ROBINS Ernest Harwood, Sr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1954, Newport News, VA; Draftsman in Ship building
• Nickname: 2008; "Caddilac" and "maps"

Notes:

HAMPTON - Earnest Harwood Robins, 79, died Friday, April 3, 2009.
Born in Newport News and a lifelong Peninsula resident, he was a 1946 graduate of Hampton High School and a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church.
Mr. Robins was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Alice Rowe Robins.
After working a few years for NACA Mr. Robins then joined the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, working there as a draftsman, hull designer until retiring after 42 years of service.
An avid ice hockey fan, he loved skating, both ice and roller, as well as traveling. Mr. Robins also loved Christmas and enjoyed being Santa. He would fill that role anytime he had the opportunity.
Mr. Robins is survived by his children, Sharon R. Rose and husband Ronald, Earnest H. Robins Jr., and Elaine S. Robins; sister, Evelyn Pace Robins; brother, Charles Lee Robins and wife, Diane; sisters-in-law, Annie Lollis, and Myrtle Boulden and husband, Charles; brothers-in-law, Sam Rowe Jr. and wife, Mildred, Linwood Rowe and wife, Sylvia, Herman Rowe and wife, Janie, and James Rowe; and granddaughters, Emily D. Rose and Victoria L. Rose.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church by the Rev. Garrett Bugg and the Rev. Ed Freeborn. Interment will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home, Downtown Hampton.
The family requests that memorial contributions take the form of donations to the American Heart Association or the National Kidney Foundation . View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailypress/obituary.aspx?n=earnest-h-robins&pid=125793886#sthash.7V6Mlgj7.dpuf

Name:      Earnest H Robins
Gender:      Male
Birth Place:      Newport News, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Residence Place:      Peninsula, Michigan, USA
Death Date:      3 Apr 2009
Obituary Date:      5 Apr 2009
Newspaper Title:      Daily Press (Hampton Roads, VA)
Newspaper Place:      Newport News, Virginia, USA
Spouse:      Alice Rowe Robins
Children:      Sharon R. Rose and husband Ronald, Earnest H. Robins, Jr., and Elaine S. Robins
Siblings:      Annie Lollis, and Myrtle Boulden and husband, Charles; Charles Lee Robins and wife, Diane; Evelyn Pace Robins; Sam Rowe, Jr. and wife, Mildred, Linwood Rowe and wife, Sylvia, Herman Rowe and wife, Janie, and James Rowe

Ernest married ROWE Alice Jane on 6 Nov 1954 in Newport News, VA. Alice (daughter of ROWE Samuel Franklin Dodson, Sr. and WEST Lady Virginia) was born on 14 Aug 1934 in Hampton, VA; died on 11 Dec 2006 in Hampton, VA; was buried in Dec 2006 in Newport News, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Name:      Earnest Harwood Robins
Gender:      Male
Race:      White
Age:      25
Birth Date:      abt 1929
Marriage Date:      6 Nov 1954
Marriage Place:      Newport News, Virginia, USA
Registration Place:      Hampton, Virginia, USA
Father:      Levi Pace Robins
Mother:      Evelyn Mcivor Snead
Spouse:      Alice Jane Rowe
Spouse Gender:      Female
Spouse Race:      White
Spouse Age:      20
Spouse Father:      Samuel Franklin Rowe
Spouse Mother:      Lady Virginia West

1. ROBINS Sharon Jane
2. ROBINS Ernest Harwood, Jr.. was born on 18 Jul 1960 in Newport News, VA; died on 27 Dec 2015 in Norfolk, VA; was buried in Jan 2016 in Hampton, VA.
3. ROBINS Elaine Sherwood was born on 29 Nov 1964.

Levi married SNEAD Evelyn McIver. Evelyn was born on 25 Jun 1905; died in 1969; was buried in Newport News, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]