"MORGANTON - Lat Earl Robinson, 68, of 209 Linville St., died Monday in a Buncombe County VA hospital after
a period of declining health.
He was born in Yancey County and was a son of the late Woodrow and Rebecca Burleson Robinson. He had
lived in Burke County for the past 30 years, was a member of North Morganton Baptist Church and was a World
War II Navy veteran. He retired from Morganton Furniture Co. in 1960.
Surviving are five sons, Earl Robinson of Laramie, Wyo., Brooks Robinson of Union City, Calif., Dean Robinson
of Alabama, Jack Robinson of Charlotte and Stuart Robinson of Morganton; three daughters, Mrs. Ray Sparks of
Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Ronnie Fox and Miss Libby Robinson of Morganton; a brother, Leonard Robinson of Hickory;
two sisters, Mrs. Randall Miller of Morganton and Mrs. Carrie Hall of Burnsville; 14 grandchildren and a
great-greatchild.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Colonial Chapel of Sossomon Funeral Home. The Rev. Harold Miller
will officiate. Burial will be in Burke Memorial Park. Family members will be pallbearers. Memorials may be made to
the cancer fund." He was buried on 1 Oct 1976 in Burke Memorial Park, Morganton NC. He was married to Lenore
SILVER on 20 Sep 1929.