Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....ROBBINS, John Anthony August 24, 1978 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com September 20, 2019, 11:10 am Breckinridge County Herald-News, Hardinsburg, Ky., Thursday, August 31, 1978 OBITUARY SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND IS FATAL TO HARNED MAN John Anthony ROBBINS, 52, of Harned Route in Breckinridge County, died at his residence near Garfield Thursday, August 24, 1978, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to the sheriff's office, the fatal wound was caused by a single shot from a .22 caliber rifle into the forehead. His body was found lying on the back porch of the family home by his son, David ROBBINS, where he returned home at about 12:15 p.m. ROBBINS had been in poor health for quite some time, according to family members. He was the son of the late Snead and Lola MILLER ROBBINS. He is survived by: his wife, the former Ruth BRUNER three daughters: Mrs. Shirley BLAND of McQuady, Ky (Breckinridge County) Mrs. Sharon HENNING of Kingswood, Ky (Breckinridge County) Mrs. Sue BALDWIN of Hardinsburg, Ky four sons: Roger ROBBINS of Harned, Ky Ray ROBBINS of Harned, Ky David ROBBINS of Harned, Ky Steven ROBBINS of Harned, Ky one step-son: William RAINE of Ramsey, Indiana (Harrison County) one sister: Mrs. Regina BRUINGTON of Jacksonville, Illinois (Morgan County) two brothers: Vincent ROBBINS of Moore Haven, Florida (Glades County) Bernard ROBBINS of Harned, Ky The funeral was held on Saturday afternoon, August 26, 1978, from the Trent-Dowell Funeral Home in Hardinsburg, and burial was in the Hensley Cemetery. Additional Comments: Breckinridge County, Ky Cemeteries, volume one, published in 1991: #0172 Hensley-Dowell Cemetery, located at Hensley, at the junction of Highways 60 and 86, near Garfield, in Breckinridge County, Ky. ROBBINS, John Anthony 11 Sep 1925 -- 24 Aug 1978 husband of #1- Virginia Ruth SNYDER husband of #2-Ruth Lois BRUNER son of Snead ROBBINS & Lola Agnes MILLER have his obituary he shares a double tombstone with his wife, Ruth he also has a flat Military tombstone: U.S. Navy World War II ROBBINS, Ruth Lois 13 Mar 1926 -- 27 May 2009 wife of #1- _______ RAINE wife of #2- John Anthony ROBBINS daughter of Richard BRUNER & Nellie Mae ADKISSON have her obituary she shares a double tombstone with her husband, John Peggy Russell File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/r/robbins10722gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/