mabel robbins Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

MRS. MABEL BRELAND ROBBINS; A RESIDENT OF BOGALUSA, PASSED AWAY SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2011 AT THE RESTHAVEN LIVING CENTER, AGE OF 92. SHE WAS BORN JUNE 14, 1918 IN EAST BERNARD, TX. SHE WAS THE OLDER OF TWO CHILDREN. MABEL MARRIED CARL SAMUEL ROBBINS ON OCT. 9, 1943 AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN MINERAL WELLS, TX., MABEL SERVED HER COUNTRY AS AN ARMY NURSE FROM 1942 TO 1945 INCLUDING TWO BATTLES IN LUZAE & NEW GUINEA. SHE CONTINUED HER WORK SERVING HUMANITY AS AN RN, AT CHARITY HOSPITAL, NEW ORLEANS, & THE BOGALUSA MEDICAL CENTER FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. MABEL LOVED TO LAUGH AND NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT A THING. SHE LOVED HAVING HER SON KENNETH DRIVE HER AND JOHNNIE, HER NEIGHBOR OF 65 YEARS, ALL AROUND TOWN TO LOOK AT THE SCENERY. SHE ALSO ENJOYED SITTING ON THE PORCH VISITING WITH HER NEIGHBOR AND GAZING UPON THE FLOWERS HER SON PLANTED IN HER GARDEN. MABEL WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HER IN BOGALUSA. MABEL WAS LOVED DEARLY AND ALL WILL MISS HER GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT AND SELFLESS COMPASSION. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SON KENNETH(GIGI) ROBBINS, INDEPENDENCE, LA. HER SISTER: MILDRED M. BRELAND CORKERN, JACKSON, MS. GRAND-DAUGHTER: JESSICA(BRIAN) ROGERS FUREY, BOG. LA. GRAND SON: JEFFERY ROGERS, SERVING IN THE AIR FORCE IN PENSACOLA, FL. GREAT-GRAND-SON: PRESTON FUREY, BOG. LA. NIECES: SUE SHORE, ANN LESTER, & 5 GREAT NIECES & NEPHEWS ALL OF JACKSON, MS. FRIENDS: ALICE & ANDY DE LEON, JOHHINE GODWIN, KAY DODDS, MYRTLE & BILLY NOBLES, ALL OF BOG. LA. & JO PENTON, BR. LA. SHE IS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS: LEANOUS ALMA CROWE & ALVEY LUTHER BRELAND., HER HUSBAND: CARL S. ROBBINS, A DAUGHTER: CHERIE LYNN ROGERS ROBBINS. VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT BROWN MCGEHEE FUNERAL HOME, WEDNESDAY MAY 18, 2011 FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 2:00 P.M. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M., REV. BOB ADAMS WILL BE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW IN THE PONEMAH CITY CEMETERY., WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS PROVIDED BY THE BOGALUSA CITY AMERICAN LEGION POST #24. Family and friends may view and sign the online guestbook at www.brownmcgehee.com

mabel robbins

June 14, 1918 - May 14, 2011