Leon Douglas Roberts was the youngest of the 15 children of Charles Middleton Breaker Roberts and Agnes Jane Hale Roberts.

Leon's parents came from Alabama to Madisonville, Madison County, Texas about 1868 where they lived for about 25 years. In 1895, they moved to Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas. Leon was the only child born in Brazoria County. The other 14 of his siblings were born in Madisonville.

He married Neva Winston Ward and they had three children: a son, L. D. Roberts, Jr., and two daughters Mary Belle Woolley and Bonnie Louise Tappe. They had seven grandchildren.

His daughter Bonnie recalls that he worked as a telegrapher for the Santa Fe Railroad.

The last nine years of his life, Leon had lived in Galveston, Texas. He died there at UTMB Hospital on January 9, 1960 from heart problems. He was buried in the W.O.W. Cemetery (now Rosenberg Cemetery) in Rosenberg, Texas. There is no gravestone for Leon - he is buried next to the parents of his wife Neva Winston Roberts. Neva is buried in Davis-Greenlawn Cemetery in Rosenberg.

The following obituary was published in the Rosenberg Herald Coaster on January 14, 1960:

LEON D. ROBERTS:
Funeral services were held for Leon D. Roberts, 62, of Galveston Monday afternoon at the First Baptist Church of Rosenberg.

Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife, Mrs. Neva W. Roberts, one son, L. D. Roberts, both of Rosenberg; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Tappe, Jr. of Hurst, and Mrs. Wilson H. Wooley, also of Hurst.

Seven grandchildren, two brothers, Claude Roberts of League City and Ed Roberts of Fresno, California, and two sisters, Mrs. Estel Wooley of Waller, and Mrs. Birdie Kost of Houston also survive.

Burial was at the W.O.W. Cemetery with Rev. Ralph Smith officiating under the direction of Garmany-Janca Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Danny Hubbell, Sid Ward, Haman Ward, Fred Ward, Wilson Woolley, Douglas Woolley, and Floyd Ward.

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