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Born on 1 Mar 1926. Died on 7 Aug 2013. Buried in Newport News, Virginia, USA.
Aug 15, 2013 · NEWPORT NEWS - James A. Robinson, Jr., 87, entered eternal rest on Wed., Aug. 7, 2013. He was born in Shirley, WVA. He saw action during WWII, while serving in the Navy.
- August 7, 2013
Visitation for Robertson, the founding director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, will be at McCoy Funeral Home on Nov. 15, from 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Services will be held at Blacksburg United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. on Nov. 16. Following burial in the Westview Cemetery, friends may gather at the German Club for fellowship and remembrance.
Brief Life History of James Tyler. When James Tyler Robinson Sr was born on 6 December 1901, in Virginia, United States, his father, Edward Lee Robinson, was 36 and his mother, Betty Lee Cook, was 32. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Ruth Jane Hicks. He lived in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States for about 40 years.
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- Ruth Jane Hicks
- Virginia, United States
James Robinson was a prominent individual born to an African American mother and a white father (probably Landon Carter Jr., a wealthy and influential Virginia planter). Robinson carved out a modest life as a free Black Virginian living in the Antebellum period. Although married, since his wife was enslaved the marriage was not officially recognized as a legal marriage and all of Robinson’s ...
Nov 14, 2019 · New York Times, 11/14/2019. 2023 2022 2021 2020
Jan 24, 2022 · The Department of Virginia sadly announces the passing of long-time Department Golf Committee Chairman James A. “JR” Robinson of Post 79 in South Hill, Virginia.
