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|birth_place=Alpine, Brewster County, [[Texas]], USA

|birth_place=Alpine, Brewster County, [[Texas]], USA

|death_date=June 3, 2021 (aged 84)

|death_date=June 3, 2021 (aged 84)

|death_place=Marathon, Brewster County

|death_place=Marathon,<br> Brewster County

|resting_place=Marathon Cemetery

|resting_place=Marathon Cemetery

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

==Background==

==Background==

Roberts' ancestors arrived in 1885, prior to the creation of Brewster County. He lived in his later years on his grandfather’s old ranch south of Marathon.<ref name=saen/> Roberts was born in Alpine, the Brewster County seat of government, to James Travis Roberts, Sr. (1905-1990), and the former Annie Pauline Bierschwale (1913-1997). He and his brothers, John and Ike Roberts, worked the family ranch and the large Catto-Gage Ranch.in Kendalia in Kendall County in the Texas Hill Country.<ref name=obit/>  

Roberts' ancestors arrived in 1885, prior to the creation of Brewster County. He lived in his later years on his grandfather’s old ranch south of Marathon (pronounced MAR A THUN).<ref name=saen/> Roberts was born in Alpine, the Brewster County seat of government, to James Travis Roberts, Sr. (1905-1990), and the former Annie Pauline Bierschwale (1913-1997). He and his brothers, John Walter Roberts (1942-2017) and Billy Gene "Ike" Roberts (1940-2023), worked the family ranch and the large Catto-Gage Ranch in Kendalia in Kendall County in the Texas Hill Country.<ref name=obit/>  

Beginning in 1955, Roberts attended [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], at which he was a member of the Fightin’ Aggie Band. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. After college, he served as a lieutenant in the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] and in the Army Reserves. name=obit/>

Beginning in 1955, Roberts attended [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], at which he was a member of the Fightin’ Aggie Band. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. After college, he served as a lieutenant in the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] and in the Army Reserves.<ref name=obit/>

==Career==

==Career==

==Family and death==

==Family and death==

Roberts had a son, James Travis Roberts, III, and his wife, Katie of Sanderson, Texas, and a daughter, Teresa "Terri" Ann Harkey and husband, Alan, of McKinney, Texas. He was also survived by his brother Ike Roberts of Marathon and a sister, Betty Hargus of Fort Stockton in Pecos County, Texas. He died of a brief illness at the age of eighty-four. He is interred at Marathon Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>

Roberts had a son, James Travis Roberts, III, and his wife, Katie, who operate the large Z Bar Trading Company in Sanderson, Texas,<ref>"Z Bar Trading Company," Bob Phillips' ''Texas Country Reporter,'' July 23, 2022.</ref>and a daughter, Teresa "Terri" Ann Harkey and husband, Alan, of McKinney, Texas. He was also survived by his brother Ike Roberts of Marathon and a sister, Betty Hargus (1939-2022) of Fort Stockton in Pecos County, Texas. He died of a brief illness at the age of eighty-four. He is interred at Marathon Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>

==References==

==References==