High School:

• Graduate of Manatee High School, Class of 1961, Bradenton, FL
Senior Notable
Captain of the Track Team
Senior Class History Award
Attended Boys State

College:

• Graduate of Manatee Jr. College, 1963, Bradenton, FL
Associate of Arts Degree

• Graduate of Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science, 1965, Dallas, TX
Degree in Mortuary Science and Salutatorian of Class

• Attended the University of South Florida 1966-1969
Studies in Personnel Management and Business Administration

Licenses, Certifications and Business Affiliations:

• Licensed Embalmer, State of Florida since 1965
• Licensed Funeral Director, State of Florida since 1966
• Certified Cemetery Executive, International Funeral & Cemetery Association since 1994
• Former Licensed Life Insurance Agent, State of Florida.
• President & Founder of Roberson Funeral Home & Crematory Port Charlotte & Punta Gorda, established in 1976
• President & Chairman of the Board of Directors of Restlawn Memorial Gardens, Port Charlotte, Florida, since 1986
• Vice President & Member of the Board of Directors of Venice Memorial Gardens, Venice, Florida
• Vice President & Member of the Board of Directors of Trust 100, Inc. a group of Florida family owned & operated independent funeral homes.
• Former member of the Board of Directors of Community Bank of Charlotte ( now Wachovia Bank, Port Charlotte)
• Past President and member of the Board of Directors of Funeral Services, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida since 1978 -- Servicing and trusting agent for over 200 funeral homes & cemeteries in Florida selling pre-need funerals and cemetery merchandise.


Professional Memberships:
• Past President and member of the Florida Funeral Directors Assn. -- served in all elected offices prior to election as President
• National Funeral Directors Association
• Cremation Association of North America
• Florida Funeral & Cemetery Alliance
• International Funeral & Cemetery Association

Public Service:
• Served on the Charlotte County EMS Advisory Committee
• Served as a non-lawyer member, Florida Bar, 20th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee “C”
• Former First Aid Instructor for the Charlotte Co. Chapter of the American Red Cross
• Served on the Charlotte County Cemetery Advisory Committee
• 1998 – 2000 Member of the State Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers, Dept. of Business & Professional Regulation, State of Florida, appointed by Gov. Lawton Chiles.
• 2000- 2003 Member and Chairman of the State Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers, Dept. of Business & Professional Regulation, reappointed by Gov. Jeb Bush.

Military:
• Although Ken has never served in the military he is very familiar with
needs of veterans. His late father, Loy F. Roberson, was a disabled veteran of World War II, U.S. Army Air Corps. Ken used to travel with his father to Bay Pines V.A. Hospital in St. Petersburg for his for his check-ups as a youngster. As a licensed funeral director for 41 years, it has been Ken’s honor to conduct hundreds of funerals for veterans, many with military honors and has assisted their families in filing for veteran’s benefits. Ken has supported the veteran organizations of Charlotte County for years.


Church, Community, Fraternal & National Memberships:
• Member of the Port Charlotte United Methodist Church since 1976
Past President Board of Trustees, Past Chairman of the  Administrative Board and Past Chairman of Staff Parish Committee
• Past President and member of the Port Charlotte Rotary Club  since 1978
• Past President and former member South Manatee Rotary Club
• Member Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce since 1976
• Member of Board of Directors and Board of Trustees, Charlotte County Cultural Center, Port Charlotte.
• Member Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce
• Former member of the Board of Directors, Charlotte Co. YMCA
• Former member of the Port Charlotte Lions Club
• Member of the Florida Lions Eye Bank since 1976
• Member of Elks Lodge No. 2606 P unta Gorda.
• Master Mason - Punta Gorda Lodge No. 115 F&AM since 1976
• Member - Scottish Rite-Valley of Fort Myers
• Charter member – Sahib Temple of Shrine, Sarasota, Florida
• Member of A.A.R.P. (American Assn. of Retired Persons)
• Member of the N.R.A. (National Rifle Association)

Political:
• Lifelong registered Republican
• Served as clerk/typist for the Republican Party of Texas during the 1964 Presidential Campaign in Dallas
• Member of the Charlotte County Republican Club
• Member of the West Charlotte County Republican Club
• Member of the Mid-County Republican Club, Port Charlotte
• Member of the Republican Party of Florida
• Member of the Republican National Committee
• Served on the 2002 campaign of Gov. Jeb Bush
• Former member and President of the Florida Funeral Directors Political Action Committee

Hobbies/Interests:
• Reading, horticulture, wildlife & environmental protection, fishing, football and family.