Willie Marie Bozeman Robinson

Funeral service for Willie Marie Robinson, age 77 of Emory, Texas will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at Emory Baptist Church.   Officiating will be Revs. W.R. Byrd, Bobby Thomas, Elgie Clayton, Robert Stepney and Ronald Garcia. Interment will follow at Hopewell Cemetery with Ryan Bozeman, Michael Hobbs, Marshall Dunlap, Victor Hunter, Vincent Bozeman and Ronnie Bozeman serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Brandon Mayberry, Robert Smith Jr., John L. Robinson, Norris Mayberry, and Derrick McMillan. A visitation will be Friday, June 21, from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. at Wilson-Orwosky Chapel.  Mrs. Robinson passed away on June 10, 2024, at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs, Texas.

Willie was born on September 2, 1946, in Sulphur Springs, Texas to Odie Bozeman Sr. and Earnestine Nash. Willie graduated from Como-Pikton High School in 1966.  She married her high school sweetheart, Hubert Robinson.  They were married on August 26, 1966, in Emory, Texas and have been married for 57 years; together for 60 years. Willie never wanted to leave his side.   Willie was an exceptional wife, mother and homemaker.  She worked as a seamstress for over 22 years at Shireys in Emory and HD Lee in Sulphur Springs.  She earned the love and respect of everyone in the community. Willie was a choir member and Sunday school secretary at Prairie Grove Baptist Church in Emory.

She is survived by her loving husband, Hubert Robinson; children, Bernard Robinson and wife, Elizabeth, Halbert Robinson, Cedric Robinson, Monica Coleman; grandchildren, Lauren Arkansas and husband, Terrance, Jasmine Robinson, Bernard Robinson Jr., Jordan Miller and wife, Katherine, Ellissia Robinson, Alexis Robinson, Brittany Coleman, Reco Coleman, Braylan Smith; great-grandchildren, Tatumn Arkansas, Tru Arkansas, Carson Miller, Rosaleigh Miller, Zadie Miller and Rheaklynn Miller, Ezekiel; Siblings, Connie Dunlap, Swaunice McMillan, Delores Smith, Lee Bozeman and wife, Susan, Sandra Mayberry and husband, Norris, Cleoria Bozeman; many nieces and nephews; friends, Susie, Velma and Edna.

Willie is preceded in death by her parents, Odie and Earnestine Bozeman; brothers, Tommy Bozeman, Odie Bozeman Jr.; sisters, Lucy Strange, Thelma Hobbs.

In Lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Prairie Grove Baptist Church Farm to Market Rd. 275 in Emory, Texas 75440.