LeRoy Journal -
22 Dec 1939
LeRoy, McLean County, IllinoisMrs. L. V. Robbins

Mrs. L. V. Robbins, 82, mother of B. W. and Jesse Robbins of here, died at 10:30 Sunday night at the home of her son, Clacy, at Fairfield, with whom she had lived the past year. Her death was due to a complication of diseases due to her age.

Mrs. Robbins, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. T. W. Dickey, was born in Wayne county, and lived most of her life in Southern Illinois, but the last ten or twelve years she had lived with her children here. Her father was a well known Baptist minister and she was a member of the Baptist church.

Surviving her are a daughter, Mrs. Frank Chapman, of Akron, Ohio, and five sons, Walter, of Hannibal, Mo.; Hugh, of Mode; Clacy, of Fairfield; Jesse and B. W. of LeRoy. Also 40 grand-children and a number of great-grandchildren.

A sister, Mrs. Mary Richards of Carbondale, is the only one left of her family.

Mrs. Robbins' husband preceded her in death several years ago.

Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Robbins and Jesse Robbins left Monday morning for Fairfield and other relatives from here plan to attend the funeral.

[Mrs. L. V. Robbins - Lucinda B. Robbins, nee Dickey was born 17 Jul 1857 in Walker County, Georgia]
[B. W. - Benjamin West Robbins]
[Rev. and Mrs. T. W. Dickey - Thomas West Dickey and Anna Eliza Dickey, nee Vernon]
[Mrs. Frank Chapman - Eliza J. Robbins ]
[Mrs. Mary Richards - Mary Jane Catherine Richards, nee Dickey ]