MEMORIAL CEMETERY
ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS

Born:  3 May 1902 - Lavaca County, Texas Died:  23 June 2005 Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Isaiah Redus Spouse:  Frank James Robinson - 24 July 1930

Services for Mrs. Dorothy Redus Robinson will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at South Union Missionary Baptist Church with the Revs. Keith Parkes, Roy G. Duncan and David L. Daviss Sr. officiating.  Burial will follow at Memorial Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home. Mrs. Robinson died Thursday at her residence, Visitation will take place Monday at the funeral home followed by a wake from 6 to 8 p.m. The body will lie in state at the church from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday prior to the service. Mrs.Dorothy Grace Redus Robinson, the eldest daughter and the third of the seven children born to the late Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Isaiah Redus, was born May 3, 1909 in Lavaca County, Texas.  The love for learning that she displayed early in life translated into a passion for education, which became her life's work.  She received her early education in the public schools of Lavaca and DeWitt counties and was a graduate of Yoakum High School in Yoakum Texas. her preparation for service as a professional educator was extensive.  She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics with a concentration in nutrition from Prairie View State College, where she graduated with honors.  She was awarded the Master of Arts Degree from San Francisco State in Elementary Education with a minor in Counseling and Guidance.  Subsequent to earning her Masters Degree she further enriched her education with additional studies at The University of Texas, Austin; University of Arizona, Tucson; Fish University, Nashville, Tenn.; University of California, Berkeley, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., East Texas State University (Texas Q&M University) Commerce, Texas. She was awarded several scholarships to complete studies in special needs education including the education of person with learning and physical disabilities.  These scholarships were awarded by the National Epilepsy League, the national Society for the Prevention of Blindness, and the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Her 46-career as a Texas public school teacher began in Lavaca County where she was the dole teacher in a one-room school of more than 30 students comprising several grades.  She relocated to Anderson County where she taught in Flint Hill and Green Bay.  Communities and in the Palestine Public School System where she served 15 years as Special Education Coordinator. and from where, in 1974, she retired as principal of the Rusk Elementary School.  Her service as an educator also included college-level teaching through the Prairie View College Extension Program. Mrs. Robinson was a dedicated member of numerous professional organizations.  her service included secretar, Anderson County Teachers Association; president, Palestine City Teachers Association; members, Executive Committee, Texas State Teachers Association; and member, Committee to Revise the State Curriculum Guide for mental Retardation.  She also co-chaired a hearing session at the 1973 Governor's Conference on Technical-Vocational Education; represented the State of Texas at the National Conference on Innovations in Title III Projects and held memberships on the Board of Directors of the Anderson County Mental Retardation Association and the Texas State Public Schools Instructional Resources Committee.  Other organizational affiliations included the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs Inc.,, the Eastern Star Lodge, and the Delta Sigma Theta Society. Mrs. Robinson married her college sweetheart, Frank J. Robinson, who preceded her in death.  The couple had no children. Her survivors include one sister, Mrs. Leona Redus Sansom of San Francisco, Calif.; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Warner L. Redus of Corsicana; three generations of nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.

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furnished by the Anderson County Historical Commission and the pages
were compiled by Beverly Bailey Odom and Scott Fitzgerald.

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