Virginia Yount Robinson of Wilmington, N.C. and formerly of Conover, N.C. passed from her earthly life to her heavenly home on May 27, 2011 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter in Wilmington.
Virginia was born in Morganton, N.C. on August 1 in 1930, the daughter of the late Ervin Caldwell Yount and Mary Walton Yount and was preceded by her husband Robert Rhyne Robinson, sisters Alice Yount Wagoner, Margaret Yount Smith.
Virginia was a devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother and a great cook. For many years she was a member of the Newton-Conover Service League, a Red Cross volunteer and a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Conover before she and “Bob” relocated to Wilmington to be near family.
She is survived by a sister Mary Yount Fagan of Hickory, a son Robert Rhyne Robinson Jr. and wife Valerie Auten Robinson of Winston-Salem; a daughter Alice Yount Robinson Calder and husband John Keith Calder of Wilmington; three grandchildren, Joshua David Robinson, of Winston Salem; Kelly Erin Calder of Oakland , California and Emily Alice Calder of Wilmington.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at Bass-Smith Funeral Home followed by a burial at Oakwood Cemetery in Hickory.
Memorials may be given to the Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Wilmington, N.C.
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