Mary Mathis Robinson, age 99-1/2, of the Hardscrabble Community, longed to be HOME with Jesus and joined Him on Friday, May 31st, 2024 after a short illness. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Roy Lee and Evie McIntosh Mathis. She was preceded in death as well by her husband, James Robinson, who passed away May 1st, 2006; six brothers: Edd, Wayne, Ward, Junior, Ted and Billy; five sisters: Jewel, Maude, Marie, Minnie Mae and Hannah; a daughter-in-law, Suellen Robinson; and son-in-law, Gerald Edwards.
Mary was a 1942 graduate of Bald Creek School. After high school, she was an artist for Blue Ridge Pottery in Erwin, Tennessee where she hand painted their pottery. She then married her love, James Robinson, and they handmade hook rugs and sold them on the roadsides in Pennsylvania. Following the Flood of 1977 that washed Elk Shoal Baptist Church away, she and her husband donated the property for a new church and cemetery to be built. Mary will always be remembered as a loving, super lady who always put her family before anything and the memories of her will be cherished by all who knew and loved her.
Left to honor her legacy are her son, Danny Robinson and wife, Ann of Falls Mills, Virginia; two daughters: Wanda Ramsey and husband, Jack, and Diana Robinson, all of Burnsville; a sister, Louise Young of Wilmington, North Carolina; 12 grandchildren: Erik Robinson (Alethea), Cresta Robinson Swan (Michael), Ondrea Robinson Foster (Daniel), Charla Buchanan (Trevor), Josh Bourne (Lisa), Holly Bourne, Chelley Allen (David), Jennifer Bradford (Kevin), Marc Edwards, James Ramsey (Barbara), Joe Ramsey (Cynthia) and Josh Ramsey (Susan); 27 great-grandchildren: Sophia Robinson, Dalton Robinson, Willa Swan, Abrum Swan, Jackson Foster, Weston Foster, Nina Foster, Grace Bourne, Micah Bourne, Lily Bourne, Charlton Buchanan, Cortney Wilson (Dustin), Lucas Allen (Nicole), Carrie Allen, Jaron Edwards (Tanya), Jacob Morgan, Olivia Hensley, Dakota Taylor (Stanley), Caleb Edwards (Serenity), Mela Edwards, Dylan Ramsey (Halle), Baylee Sanders (John), Channing Ramsey, Siona Zayas-Brazan, Avalon Ramsey, Karmen Ramsey and Dalton Ramsey; 7 great, great-grandchildren: Patience Edwards, Guy Edwards, Alfred Hensley, Kyson Taylor, Anna Claire Ramsey, Jerald Decker Ramsey and Lucille Rose Ramsey; along with many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4th at Elk Shoal Baptist Church. Pastor Andrew Thomas will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be the grandsons and great-grandsons. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 p.m. prior to the services at the church.
Memorial donations may be made to the Elk Shoal Baptist Church and Cemetery Fund at 1947 Hardscrabble Road, Burnsville, NC 28714. To send online condolences, please visit our website at www.yanceyfuneralservice.com.