THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, February 13, 1997 TAG: 9702130256
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: ELIZABETH CITY LENGTH: 33 lines
Charles Oakley Robinson Jr., 82, of the 200 block of E. Main St., died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1997, at Albemarle Hospital.
He was born in New Bern, N.C. He was treasurer of Robinson Manufacturing Co., Elizabeth City Cotton Mill, Elizabeth City Hosiery Mill. Mr. Robinson was a member of Christ Episcopal Church and was a fomer senior and junior warden of the church. He was a member of B.P.O. Elks Lodge 856, the American Legion Seth E. Perry Post No. 84, the Pine Lakes Country Club. He was past member of the First Union National Bank Board, the Carolina Telephone Board, the Virginia Dare Hotel Board and the Board of Directors of the Boys Club. He was past commodore of the Pasquotank River Yacht Club. He was also a member of the American Red Cross, the Tidewater Council of Boy Scouts of America and a veteran of World War II having served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy.
Mr. Robinson was the husband of Flora Johnson Robinson of the residence and the son of the late Charles Oakley Robinson Sr. and Ivy Blades Robinson. Besides his wife, survivors include two sons, Charles O. Robinson III and Harry Johnson Robinson, both of Elizabeth City; two brothers, W.B. Robinson of Vero Beach, Fla., and C.H. Robinson of Elizabeth City; five grandchildren, Ivy Robinson, Vaughan Robinson, Jenny Robinson, Willis Robinson and Jeffrey Robinson, all of Elizabeth City.
A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. today in Old Hollywood Cemetery by the Rev. Renfro Sproul assisted by the Rev. Josh MacKenzie. In lieu of flowers memorial donations maybe made to the Window Fund at Christ Episcopal Church. The family will receive friends at the residence. Twiford's Memorial Chapel, Elizabeth city, is handling arrangements.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY