Esther Mae Roberts Stanford

Mrs. Esther Mae Roberts Stanford, 84, of N. Biloxi, MS, went to be with the Lord, Friday, July 11, 2008, in Pascagoula. Mrs. Stanford was born in Wiggins, MS and had been a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a devoted mother with never ending love for her eight children and so many others. Her life is not measured by how many she loved, but how many loved her. Mrs. Stanford was preceded in death by her husband, Earnie Stanford; children, Esther Mae Roberts, Linda Carol Roberts, Larry R. Roberts, and Walter M. Roberts. She is survived by three daughters, Floye Graham of Moss Point, Kay Roberts of Jackson and Elda Havard of Edmund, OK; three sons, Alfred Roberts of D'Iberville, Wayne Roberts of Moss Point, and Norman Roberts of Biloxi; a sister, Eurshel Faye James of detroit, MI; fifthteen grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Ave, in Biloxi. Visitation is one hour before service time. Burial will be in Biloxi National Cemetery.