Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman (Columbia, LA)
Wednesday, September 18, 1985

Lessie Robinson

Funeral services for Mrs. Lessie Robinson, age 81, of Grayson were held Sept. 15 at the Mt. Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Harry Burns officiating.

Burial followed in Welcome Home Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Mrs. Robinson died Sept. 13 at Citizens Medical Center after a long illness.

Survivors include 3 daughters, Miss Susan Robinson of Grayson, Mrs. Willie Merle Wilson of Shreveport and Mrs. Elaine Cox of Columbia; a brother, Mr. Leo Volentine of Eunice; 3 sisters, Mrs. Ethel Douglas and Mrs. Myrtie Douglas, both of West Monroe and Mrs. Oressa David of Monroe; 4 half-sisters, Mrs. Pearl Cole and Mrs. Jessie Barfield, both of Grayson, Mrs. Emma Mosely of Columbia and Mrs. Jimmie Wallette of Winnfield; 2 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Gary Davis, Gordon Davis, Garland Davis, A.J. Douglas, Randy Wilson and Byron Wilson.