Ruth Word Robinson
August 19, 1928 - August 10, 2022
Ruth Word Robinson, 93, of Clarendon died Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in Clarendon.
Services will be 10:00 AM Friday, August 19, 2022 on her 94th birthday in the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Terry Tamplen, officiating. Burial will follow in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Viewing will be held Thursday, August 18, 2022 at the funeral home with the family receiving friends for visitation from 4:00-6:00 PM.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Ruth was born August 19, 1928 in Clarendon to William Marvin and Charlie May Taylor Patman. She was a lifelong resident of Clarendon where she was a graduate of Clarendon High School and Clarendon College. She then attended West Texas State University where she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, was named Personality Queen and Sun Bowl Princess. She married Robert Eingham Word on June 25, 1949 and he preceded her in death on May 10, 1973. After graduation, she began her teaching and counseling career where she worked at Idalou, Pleasant Valley, Vernon, Hereford, and Clarendon College. She loved teaching and her career was very rewarding. She later married Joe Frank Robinson in 1977 and he preceded her in death on March 22, 2017. After retirement, Ruth was involved in many organizations in Clarendon where she served as President of the Saints' Roost Museum board from 1999-2002, member of the Clarendon College Board of Regents, Friends of the Library, Red Hatters Society, Historical Society, and the Donley County Courthouse Lighting Committee to name a few. She was a proud relative of Col. Charles Goodnight and was a lifetime member of the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; a step son, Jim Robinson; and three brothers, Ardis, Allen, and Billy Patman.
Survivors include her son, Bill Word of Clarendon; her daughter, Libby Talley and husband Billy of Amarillo; her step children, Jack Robinson of Amarillo, Joe Robinson, Jr. of Junction, and Janny Longan of Howardwick; 14 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and extended family.
The family request memorials be sent to the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.
(Published by Robertson Funeral Directors, Saturday, August 12, 2022)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Ruth Patmon
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1928
Birth Place: Donley, Texas, USA
Father: William Marvin Patmon
Mother: Charlie May Taylor
Roll number: 1928_0006
Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Ruth Patmon
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1928
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA
Father: William Marvin Patmon
Father Birth Place: Sulphur Springs
Mother: Charlie May Taylor
Mother Birth Place: Donley County
Mother Residence: Clarendon
Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2017
Name: Ruth H Patman
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Birth Date: abt 1929
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1977
Marriage Place: Potter, Texas, USA
Spouse: Joe F Robinson
Case Number: 482131977014627
August 19, 1928 - August 10, 2022
Ruth Word Robinson, 93, of Clarendon died Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in Clarendon.
Services will be 10:00 AM Friday, August 19, 2022 on her 94th birthday in the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Terry Tamplen, officiating. Burial will follow in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Viewing will be held Thursday, August 18, 2022 at the funeral home with the family receiving friends for visitation from 4:00-6:00 PM.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Ruth was born August 19, 1928 in Clarendon to William Marvin and Charlie May Taylor Patman. She was a lifelong resident of Clarendon where she was a graduate of Clarendon High School and Clarendon College. She then attended West Texas State University where she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, was named Personality Queen and Sun Bowl Princess. She married Robert Eingham Word on June 25, 1949 and he preceded her in death on May 10, 1973. After graduation, she began her teaching and counseling career where she worked at Idalou, Pleasant Valley, Vernon, Hereford, and Clarendon College. She loved teaching and her career was very rewarding. She later married Joe Frank Robinson in 1977 and he preceded her in death on March 22, 2017. After retirement, Ruth was involved in many organizations in Clarendon where she served as President of the Saints' Roost Museum board from 1999-2002, member of the Clarendon College Board of Regents, Friends of the Library, Red Hatters Society, Historical Society, and the Donley County Courthouse Lighting Committee to name a few. She was a proud relative of Col. Charles Goodnight and was a lifetime member of the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; a step son, Jim Robinson; and three brothers, Ardis, Allen, and Billy Patman.
Survivors include her son, Bill Word of Clarendon; her daughter, Libby Talley and husband Billy of Amarillo; her step children, Jack Robinson of Amarillo, Joe Robinson, Jr. of Junction, and Janny Longan of Howardwick; 14 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and extended family.
The family request memorials be sent to the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.
(Published by Robertson Funeral Directors, Saturday, August 12, 2022)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Ruth Patmon
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1928
Birth Place: Donley, Texas, USA
Father: William Marvin Patmon
Mother: Charlie May Taylor
Roll number: 1928_0006
Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Ruth Patmon
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1928
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA
Father: William Marvin Patmon
Father Birth Place: Sulphur Springs
Mother: Charlie May Taylor
Mother Birth Place: Donley County
Mother Residence: Clarendon
Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2017
Name: Ruth H Patman
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Birth Date: abt 1929
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1977
Marriage Place: Potter, Texas, USA
Spouse: Joe F Robinson
Case Number: 482131977014627
Ruth Word Robinson
August 19, 1928 - August 10, 2022
Ruth Word Robinson, 93, of Clarendon died Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in Clarendon.
Services will be 10:00 AM Friday, August 19, 2022 on her 94th birthday in the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Terry Tamplen, officiating. Burial will follow in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Viewing will be held Thursday, August 18, 2022 at the funeral home with the family receiving friends for visitation from 4:00-6:00 PM.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Ruth was born August 19, 1928 in Clarendon to William Marvin and Charlie May Taylor Patman. She was a lifelong resident of Clarendon where she was a graduate of Clarendon High School and Clarendon College. She then attended West Texas State University where she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, was named Personality Queen and Sun Bowl Princess. She married Robert Eingham Word on June 25, 1949 and he preceded her in death on May 10, 1973. After graduation, she began her teaching and counseling career where she worked at Idalou, Pleasant Valley, Vernon, Hereford, and Clarendon College. She loved teaching and her career was very rewarding. She later married Joe Frank Robinson in 1977 and he preceded her in death on March 22, 2017. After retirement, Ruth was involved in many organizations in Clarendon where she served as President of the Saints' Roost Museum board from 1999-2002, member of the Clarendon College Board of Regents, Friends of the Library, Red Hatters Society, Historical Society, and the Donley County Courthouse Lighting Committee to name a few. She was a proud relative of Col. Charles Goodnight and was a lifetime member of the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; a step son, Jim Robinson; and three brothers, Ardis, Allen, and Billy Patman.
Survivors include her son, Bill Word of Clarendon; her daughter, Libby Talley and husband Billy of Amarillo; her step children, Jack Robinson of Amarillo, Joe Robinson, Jr. of Junction, and Janny Longan of Howardwick; 14 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and extended family.
The family request memorials be sent to the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.
(Published by Robertson Funeral Directors, Saturday, August 12, 2022)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Ruth Patmon
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1928
Birth Place: Donley, Texas, USA
Father: William Marvin Patmon
Mother: Charlie May Taylor
Roll number: 1928_0006
Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Ruth Patmon
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1928
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA
Father: William Marvin Patmon
Father Birth Place: Sulphur Springs
Mother: Charlie May Taylor
Mother Birth Place: Donley County
Mother Residence: Clarendon
Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2017
Name: Ruth H Patman
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Birth Date: abt 1929
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1977
Marriage Place: Potter, Texas, USA
Spouse: Joe F Robinson
Case Number: 482131977014627
August 19, 1928 - August 10, 2022
Ruth Word Robinson, 93, of Clarendon died Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in Clarendon.
Services will be 10:00 AM Friday, August 19, 2022 on her 94th birthday in the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Terry Tamplen, officiating. Burial will follow in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Viewing will be held Thursday, August 18, 2022 at the funeral home with the family receiving friends for visitation from 4:00-6:00 PM.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Ruth was born August 19, 1928 in Clarendon to William Marvin and Charlie May Taylor Patman. She was a lifelong resident of Clarendon where she was a graduate of Clarendon High School and Clarendon College. She then attended West Texas State University where she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, was named Personality Queen and Sun Bowl Princess. She married Robert Eingham Word on June 25, 1949 and he preceded her in death on May 10, 1973. After graduation, she began her teaching and counseling career where she worked at Idalou, Pleasant Valley, Vernon, Hereford, and Clarendon College. She loved teaching and her career was very rewarding. She later married Joe Frank Robinson in 1977 and he preceded her in death on March 22, 2017. After retirement, Ruth was involved in many organizations in Clarendon where she served as President of the Saints' Roost Museum board from 1999-2002, member of the Clarendon College Board of Regents, Friends of the Library, Red Hatters Society, Historical Society, and the Donley County Courthouse Lighting Committee to name a few. She was a proud relative of Col. Charles Goodnight and was a lifetime member of the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; a step son, Jim Robinson; and three brothers, Ardis, Allen, and Billy Patman.
Survivors include her son, Bill Word of Clarendon; her daughter, Libby Talley and husband Billy of Amarillo; her step children, Jack Robinson of Amarillo, Joe Robinson, Jr. of Junction, and Janny Longan of Howardwick; 14 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and extended family.
The family request memorials be sent to the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.
(Published by Robertson Funeral Directors, Saturday, August 12, 2022)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Ruth Patmon
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1928
Birth Place: Donley, Texas, USA
Father: William Marvin Patmon
Mother: Charlie May Taylor
Roll number: 1928_0006
Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Ruth Patmon
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1928
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Clarendon, Donley, Texas, USA
Father: William Marvin Patmon
Father Birth Place: Sulphur Springs
Mother: Charlie May Taylor
Mother Birth Place: Donley County
Mother Residence: Clarendon
Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2017
Name: Ruth H Patman
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Birth Date: abt 1929
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1977
Marriage Place: Potter, Texas, USA
Spouse: Joe F Robinson
Case Number: 482131977014627
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