Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until funeral time at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 168 Brocato Lane in Raceland. Burial will follow in Bell Baptist Benevolent (Brooklyn) Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Lucille Lawson Robinson; daughters, Cleo Jones (David), Belinda Robertson (Lionel), Doris Hood (Phillip), Janice Stoudemire (Larry) and Laura Dorsey; thirteen grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; sisters, Ella Bea Thomas and Verlean Ambrose; and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Shelvin, Sr. and Annie Williams Robinson; son, Herbert Robinson, Jr.; brothers, Ernest Williams, Shelvin, Sr., Harry, Willie, Alvin, Ivory, Naaman, Mitchell, Arthur and Granvil Robinson, Sr.; sisters, Lucille Joseph, Olevia Cleveland and Ester Weaver.
Arrangements entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Houma.