lieu of flowers or cards, the Roberts family requests that donations be made in memory of Felix to the Grady Memorial Hospital Burn Unit or the America Cancer Society.
