George Robinson

::Redbird City Cemetery--Redbird OK

George Robinson, Jr.

(April 12, 1934 - October 4, 2006)

Mr. George Robinson, Jr., after 72 years, dozed into eternal rest on
Wednesday, October 4, 2006 from Coweta Manor Nursing Home. The second
child born from the union of George and Velma [Middleton] Robinson, Sr.,
arrived in Red Bird, Oklahoma on April 12, 1934. He was named after his
father, George Robinson, Jr. George grew up in Red Bird and professed a
hope in Christ at an early age, under the leadership of Reverend Bradford
at the First Baptist Church of Red Bird. His formal education began at
Miller Washington School in Red Bird, where he graduated with the Class of
1955. He then enlisted in the United States Navy, where he served his
country honorably for two years. He united in Holy Matrimony to Lillian
Finch and this union was blessed with four children, one which preceded
him in death. After this marriage ended, he later met and married Virginia
Jones. This marriage was later dissolved. He met and married marilyn
Mayberry, who preceded him in death in January of 2001. He leaves to
lament his passing; two daughters, Beverly McPherson [Alfonzo], Catherine
Sanders [James], all of Wichita, Kansas; a son, George Robinson, III,
Wichita, Kansas; four step-children, Diane Johnson, Muskogee, Oklahoma,
Rosalind McHenry, Bixby, Oklahoma, Mary Steele, Coweta, Oklahoma and
Anthony Alexander, Haskell, Oklahoma; two brothers, Herbert Robinson
[Rebecca] and Tony Robinson [Janetta], all of Porter, Oklahoma; seven
sisters, Doretha Sharp [Edward], Muskogee, Oklahoma, Alice Collins, Los
Angeles, California, Ophelia Jackson [Frank], Inglewood, California, Essie
Robinson and Gloria Clayton, both of Wichita, Kansas, Zelma Ledbetter,
Carrolton, Texas and Tamara Bowens, Tulsa, Oklahoma; one aunt, Essie
DeFlora, Seattle, Washington; and a host of grandchildren, great-
grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

The farewell will be on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 in the First Baptist
Church of Redbird. Reverend William Janey will officiate. Burial will
follow in Redbird City Cemetery.

You may visit Mr. Robinson, as he slumbers at the funeral home in Muskogee
on Tuesday, from 12 Noon until 6 PM.