Joseph Robinson

JOSEPH HOLMES ROBINSON WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 19, 1935, IN CHIPLEY, FLORIDA TO McDANIEL AND CLARA ROBINSON. JOE PASSED FROM THIS LIFE [INTO HIS ETERNAL GLORY] EARLY ON THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 2024, IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX.

HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, McDANIEL AND CLARA ROBINSON, AND HIS BROTHER, DAN ROBINSON.

JOE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JO ANN HICKEY ROBINSON WHOM HE MARRIED ON JUNE 24, 1960 [64 YEARS AGO!]. AT THEIR WEDDING HE SANG TO HER “I LOVE YOU TRULY” HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHER, LEE [AND WIFE, BUNNIE] ROBINSON, MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND A HOST OF FRIENDS

THOUGH JOE WAS BORN IN FLORIDA, HIS PARENTS SENT HIM [AT AGE 14] TO WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS TO ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL AT SOUTHWESTERN ASSEMBLIES OF GOD UNIVERSITY WHERE HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. [AT THAT TIME SAGU HAD A HIGH SCHOOL IN ADDITION TO THE COLLEGE] IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HE PLAYED PERCUSSION IN THE BAND AT SAGU!

AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, HE WENT ON TO THE UNIVERSTIY OF NORTH TEXAS [IN DENTON] WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS DEGREE IN MUSIC EDUCATION.

JOE SPENT FOUR YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD. HE WAS SENT TO THE COAST GUARD TRAINING CENTER IN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, WHERE HE STARTED A BAND AND PLAYED IN THAT BAND.

HIS LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT INCLUDED WORKING FOR THE HEB SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A CHOIR TEACHER. HE ALSO WAS EMPLOYED FOR A TIME AT JC PENNEY, WORKING IN FURNITURE SALES.

JOE WAS AN ASTUTE CLOCKSMITH. HE POSSESSED THE SKILL OF DOING THE TEDIOUS WORK REQUIRED TO REPAIR CLOCKS! MANY GORGEOUS GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER CLOCKS PASSED THROUGH HIS WORKSHOP OVER THE YEARS!

JOE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF CHURCHES WITHIN THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD.

HE SERVED IN MUSIC AND YOUTH MINISTRIES AT CHURCHES SUCH AS: RIVERSIDE ASSEMBLY OF GOD / FORT WORTH, FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD / DALLAS, TX, RICHLAND HILLS AG / RICHLAND HILLS, TX, FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD / COPPELL, TX. JOE LOVED TO SING AND PARTICULARLY LOVED TO SING IN GROUPS AND CHOIRS, LIKE WITH DARREL AND JOLANA LESLIE.

SOME MIGHT SAY HIS “CLAIM TO FAME” WAS SINGING IN A TRIO WITH JORY WALDEN AND JERRY LEE LEWIS!

JOE WAS [IN EVERY WAY] A “CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN” AND A MAN TOTALLY DEVOTED TO PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY WITH TIME SET ASIDE FOR EACH. HE WAS QUICK TO PRAY FOR OTHERS AND QUICK TO ASK FOR PRAYER FOR HIMSELF. HE BELIEVED IN THE POWER OF PRAYER AND PUT HIS COMPLETE HOPE AND CONFIDENCE IN THE POWER OF THE NAME OF JESUS.