EDMOND “EDDIE PERCY ROBINSON

Edmond “Eddie” Percy Robinson, 96, of Heber Springs, Arkansas, passed away July 22, 2017.
He was born on November 23, 1920 in Elkville, Illinois to Homer and Lula Flint Robinson. He was the fourth born in a family of ten children.
Ed served honorably in the U. S. Army in World War II. He received the European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with three Bronze Battle Stars, three Overseas Service Bars and other service awards.
After the war Ed settled in Cleveland, Miss. where he worked first as a mechanic. He was later employed for many years with Trunkline Gas Company. He transferred to the Centerville Plant in Centerville, Louisiana in the early 1960s, until he was transferred to Epps, Louisiana where he retired from Trunkline in November, 1981 as an Area Supervisor. Upon retirement Eddie moved to Heber Springs, Arkansas on the Little Red River where he enjoyed fishing, woodworking and gardening.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 74 years, Sarah Nell Turnage Robinson. Together they had four children, Cherrie Lynn Jacob and her husband Leigh, Rose Brenneman, David Leslie Robinson and his wife Clara, and Mark Robinson and his wife, Bertha; eight grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105, www.stude.org, r Paralyzed Veterans of America P. O. Box 909 Wilton, NH 03086

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