Willa Dean Waddle Robinson's Obituary
Funeral services for Willa Dean Waddle Robinson, 91, of DeRidder, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 in the Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder with Sister Betty O’Banion officiating. Burial will follow in the Lewis/New Cypress Cemetery.
Visitation will be Tuesday, October 10, 2023 from 5:00 P.M- 9:00 P.M. at the funeral home.
Willa was born on July 26, 1932 in Fulton, MS to her parents, Elmer Lee and Cora Lee Miller Waddle. She passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2023 in DeRidder, LA.
Mrs. Willa was a member of Hope House Ministry in Rosepine. She loved to cook and enjoyed working with her hands doing embroidery, quilting and ceramics. She was a social butterfly and could always be found wherever the activities were happening. She enjoyed spending time with her friends and family. Above all, her favorite activity was making memories with her family.
She is preceded in death by her parents: Elmer & Cora Waddle; husband: Jack V. Robinson; siblings: T. C. Waddle, Hazel Boone, Bill Waddle, Maxine Coker, Irene Waddle; grandson: Tommy Robinson Jr.
Left to cherish her memory are her son: Tommy Robinson Sr., of Dayton, TX; daughter: Ann Herford & husband Gene of DeRidder; brother: Charles Eugene Waddle of DeRidder; grandchildren: Mark Herford & wife Melissa of DeRidder, Melissa Ann Herford of Rosepine, Timmy Robinson of Baytown, TX, Rachelle Robinson of Baytown, TX; great-grandchildren: Reagan, Jackson, Abigail, Victoria, Emily, Ashely, Triston, Jaylee, Isaiah; 4 great great-grandchildren.
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