Maxine Robinson

ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2026, AT 8:56 A.M., MAXINE PEACEFULLY CROSSED FROM LABOR TO REWARD, RESTING GENTLY IN THE ARMS OF HER HEAVENLY FATHER. SURROUNDED BY ANGELS, SHE TRANSITIONED WITH GRACE, GOING HOME TO BE REUNITED WITH THOSE SHE LOVED SO DEARLY. CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICS WILL BE HELD FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2026 AT 11 AM AT FIRST PROGRESSIVE BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT PEACEFUL GARDENS MEMORIAL PARK UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GRIFFIN MORTUARY. VISITATION WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2026 FROM 3PM TO 5PM AT GRIFFIN MORTUARY.

MAXINE BLEWITT ROBINSON WAS BORN ON MAY 29, 1941, IN CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS, TO THE LATE Y.T. AND MARGIE SIMMONS. MAXINE LIVED A LIFE FILLED WITH LOVE, FAITH, LAUGHTER, AND A WHOLE LOT OF BAKED GOODS.

MAXINE POSSESSED A GENTLE SPIRIT AND A GENEROUS HEART. SHE RADIATED WARMTH WHEREVER SHE WENT AND WAS ALWAYS QUICK TO OFFER A PRAYER, A KIND WORD, OR A LISTENING EAR. HER KINDNESS KNEW NO BOUNDARIES, AND IF LOVE ALONE COULD FEED THE WORLD, MAXINE WOULD HAVE DONE IT RIGHT ALONGSIDE ONE OF HER FAMOUS LEMON PIE.

A WOMAN OF GREAT PASSION AND DEDICATION, MAXINE SPENT 40 YEARS SERVING AS A DEVOTED PASTRY CHEF AT ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL. HER BAKING WAS LEGENDARY, AND MANY BELIEVED HER DESSERTS WERE MADE WITH EQUAL PARTS SUGAR, SKILL, AND LOVE.

AT AN EARLY AGE, MAXINE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER LORD AND SAVIOR AND REMAINED STEADFAST IN HER FAITH THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. SHE WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF FIRST PROGRESSIVE BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER THE PASTORAL LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP DESHUN AVERY. THERE, SHE SERVED FAITHFULLY AS A DEACONESS AND WORKED IN THE CHURCH KITCHEN FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HER HEALTH STARTED TO FAIL

MAXINE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, MR. MILTON ROBINSON, WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. ALTHOUGH NO CHILDREN WERE BORN FROM THIS UNION, MAXINE’S HEART WAS LARGE ENOUGH TO MOTHER MANY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER STEPDAUGHTER, MRS. MARGIE LOUISE PURFOY, ALONG WITH A SPECIAL GREAT-NEPHEW, TUDA, AND A SPECIAL NIECE, BRIANNA.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, Y.T. AND MARGIE SIMMONS; HER HUSBAND, MILTON ROBINSON; HER SISTERS, CLYTEE SIMMONS WOODALL, MARTHA MAE SIMMONS BOYD, ZELLA MAE SIMMONS CARROLL, AND HER BROTHERS, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SR. AND ARTHUR LEE SIMMONS.

MAXINE LEAVES BEHIND TO CHERISH HER PRECIOUS MEMORIES HER NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHO WERE TRULY HER CHILDREN. JANICE (WILLIE) CLAYBURN, BETTY BAILEY, STACEY WASHINGTON, MARGIE (DURRAL) EVANS, SHELIA BOYD, VELMA JEAN BOYD; NEPHEWS JOSEPH HUBERT MCDONALD III, ERNEST RAY SIMMONS (RUBY), DANNY BOYD SR. (LISA); ALONG WITH A HOST OF BELOVED GREAT-NIECES, GREAT-NEPHEWS, COUSINS, FRIENDS, AND ALL THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE SWEETENED BY HER LOVE.

MAXINE BLEWITT ROBINSON MAY HAVE LEFT THIS EARTHLY KITCHEN, BUT HEAVEN JUST GAINED ITS VERY BEST BAKER.