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DATE: SUNDAY, July 25, 1993                   TAG: 9307260191
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT                                LENGTH: Medium

OBIT ROBINSON, ROBERT HOWARD

ROBINSON, Robert Howard, 69, of Rocky Mount, died Saturday, July 24, 1993, at Lewis-Gale Hospital. He was born December 7, 1923, the son of the late Robert Henry and Anne Wigington Robinson. He is survived by his wife, Anne Easter Robinson; two children, Elizabeth Robinson Smith and Robert Howard Robinson Jr.; one granddaughter, Kristen Austin Robinson, all of Roanoke; an uncle, John A. Robinson of Rocky Mount. He was a graduate of Rocky Mount High School and a member of the Roanoke College Class of 1945. In World War II he entered the Army Air Corps in 1942, serving as a B-17 bomber pilot in the European theatre in 1944 and 1945, receiving the Air Medal, four Oak Leaf Clusters, European Service Medal, three Battle Stars and Victory Medal. He was associated with the sales division of Bald Knob Furniture Company and joined the Franklin Veneer and Guyer-Roberts Corps. in April 1964 where he served as vice-president and secretary-treasurer, and was the president at the time of his death. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the First Virginia Bank of Franklin County, also serving on the Executive Committee. He served on the Rocky Mount Town Council from 1982 until 1986 and was serving on the present Rocky Mount Planning and Zoning Commission. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Franklin Memorial Hospital from 1969 to 1973 and was a member of the Executive Committee. He was an avid golfer with memberships in the Willow Creek Country Club, Bassett Country Club and Waters Edge Country Club. Funeral services will be held at Rocky Mount United Methodist Church, where he was a lifetime member, at 11 a.m. on Monday. Interment will follow in Franklin Memorial Park. Friends may call at Lynch Funeral Home after 3 Sunday afternoon where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 Sunday evening. The family suggests that memorials be made to the Rocky Mount United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society. 


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