Sam Kolodny ROBERTSON, Sr.

1925 - 2009  (84 years)

• Name	Sam Kolodny ROBERTSON
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	24 Nov 1925	Axton, Henry County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	C32E55B632F949E58611CC92417F1A709426
  Death	2 Dec 2009	Martinsville City, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Burial	Roselawn Burial Park, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Notes	findagrave.com: The funeral for Sam Kolodny Robertson Sr., 84, of 2964 Mountain Valley Road, Axton, who died Dec. 2, 2009, at Memorial Hospital in Martinsville, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Central Baptist Church. Pastor Stan Haak Jr. and the Revs. Roy Newton and Curtis Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Roselawn Burial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at Norris Funeral Services and other times at the home. Robertson was born Nov. 24, 1925, in Axton to Dee Moses Robertson Sr. and Betty Cook Robertson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Mary Jane Minter Robertson; seven brothers, Gordon Wesley Robertson, Dee Moses Robertson Jr., Frank Robertson, Roy Robertson, Henry Robertson, Dan Robertson and Abraham "Jiggs" Robertson; three sisters, Sadie Jones, Cassie Lester and Lena Roach; and a great-granddaughter, Lena Spitzer. He graduated from Axton High School with a Navy Diploma, and he served in the Navy during World War II as a gunner on USS Shamrock Bay stationed in the South Pacific. Robertson was a lifelong self-employed farmer. He was a charter member of Central Baptist Church in Axton, where he served as a deacon, trustee, usher and Sunday School teacher. Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Robertson Spitzer of Axton and Susan Robertson Smith of Ruffin, N.C.; four sons, Sam K. Robertson Jr. of Greencastle, Pa., and G.W. Robertson, Eddie Dewey Robertson and Brian Robertson Sr., all of Axton; two sisters, Mozell Oakes of Brosville and Theo Robertson of Axton; a brother, Billy Robertson of Martinsville; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. Memorials may be made to Central Baptist Church, P.O. Box 230, Axton, Va. 24054.
  Person ID	I8237	America
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2018

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Minter,   b. 11 Jul 1927, Dyers Store, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 17 Dec 1996, Martinsville City, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1948	Henry County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F3239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 2 Dec 2009 - Martinsville City, Virginia, USA Burial - - Roselawn Burial Park, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S253] Virginia, Marriage Records. 1936 - 2014 at ancestry.com, June 2015 and later.