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Benny Don Robinson

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Benny Don Robinson, age 69, passed away May 10, 2018. He was born in Little Rock on March 16, 1949 to the late Doris Hodge and Benjamin Robinson. Early education began in the North Little Rock school district, graduating from Scipio A. Jones High School in 1967. He received his Associate of Arts Degree from Shorter College in 1973; his BA of Social Science from Arkansas Baptist College in 1975. He joined the U.S. Air Force and was honorably discharged August 1971 and later retired from Union Pacific Railroad in 2008. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Calvin Sanders, and one half-sister, Maxine Robinson Lunnie. Benny Don is survived by his wife, Brenda Robinson, sons: Tony Robinson, Jacksonville, Justin Nikolas Robinson and one daughter Jennifer Nicole Robinson both of the home; brothers: Roscoe Sanders, Charles Sanders and Eddie Sanders; sisters: Veda Maxwell, Patricia Sanders, Gaye Sanders, Kaye (Charles) Coleman all of the Little Rock area; half-sisters; Shirley Robinson Meeks, Verline Robinson both of North Little Rock, Irma Robinson Gray of Kansas City, Mo.; aunts; Loretta Hodge of North Little Rock, Gwendolyn Gray of Ashtabula, Ohio, a host of niece's, nephew's, cousin's, friends and a huge church family. Funeral Service, May 19, 2018, 11 a.m. - 12 noon, Cleveland Ave. Baptist Church, 2835 Cleveland Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64128. Arrangements entrusted to White Chapel Memorial Park.

Published May 17, 2018

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