Dora E. Robinson

ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017, DORA E. ROBINSON SLIPPED PEACEFULLY INTO ETERNAL REST WITH FAMILY BESIDE HER.  SHE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 31, 1929 TO THE LATE JESSIE AND NANNIE ROBINSON.  DORA WAS THE LAST CHILD OF FIFTEEN (15)  THAT PRECEDED HER PARENTS AND SIBLINGS IN DEATH.  ALSO, TWO (2) GRANDSONS: STEVEN AND THOMAS.

EARLY IN HER LIFE, SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF LITTLE ARK BAPTIST CHURCH. DORA WORKED ON THE NSWC FEDERAL NAVAL BASE FOR MANY YEARS AS A CUSTODIAN AND RETIRED.  SHE ALSO BABYSAT FOR GRANDCHILDREN AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY. DORA IS REMEMBERED FOR TALKING AND WALKING WITH HER FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY CAROLYN DUDLEY ON A DAILY BASIS.  SHE HAD A PASSIONATE FOR IRONING AND TRULY LOVED IT.  HER ENJOYMENT INCLUDED TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW HER GRANDCHILDREN HOW TO COOK ESPECIALLY LIVER AND ONIONS, STEAK AND ONIONS ALONG WITH HER SPECIAL PREPARATION OF GRAVY.  BUT, MOST OF ALL,  DORA LOVED THE SPECIAL HOLIDAYS WHEN THE FAMILY GOT TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION.

DORA LEAVES TO MOURN HER CHERISHED MEMORIES, THREE (3) CHILDREN: LINWOOD ROBINSON OF NEW JERSEY, LORETTA (ANTHONY) SAVOY OF KING GEORGE, VA AND DONALD WAYNE ROBINSON (HAZEL) OF SPOTSYLANIA, VA.  DORA ALSO LEAVES SEVEN (7) GRANDCHILDREN,  EIGHT (8) GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE (1) GREAT, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.  ALSO, A MULTIPLE OF COUSINS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS.   SPECIAL FRIENDS: CAROLYN DUDLEY, SILAS MUSE AND ISAIAH SCOTT, GRETA LYONS (REFERRED TO AS DORA’S OTHER GRANDDAUGHTER)