Brenda Gail Roberts, age 74, passed away at home surrounded by her family on January 24, 2021.  Brenda fought a long battle with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia but suffers no more in her Heavenly Home with Jesus, her Lord and Savior.  She was born in Franklin, NC and moved to Scott County, Tennessee at the age of 3.  She attended schools in Robbins, TN, graduating high school in 1964.  She married her husband, Sam Roberts, in 1965 in Washington, DC.  As a military wife, she accompanied her husband over 30 years of travel throughout the U.S. and Overseas.  She and her husband moved to Maryville after her husband retired from the Air Force in 2002.  Although she struggled with Parkinson's, it did not preclude her from working in her flower garden, cooking, sewing, quilting, and writing poems.  Her poems are her life story, life experiences, and memories of family and friends.  She published her poems in a book, The Simple Things, in 2011.  The book of poems was her gift to leave as memories of her life story of family and friends.  She loved animals, especially the family pets.  She enjoyed sitting on the front porch taking in the beauty of the Smoky Mountain range, reading, and studying the Bible, visiting with neighbors, and all the neighborhood dogs, knowing all of them by name but sometimes not remembering their master. Preceding her in death are her parents, Kenneth and Lucy Freels; and brother, Thomas Freels.  She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Sam Roberts; son, Craig, and granddaughters, Emily and Ruthie Roberts; sisters, Audrey Shannon and Frances Rose; brothers, Roger (Yolonda) Freels, David (Ruby) Freels, and Kevin (Sheila) Freels; sister-in-law, Erika (Jan) Hanes; special friend, Dorothy Blue; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.  She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to all who knew her.  She will be missed by all but her life and love for others will live forever.  In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, www.michaeljfox.org or the Parkinson's Foundation, www.parkinson.org .  Honoring Brenda's desire, there will be no visitation or funeral service.  A private interment service will be held at 9:30 AM February 3, 2021 at East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Pastor Steve Craft of Victory Baptist Church, Maryville will officiate.  Masks and distancing is required.  Arrangements are with Miller Funeral Home, Maryville.