- Date Of Birth: May 21, 1921
- Date Of Death: September 24, 2016
- State: Texas
“There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t met.” This statement made by the Irish poet, William Butler Yeats, describes only very few people. Most people lack the courage to open their hearts to new people around them. Some people don’t take the chance to know personally the cashier at their grocery store. Some people only cordially talk to their neighbors as they quickly enter the front door. However, a few people today still befriend the stranger at the bus stop, give a warm smile and compliment to the person in the aisle of the store, or take the time to open their home to not only their neighbor, but their neighborhood. Hattie Lucille Robinson embodied the idea that Yeats expressed. She truly never met a stranger.
Mrs. Hattie Lucille Robinson was born on May 21, 1921 to her parents, Newt (Sr.) and Hattie Ward in Dallas, Texas. Little Hattie was as sweet of a child as any parent could ask for in life with such a loving and caring heart. As she grew up, Mrs. Hattie Lucille Robinson used her hands, her mind, and her heart to make her life and the lives of others into a masterpiece. Mrs. Robinson used her gifted hands and entrepreneurial mind to open her own beauty salon called “Hattie’s” in West Dallas on Singleton Boulevard. Hattie Robinson worked as a beautician alongside her employees and operated the beauty salon for more than forty years, giving women the ability to find friendship and look their very best. Along with using her hands to grant beauty to others, Mrs. Hattie Lucille Robinson’s hands crafted and created many other wonderful objects. She would always be working on remodeling or repairing anything around the house to give it more value or purpose. Mrs. Robinson could build anything she put her mind to, and she could build it well. Sewing became another constructive hobby that Hattie pursued. She made beautiful quilts and blankets for her family and friends. It seemed like no two quilts or blankets were alike; each one was made uniquely with much care. Mrs. Hattie Lucille Robinson even took her craftsmanship out of the house and into the yard. She was excellent at gardening and had a “green thumb” that made her yard a picturesque view for her neighborhood. On top of all these examples of workmanship and talent, she greatly enjoyed one particular hobby: cooking. Mrs. Hattie Robinson loved to cook different recipes for her family and friends. Different family members had their favorites recipes of Mrs. Robinson’s: her grandson, Jarrod, savored her sweet potato pie, her son-in-law adored her famous carrot cake, and the rest of the family loved her homemade biscuits and gravy and her marvelous pies. Mrs.
Hattie Lucille Robinson is survived by her daughters, Pamela Cofer Jones and husband, Reggie, and Robbie Weber and husband, Alfred; grandchildren, Jarrod Cofer and wife, Deidra, Cameron Edward Jones, Chelsea Jones, Sarah Weber, Rachel Weber, and Ian Weber; great-grandchild, Jarrod James Cofer; sister-in-law, Thera Ward; and many loving cousins. She is preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Worth Robinson; her parents, Newt (Sr.) and Hattie Ward; her brothers, Newt Ward, Jr., Charlie Ward, and Arthur Ward; her sister, Helen Kidd; and her granddaughter, Everly Loree Cofer.
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016, 11:00am, Crown Hill Memorial Park
Crown Hill Memorial Park
