Edgar Thomas Robinson

BORN IN PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA ON MAY 6, 1950 TO EDGAR T ROBINSON SR AND VIVIAN GREEN ROBINSON.

EDGAR GRADUATED IN 1969 FROM GLADSTONE HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN HAZELWOOD PA. AFTER GRADUATION HE TOOK A JOB WITH WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC FOR A BRIEF PERIOD, AND JOINED THE US ARMY IN 1970. AFTER BASIC TRAINING HE WENT ON TO COMPLETE A TOUR IN VIETNAM AND RETURNED HOME. HE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE GERALDINE (GERRI) HILL.

EDGAR ENJOYED FUN TIMES WITH HIS FAMILY. HE LOVED ATTENDING THE ROBINSON FAMILY REUNIONS AND GOING BACK FOR THE GLEN HAZEL REUNION IN PITTSBURGH. HE LOVED TAKING FAMILY CRUISES AND TAKING HIS BELOVED GRANDCHILDREN, TAYLOR AND TYLER ON ANNUAL VACATIONS TO WALT DISNEY WORLD FLORIDA.

EDGAR AND GERRI JOINED MT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1979 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LATE PASTOR N.L. ROBINSON. FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HE ATTENDED SOUTHERN BIBLE INSTITUTE.

EDGAR WORKED FOR AIRBUS HELICOPTERS FOR OVER 25 YEARS. AFTER RETIRING, HE STARTED LEARNING HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR, GOING OUT TO THE GUN RANGE TO SHOOT AND FLYING HIS DRONE.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF 52 YEARS GERRI, CHILDREN LESLEY BAILEY OF OVILLA TEXAS AND BRIAN (AMBER) ROBINSON OF KERENS TEXAS. THREE GRANDCHILDREN, TYLER BAILEY( ARLINGTON TEXAS) ,TAYLOR BAILEY (DALLAS TEXAS) AND DOUGLAS ROBINSON (GERMANY). TWO SISTERS, JOANN JOHNSON OF PITTSBURGH PA. ,DONNA MANN OF PITTSBURGH PA AND BROTHER, MARVIN ROBINSON OF PITTSBURGH PA. UNCLES WENDELL (MAY) ROBINSON OF WASHINGTON D.C. , ALBERT ( MARY ) GREEN OF WASHINGTON D.C. , JAMES (PAT) GREEN OF CLEVELAND OHIO , AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND OTHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 ON TUESDAY JANUARY 10TH AT MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH 301 WEST SANFORD STREET ARLINGTON TX 76011

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