AMORY — Malcom Earl Roberts, 73, died Aug. 29, 2009, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Services are today at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Amory with Dr. Allen Simpson and the Rev. Jimmy McFatter officiating. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery. Visitation will continue until 1:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. E.E. Pickle Funeral Home of Amory is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Roberts was born Aug. 9, 1936, in Hamilton, Ala., to Mae Pat Stephens Roberts and the late Ivie N. Roberts. He owned and operated Roberts Jewelry. He was a member of the Amory Rotary Club, the Amory Professional and Retailers Association and past president of the Amory Jaycees. He was a member of First Baptist Church, where he served as deacon. He is preceded in death by his father; and a brother, Harold H. Roberts. He is survived his wife, Jane Roberts of Amory; his mother, Pat Roberts of Amory; a son, Shawn Roberts of Tupelo; daughters Tammie Page of Tupelo, Dina Pierce of Amory, and April Hitt of Oxford; brother Richard Roberts of Sulligent; 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Memorials may be made to the Amory Humane Society, P.O. Box 218, Amory, MS 38821 or to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 269, Amory, MS 38821.