Lee W. Robinson Sr., 83, of Nederland went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 14, 2006 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, December 18, 2006 at First United Methodist Church of Nederland with Reverend Malcolm Monroe officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Beaumont. A gathering of the family and friends will be from 5 to 8:00 P.M. Sunday, December 17, 2006 at Broussard's Mortuary in Nederland.
Lee was a graduate of Beaumont High School Class of 1941. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII in the 333rd Engineers from 1943 to 1945 when he returned home from Germany. He was a member for 51 years of First United Methodist Nederland. Lee retired in 1978 after 35 years of service from Neches Butane as an operator. After retirement he began his own business, Robinson Enterprise Inc. Lee loved model trains, painting, woodworking and carpentry. Lee was preceded in death by his brother, William C. Robinson Jr. “Billy”.
Lee is survived by his wife of 61 years, Lois McKeever Robinson of Nederland; daughter, Jeanne Robinson Belaire and partner Sandra Kramer of San Antonio; sons, Stephen Robinson and wife Kay of Fannett, Lee Robinson Jr. and wife Betty of Nederland; grandchildren, Cindy Bienvenu and husband James, Diana Richard and husband Allen, Suzanne Robinson, Lee W. Robinson III, Jessika Neil and husband Shane, Stephen E. Robinson Jr., Jennifer Robinson, Grant Belaire and wife Elizabeth; 7 great grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
