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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, February 16, 1993                   TAG: 9302160320
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: COLUMBUS, OHIO                                LENGTH: Medium

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OBIT ROBBINS, MAE IRENE OSBORNE

ROBBINS, Mae Irene Osborne, 104, of Columbus, Ohio, and formerly of the Bridle Creek Community near Independence, Va., passed away Thursday, February 11, 1993, at Whetstone Care Center, Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Robbins had resided in Columbus, Ohio, for 60 years, and was the widow of Walter Robbins. She was born December 22, 1888, in Independence, Va., the daughter of the late Zachariah and Mary Cox Osborne. She graduated from Bridle Creek Academy in 1902, attended Sullins College from 1904 to 1905, and taught school in a one-room school house in the Mouth of Wilson, Va., and Grassy Creek, N.C., areas. Mrs. Robbins was postmistress at Grassy Creek, N.C., from 1920 to 1926, and worked in consumer sales in Columbus, Ohio, from 1926 to 1966. She was also a talented artist, concentrating in water colors, an excellent horsewoman, and a "sure" shot with both rifle and pistol. She acted as tutor and governess, teaching all five subjects, for five children of Emmet Osborne, who lived in a remote area between Independence and Galax. Surviving are her son, Col. Harold W. Robbins, Redlands, Calif.; and four grandchildren, Mary Irene Gagos of San Diego, Calif., John E. Robbins of San Luis Obispo, Calif., James D. Robbins of Santa Barbara, Calif., Richard W. Robbins of Port Land, Ore. Six great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, February 20, 1993, in Bridle Creek United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ron Rhodes officiating. Interment will follow in Bridle Creek Cemetery. The body will remain at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home until 30 minutes prior to service time when it will be taken to the church to lie in state. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 7 until 8 p.m. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, Va., is in charge of the arrangements.

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