Obituaries: Donald Winston Robbins, 1966, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 10, 1966 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

D. W. Robbins, Husband of Nancy Tannehill, Dies

Funeral rites for Donald Winston Robbins, 68, who died at 9 p.m. Tuesday in a
Hot Springs, Ark., hospital after a long illness, were held in Winnfield,
Thursday, March 10, at 2 p.m. in the First Methodist Church.

Rev. George Ross, pastor, and the Rev. R. P. Johnson III, of New Orleans,
officiated at the last rites.  Burial was in the Garden of Memories Cemetery
under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home of Winnfield.  Pallbearers were
employees of the La. Power & Light Company of New Orleans.

Mr. Robbins was a native of Kansas, and a member of the Methodist Church and
the Shriners.  He was a retired employee of the Louisiana Power & Light
Company at New Orleans and at one time lived in Olla.  His late brother,
Vernon Robbins, and their late mother, were residents of Winnfield.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Nancy Tannehill Robbins of Hot Springs; and
one brother, Roscoe Robbins of Fort Worth, Texas.