Obituaries

Mr. George Alexander Robinson, Jr. age 85 of 5982 East Highway 27, Iron Station passed away on June 1, 2012 at Stanley Total Living Center.

His funeral service will be 3:00 pm Monday, June 4, 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church in Stanley with the Rev. Dan King officiating. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Lincolnton. The family will receive friends Monday at First Presbyterian Church in Stanley from 1:00 pm until 2:45 pm prior to the service.

Mr. Robinson was born on September 28, 1926 son of the late George and Ida Wallace Robinson. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Willia Dean Smith Robinson; three sisters Beaulah Reid, Marjorie Smith and Irene Summey. Mr. Robinson worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a letter carrier and was active in the Rural Letter Carriers’ Association and served as State President of the association in 1987. He was a lifetime member and served as an elder and Sunday School Teacher as well as a choir member of First Presbyterian Church in Stanley.

Survivors include his wife Jean Bynum Fisher Robinson of the home; one son Bill Robinson and wife Freida of Iron Station; one daughter  Deborah Heath and husband Mark of Martinsville Va.; one sister Lillie Mae Rhyne of Gastonia; five grandchildren: Brad Heath of Iron Station, Matt Heath of Destin Fla., Ben Heath of Martinsville Va.,  Anna Friesenhahn and husband Mason of Alexis, Will Robinson of Iron Station, one great grandchild Aiden Friesenhahn of Alexis, one stepson Jeff Fisher of Iron Station, three stepdaughters Eloise Adams of Charlotte, Janette Childers of Iron Station, Miriam Fisher of Iron Station; four Step grand-children Sherri Ireland of Taylorsville, Chris Childers of Texas, Eugene Childers of Taylorsville, and Alan Fisher of Conover.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church Mission Fund, 514 Old Mt. Holly Road, Stanley, N.C. 28164.