Arrangements for DR. LEE ROBERSON

For instructions to Listen to the service on WDYN via the web and Dr. Roberson's eight minute message. See below.

Services for Dr. Lee Roberson, longtime pastor of the Highland Park Baptist Church and Founder of Tennessee Temple University, will be held Thursday, May 3rd in the main auditorium of the Highland Park Baptist Church. Dr. Roberson, age 97, went to glory Sunday morning.

The family will receive visitors from 2:00-4:00 PM and 6:00-9:00 PM at the East Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home at 404 South Moore Road.

Dr. Roberson's body will lie in state in the Highland Park Baptist Church from 11:30 until 1:00 PM on Thursday. Officiating at the service will be Dr. David Bouler, pastor of the church and Chancellor of Tennessee Temple University. Dr. Paul Dixon, Chancellor of Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio and an alumnus of Tennessee Temple University, will bring the message.

Special reflections will be given Dr. J. R. Faulkner, Cliff Robinson, Clarence Sexton, James Ray, Curtis Adams and Gary Gober. Son-in-law Buddy Nichols will deliver the benediction.

Graveside services will follow at the Greenwood Cemetery at 2013 Greenwood Road under the direction of Dr. David Bouler and Dr. Danny Lovett, President of Tennessee Temple University.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that memorial contributions may be sent to the Lee Roberson Foundation, 2327 Red Tail Lane, Chattanooga, TN 37421.

John Roberson, Dr. Lee Roberson's son, said his father's desire was that his home going into the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, be "a time of celebration" rather than a time of sorrow.

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To Listen to the service via the web on WDYN click HERE and click on WDYN link. Download the file and then open file at 1:00, May 3rd. It is best to set up file early. Best results will be on high speed access.
Click HERE to listen to possibly the last message of Dr. Roberson to HPBC and TTU. This is an eight minute audio.