Lillie Belle McDonald Robbins

Bradley McDonald and the late Mary Belle Armstrong McDonald in

Fayetteville, North Carolina. She departed this earthly life at the age of 92

to be with her heavenly Father on February 16, 2020.

Lillie attended school in Wilson, North Carolina. She married Jimmy D.

Robbins in 1945 and from this union they had four children. She attended

Wilson Chapel Church. Lillie moved to Washington, DC in 1974 to help with

her grandchildren. On July 3, 1986 she retired early from The Pentagon in

Arlington, Virginia and became legal guardian to her grandsons Terry

Robbins Sr., and Antonio Robbins.

Lillie loved reading, cooking, dancing and enjoying life. She enjoyed

watching Judge Judy, Westerns and WWE Wrestling. She was a great

Mother, Grandmother, Aunt and devoted friend.

Lillie was preceded in death by her ex-husband Jimmy Robbins; two

daughters, Janice Robbins and Van Jewel Robbins; two brothers, Baby

Brother McDonald and Swindell McDonald (her twin brother) and three

sisters, Mary Edna McDonald Wilson, Annie McDonald Brown and Velez

McDonald Farmer.

Lillie leaves to cherish her loving memory: two loving daughters, Elnora

Robbins Gear of Wilson North Carolina , Evangeline Robbins Coley of

Gambrills, Maryland; eight grandchildren, James Gear, Vera Gear,

Chantee Benson (Dwayne), Shirlene Gear, Tabitha Coley, Terry Robbins

Sr., Antonio Robbins and Tamika Fowler (Dallas); twelve great-

grandchildren, Brandon Gear, Dominique Gear, Terry Robbins Jr., Terique

Robbins, Shania Fowler, Terrell Robbins, Darius Gear, Alexis, Naomi

Robbins, Dallas Jr., Robert Neverdon III and Layla Fowler; one great-great

grandchild, Ariyah Gear; two sisters, Clara McDonald Beville of Starkville,

MS and Delphia McDonald Perry of Newark, NJ, one brother in-law, Load

Farmer of Newark, NJ, a special niece that she considered as a daughter,

Bertha McDonald of Lawrenceville, Georgia, nieces, nephews and a host of

other relatives and friends.