Roberta Hinton (February 28, 1913 – September 11, 1977) was born to Joseph and Mary Frances Horn Hinton in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. She had one sister, Mary Frances Hinton. Roberta had other siblings from her father’s previous marriage to Clarissa Hart. They were Malissa, Ed, Octavia, Mary, Classic, Lee, and Jeurshia Hinton.
She married Gray Armstrong on July 5, 1952. They were blessed with one child, Mary Elizabeth Armstrong. Gray had one daughter, Ruby Armstrong, from a previous marriage. Roberta’s husband, Gray, was born on January 1910 in Wilson County . Roberta and her husband Gray lived near Hickory View Church in Edgecombe County on a farm. Gray died on June 15, 1984 in Nash County. Eventually Roberta left the farm and moved to Rocky Mount where she later died. She was a member of the Hickory View Church for many years.
Roberta and Gray Armstrong were interred at the Dave Johnson Cemetery on a farm in Kingsboro.