Individual Details
Roberta Kirkpatrick
(9 Jun 1912 - 11 Feb 1989)
Roberta Kirkpatrick was born 9 June 1912 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. Roberta took up the violin early in her life. She attended graduate school at Julliard School of Music and became an accomplished violinist. She played in symphony orchestras in the cities where she lived, many times as the concert mistress.
Roberta married on 27 May 1933 in Long Beach, Robert Strong, son of Walter Wills and Genevieve Francisca Veronica (Kiply) Strong, who was born 14 June 1905 or 1906 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Robert received his B.S. degree from UCLA, an M.A. from the University of Southern California, a B.D. from Westminster Seminary, and an S.T.D. from Temple University. He was pastor of churches in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Alabama. Later he held a teaching position in a seminary in east Mississippi. He retired to Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, where he died 17 June 1980. Roberta died on 11 February 1989 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
There were two (2) children born of the marriage.
Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia, Monday, February 13, 1989, Section B, Page 2, Col. 5: Atlanta---Mrs. Roberta Kirkpatrick Strong, 76 of 300 Johnson Ferry Road died Saturday Feb. 11, 1989 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta, after a lengthy illness. The funeral will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. CST at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Montgomery, Ala., with the Revs. William Strong and Cortez Cooper officiating. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery Annex Montgomery. Mrs. Strong, a native of Long Beach, Calif. attended Juilliard Graduate School in New York where she studied under Hans Letz from 1949 to 1959. She taught violin to many students of the Augusta area. She was choir director at the First Presbyterian Church Augusta where her husband was minister. She was a founding member and the first concert master of the Augusta Symphony Orchestra. After moving to Montgomery, she was a member of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham, Ala. Survivors include a son, James W. Strong, Atlanta, a daughter, Patricia Strong Barrett, Augusta and seven grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Robert [Roberta] Strong Chair of Homiletics Reformed Theological Seminary, 5422 Clinton Blvd., Jackson, Miss 39209. White Chapel Funeral Home Montgomery and Sandy Springs Chapel Atlanta are in charge of arrangements.
Roberta married on 27 May 1933 in Long Beach, Robert Strong, son of Walter Wills and Genevieve Francisca Veronica (Kiply) Strong, who was born 14 June 1905 or 1906 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Robert received his B.S. degree from UCLA, an M.A. from the University of Southern California, a B.D. from Westminster Seminary, and an S.T.D. from Temple University. He was pastor of churches in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Alabama. Later he held a teaching position in a seminary in east Mississippi. He retired to Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, where he died 17 June 1980. Roberta died on 11 February 1989 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
There were two (2) children born of the marriage.
Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia, Monday, February 13, 1989, Section B, Page 2, Col. 5: Atlanta---Mrs. Roberta Kirkpatrick Strong, 76 of 300 Johnson Ferry Road died Saturday Feb. 11, 1989 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta, after a lengthy illness. The funeral will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. CST at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Montgomery, Ala., with the Revs. William Strong and Cortez Cooper officiating. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery Annex Montgomery. Mrs. Strong, a native of Long Beach, Calif. attended Juilliard Graduate School in New York where she studied under Hans Letz from 1949 to 1959. She taught violin to many students of the Augusta area. She was choir director at the First Presbyterian Church Augusta where her husband was minister. She was a founding member and the first concert master of the Augusta Symphony Orchestra. After moving to Montgomery, she was a member of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham, Ala. Survivors include a son, James W. Strong, Atlanta, a daughter, Patricia Strong Barrett, Augusta and seven grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Robert [Roberta] Strong Chair of Homiletics Reformed Theological Seminary, 5422 Clinton Blvd., Jackson, Miss 39209. White Chapel Funeral Home Montgomery and Sandy Springs Chapel Atlanta are in charge of arrangements.
Events
| Birth | 9 Jun 1912 | Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California |  | ||
| Marriage | 27 May 1933 | Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California - Robert Strong | | ||
| Death | 11 Feb 1989 | Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia | | ||
| Burial | Oakwood Annex Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama | |
Families
| Spouse | Robert Strong (1905 - 1980) |
| Child | Patricia Strong (1938 - ) |
| Child | James Walter Strong (1941 - ) |
| Father | James Melton Kirkpatrick (1876 - 1941) |
| Mother | Florence Childs (1887 - 1975) |
| Sibling | James Theron Kirkpatrick (1916 - 1981) |
Endnotes
1. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
2. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
3. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
4. Find A Grave.