John Robinson

John married Martha E. "Mollie" Lowe about 1905 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Martha (daughter of William Elijah Lowe and Latitia E. (Lowe)) was born in Mar 1880 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"The Tomahawk," Wednesday, October 22, 1958
WILLIE J. ROBINSON…
…51, Mountain City Rte. 3, died at his home Monday, October 20, following a long illness.
Mr. Robinson was a native of Johnson County, a farmer, and a member of the Bethel Baptist Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Vina Robinson; two sons, Edsel of Franklinton, La., James Robinson of Mountain City; three daughters, Mrs. Klan Pleasant of Butler, Mrs. James Neatherly of Church Hill, Mrs. Kenneth Dillon, Yellow Springs, Ohio; two brothers, Claude Robinson of Johnson City, Paul Robinson, Akron, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Mark Reece of Mountain City; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Bethel Baptist Church Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Tom Worley and Rev. S. D. Hart officiating. Rev. Ben Wood was in charge of the music.
Burial was in Shouns Cemetery.
Gentry Funeral Home in charge.

William married Vina M. Neil on 21 Dec 1924 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Vina was born about 1904 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Pauline Robinson Reece died quietly in her sleep on Saturday, July 9, 2011, at the Laurels in Hendersonville, North Carolina. She was 99 years old.

Pauline was the daughter of Mollie Lowe Robinson and John Robinson of Doeville, Tennessee, where she grew up. She was the widow of the late Mark Twain Reece of Mountain City, Tennessee. She was the sister of William ("Willie") Robinson, Georgia Greer, and Claude Robinson and half-sister to Iva Neeley, and Paul Arney, all of whom preceded her in death. She had numerous nieces and nephews.

Pauline was descended from a long line of pioneer families. Her Lowe ancestors include Abraham and Jacob, who are listed among the founders of Johnson County, TN in the early 1800's.

Surviving family include her daughter, Doris Reece Leissing and husband, Henry, of Flat Rock, North Carolina; three grandchildren, Heather Anna Bates of Hendersonville, NC, Christopher Bates and wife, Rocio, of Gresham, OR., and Rebecca Shelley, of Asheville, NC; seven great-grandchildren, Dylanna Barton, Gabriel Bishop, Annabelle Bishop of Hendersonville, NC and Anneliza, Thomas, Caleb, and Andrew Bates of Gresham, OR.

Pauline attended Doeville schools and graduated from Washington College Academy in Jonesboro, TN in 1932. She earned a teaching certificate from East Tennessee State Teacher's College in 1934 and taught at Doeville Elementary, where Mark Reece was the principal.

After their marriage in 1938, Pauline and Mark lived in Doe Valley. She was a homemaker and he taught school and worked in Bristol, Tennessee during WW II. They moved to Shoun Street in Mountain City in 1948 and lived there until he died in 1984; she moved to Hendersonville in 1988.

Pauline loved beauty. She played the piano, had a perfect alto voice, and enjoyed raising flowers. She was best known for her poetry, which she often wrote to celebrate special occasions of her friends and family. She adored her family and held to a simple but enduring faith in God. She was baptized in Bethel Baptist Church, Doe Valley, TN as a child.

Pauline flourished for many years after she came to North Carolina to live closer to her daughter, but after her health declined she was cared for by the Laurels of Hendersonville, and for the past two years, by Four Seasons Hospice.

The family will receive guests at Shuler Funeral Home in Hendersonville, on Monday Evening, July 11, from 6 until 8 PM.

There will be a visitation and memorial service at First Baptist Church in Mountain City, Tennessee on Wednesday July 13. Visitation will be at 10 AM, with Memorial service following at 11 AM. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery, Mountain City, Tennessee. Friends and family are invited to return to the church for a lunch in the fellowship hall following the burial.

Pauline married Mark Twain Reece about 1938 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Mark was born about 1910 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Frieda Daiker on 19 Aug 1948 in Bamberg, , , Germany. Frieda was born on 23 Mar 1927 in Aichach, , , Germany; died on 23 Dec 2015 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Mountain Home National Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]