Mrs. Robbie Lena Rucks

Robbie is preceded in death by her parents, husband Richard of 76 years, daughter Gayla Fern Stephenson, grandson Jonas Kenneth Rucks, sister Laverne Hitt Rucks, brothers Glynn Hitt and Jasper Hitt. Robbie is survived by son Richard Wylie and wife Trisha Rucks, daughter Andrea and husband Jim Nichols, grandchildren Jolene Rucks and husband Tommy Linlop, Heather Rhoades and husband Bobby Kirby, Jason and wife Robin Stephenson, great grandchildren, Elliott Stephenson, Coy Mack Kirby and Kennadee Lindop and many nieces, nephews. Sisters, Flossie Nell Heard and Linda Rose Ford.

Robbie married the love of her life January 19, 1946 and they celebrated their 76th Anniversary this past January. She was a long time member of First Baptist Church and served in the nursery most of those years. Robbie attended Seagoville schools and graduated May of 1943 from SHS. During her senior year she worked with Mattie Oliver at Gulf States Telephone Co as a telephone operator. After graduation Robbie went to work at Sears, Roebuck & Co, S. Lamar in the Telephone Order Dept taking orders from catalogs and known to her customers as Operator 48. Robbie remained in that department until she retired in 1983 after 40 years of service.

Robbie loved to crochet and made many beautiful doilies, afghans, tablecloths and bedspreads. She also loved to quilt and had the most beautiful hand stitch and finished pieces. Robbie and Richard loved to travel in their Silver Streak especially those trips to the beach with their kids and grandkids. Many rocks, driftwood, arrowheads and sand dollars were collected over the years of their travels whether it was at the deer lease, the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming or the Ozarks.

Robbie Lena was full of grace, beauty, love and kindness. She made the best pie crust and Christmas Candies, she was amazing in the kitchen, she was the baker and Richard was the cook. Every Halloween, Robbie would make popcorn balls for the kids, their parents would happily drive them out to pick them up. Robbie never met a stranger and you never left their home empty handed. She was the perfect hostess… She will be missed by so many, but is once again with the love of her life.

A Mother holds her children’s hands for a while… their hearts forever.

Pallbearers - Donald Ford, Sam Ford, Ben Rucks, Mike Rucks, Ronnie Rucks, Mack Rhoades

Honorary Pallbearers – Terrell Hitt, Elliott Stephenson, Coy Mack Kirby

A visitation for Robbie Lena will be held Thursday, April 14, 2022 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Roselawn Funeral Home. A funeral service will occur Friday, April 15, 2022 at 10:00 AM at First Baptist Church Seagoville, 108 E Farmers Rd, Seagoville, TX 75159. A committal service will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, 1000 S Highway 175, Seagoville, TX 75159.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.roselawn-funerals.com for the Rucks family.