Flora Mae Robinson
A Mother to All
Sunrise: November 19, 1933
Sunset: April 6, 2023
About Flora…
Our family sadly lost our beloved matriarch, Flora Mae Robinson, on April 6, 2023, at the age of 89.
Flora was the fourth child born to Samuel Robinson and Laura B. Taylor in Shreveport, Louisiana. She accepted Christ at a young age and began her spiritual journey at St. Rest Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Simmons.
She attended Booker T. Washington in Shreveport, where she played basketball and sang in the school choir. Around 1955, Flora relocated to Los Angeles, California, to be closer to her mother and later continued her education in nursing. This move marked the beginning of the large, loving family that brought her so much joy.
In 1959, Flora joined Messiah Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Pastor Whalen S. Jones. She faithfully served in the Mission Choir and on the kitchen committee, always finding joy in serving God and others until her health no longer allowed.
Flora was known for her incredible cooking, especially her soul food and BBQ dishes, including turkey wings, black-eyed peas, greens, cornbread, cheeseburgers, and her beloved Louisiana fish fry Fridays. Later in life, she embraced technology and enjoyed playing games like Solitaire, Dominoes, and her favorite, Backgammon.
She also loved watching court shows, game shows, and Black entertainment. Flora was beautiful, loving, comforting, and deeply devoted to her family. Her selflessness, faith, and generosity were the foundation of our family and the glue that held us together.
Flora Mae Robinson taught us the true meaning of love, kinship, and commitment. Her legacy will live on through the generations she nurtured, the lives she touched, and the love she gave so freely. She will be deeply missed and forever cherished.
A Family’s Love 🤎
As we honor and celebrate Flora Robinson, may her legacy of love, support, and togetherness continue to live on through all who knew her. Flora Robinson was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Elaine Boykin; and her brothers, Earvin Robinson, Hank Robinson, and Alvin Robinson.
She leaves to cherish her loving memory:
Two daughters: Renee Robinson and Paula Robinson
Three grandsons: Armond Kinard, Jonathan Picos, and Joseph Picos
One great-grandson: Zephyr Picos
Nieces: Brenda Givens, Carolyn Harris, and Yolanda Pearson
Nephews: Rodney Williams, Andre Robinson, Alvin Robinson, Darrly Robinson, Derek Robinson, and Robbie Robinson
She will also be remembered by a host of other relatives and friends.
Dedication to Grandma
By: Armand Kinard
Special Thanks...The family of Flora Mae Robinson would like to express our deep appreciation and heartfelt thanks to all the prayers, phone calls, text and many other acts of kindness extended to us during our time of bereavement. May God forever bless and keep you all. Special Thanks to Pastor Perry J Jones and the Messiah Missionary Baptist Church family and friends for the words of comfort and the staff at Cerritos Healthcare Center.
ECCLESIASTES 3:1-4
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance…
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
The Word...Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives. – Alan Sachs
Grief is the price we pay for love. – Queen Elizabeth II
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. – Dr. Seuss
We are reminded how short life really is, and how we are just passing through. So, all the people you haven’t told you love lately, tell them, and live your days like you mean it. – Hal Sutton
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou
A death is not the extinguishing of a light, but the putting out of the lamp because the dawn has come. – Rabindranath Tagore
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” - Irish proverb
"What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us."
How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. - Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne, author
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