Obituary Absolum W. Roebuck Dec. 7, 1845 - Feb. 18, 1933 Contributed by Ed Williams   Italy's Oldest Citizen dies Feb. 18th. A. Roebuck, 89, ex-Confederate soldier and Italy's oldest citizen, died here Monday afternoon. Born in Alabama, he came to Ellis County fifty years ago.  Funeral services will be held at Italy Tuesday morning and the body will be taken to Blooming Grove [Navarro County] for burial.Feb. 19, 1935.   Copyright © 2008-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:21:04 MDT