Published: October 24, 2009 08:39 pm      

Dee ‘Tom’ Robinson

Dee “Tom” Robinson, 87, of Hillsboro died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, at Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery in Retreat, near Corsicana, with the Rev. Paul Clark officiating. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro.

Dee was born April 5, 1922, in the Cryer Creek community in Navarro County, the son of Vance and Mattie (Reed) Robinson. He grew up in Blooming Grove. During World War II, he served his country in the U.S. Army. On Dec. 31, 1946, he married Kathleen Roman. He farmed for a while in Dawson. Then in 1956 they moved to Hillsboro, where he worked for a propane gas company and then went on to own and operate an insulation business until 1981 when he started his career as a Realtor, retiring in 2007. He was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church in Hillsboro.

Preceding him in death were his parents; grandson, John Christopher Webster; four sisters; and two brothers.

Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Robinson of Hillsboro; children, Kitty Webster Burkman and husband Winston of Fort Worth and Johnny Robinson and wife Becki of Waxahachie; three grandchildren, David Webster, Chad Robinson and DeDe Hulett; six great-grandchildren, Kristen Webster, Zachary Webster, Audrey Robinson, Emily Robinson, Haden Robinson and Pierson Robinson; and numerous nieces and nephews.

An online guest book is available at www.marshallandmarshallfd.com by selecting the Dee “Tom” Robinson obituary.

Arrangements by Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors, Hillsboro. ∞