Obituaries:  Helen Underwood Robinson, Sabine Parish       R-152
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 28, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Helen Underwood Robinson (Photo)

  Helen Underwood Robinson of Many was born Oct. 16, 1946, to the
late Cleve and Beatrice Underwood in Many, and she died Aug. 24,
2002, at Willis Knighton South in Shreveport.

  She was baptized at an early age at Bethel Baptist Church, under
the leadership of the Rev. N. P. Jones. She was a graduate of
Sabine High School in 1964. She was a devoted mother and wife. In
her early years, she was a member of the church choir. She was
also the first black woman to work in Big Star as a cashier, and
she was employed by the Town of Many as a water clerk four years
ago.

  Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Aug. 30, at Bethel
Baptist Church. The Rev. C. R. Raney will officiate.

  Survivors include her devoted husband, Ned G. Robinson; three
daughters, Sonya Gorham and Gary of Fairbanks, Ala., Valisa King
and Michael of Many, and Mia Robinson of Houston, Texas; two
sons, Stanley Johnson and Sandra of Moreno Valley, Calif., and
Cedric Robinson of Rialto, Calif.; one god-child, Johnnie
Williams of Houston, Texas; brothers, Ramond Underwood of
Cleveland Texas, Robert, Leon, and Marshall Underwood, all of
Many, and Ishmall Underwood of Houston, Texas; sisters, Ernestine
Lilly, Bobbie Sweet of Many, and Hazel Williams of Natchitoches;
God-sisters, Dorothy Burleson, Faye Kennedy, and Dorothy Coleman;
14 grandchildren; one great grandchild; and a host of
sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, and other
relatives and friends.