Thursday, March 31, 2011

A Homegoing Celebration for Beatrice L. Robinson

BLACK BUZZ NEWS SERVICE
The Beatrice L. Saunders Robinson Project
Pittsburgh, PA
March 31, 2011

                        December 10, 1915- March 31, 2005

Tuesday April 5, 2005 * 11:00 AM
Christian Tabernacle Kodesh Church of Immanuel
2601 Centre Avenue* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219

   " This is the day which the lord hath made;
         we will rejoice and be glad in it"
                                              Psalms 118: 24

                                     Officiating
               Dr. Kenneth O. Barbour, Supervising Elder
                       Kodesh Church of Immanuel

                      ORDER OF SERVICE
                 
ORGAN MEDITATIONS

PROCESSIONAL

PRAYER OF INVOCATION

SCRIPTURE READINGS..........................................Psalm 90:1-12
                                                                                   I Corinthians 15:51-57
SPECIAL PRAYER...................................................Rev. Fred Richardson

POEM.......................................................................Adrena Richardson

MUSICAL SELECTION.........................................." Amazing Grace"
                                                                                    Ruth Still
SPECIAL REMARKS...............................................Tony Watts

SPECIAL REMARKS...............................................David Bradshaw

MUSICAL SELECTION..........................................." Will the Circle Be
                                                                                     Unbroken"
                                                                                   Women's Missionary
                                                                                    Circle
ACKNOWLEDGMENT........................................... Marva White
OF CONDOLENCES

READING OF THE OBITUARY..............................Beatrice Shelton

MUSICAL SELECTION.........................................."His Eye is on the Sparrow"

EULOGY.................................................................Dr. Kenneth O. Barbour

RECESSIONAL....................................................." When We All Get to Heaven" Congregation

                                  INTERMENT
                          Allegheny Cemetery

                                     OBITUARY

Beatrice L. Robinson was born on December 10, 1915 in Charlotte NC. She was one of four children born to Sherman and Pearl Brooks. Beatrice attended McKelvey Elementary School and Herron Hill Junior High.
She graduated from Schenley High School. After high school, Beatrice attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, now called Carnegie Mellon, and Duff's Iron City Business College. In 1956 she received her LPN from Catherine McCauley School of Practical Nursing.
    Beatrice, a longtime Hill District resident, was the first African American female to be appointed as treasurer to  the executive board of the Pittsburgh Unit of the American Newspaper Guild. By this appointment, Beatrice became the first African American female in the country to serve as treasurer of a local union. She was also chairman of the Courier Unit of the Newspaper Guild and served on the executive board of the Pittsburgh Unit of the Newspaper Guild for fifteen years. During that time, Beatrice was employed by the Pittsburgh Courier and eventually became the paper's office manager. She worked for the paper from 1943 until her retirement in 1980.
  Beatrice was chairperson of the Annual Courier Page One Ball Committee and assisted the Pittsburgh Branch of the NAACP on its "EE" ( emergency education) funds. Furthermore, Beatrice was President of the Francis Street Friendly Circle Club in the Hill District, a club dedicated to helping neighbors live better. Beatrice's work with the Francis Street Friendly Circle Club included donating televisions and other equipment to the Centre Avenue YMCA, contributing to the United Negro College Fund, giving camperships and memberships to boys in the community and helping needy families by not only giving clothes, but also money.
Beatrice married James S. Robinson, Sr. on September 8, 1952. They joined Christian Tabernacle Church in January, 1970. Beatrice was a member of the Mission Circle, Foreign Mission Board, the Dean of Harty Bible School, Teacher of the Year in 2002, where she inspired hundreds of students in her Genesis class, trustee of the church, member of the Tabernacle Choir, assembly helper, director of Vacation Bible School, coordinator of the Annual Friends and Family Day and President of the Harty Bible School Class of 1969.
Beatrice served two terms as President of the Harty Bible School Alumni Association.
 Beatrice is survived by her two sons, Thomas J. Saunders of Woodbridge, VA and Ronald B. Saunders of Pittsburgh, daughters-in-law Mina, Judith and Maxine Saunders of Bermuda, sisters-in-law Viola Fant of Pittsburgh, Julia Johnson of Philadelphia, Arnold of Pittsburgh and William of Willingboro, NJ.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James and by her sisters Ester Austin, Ruth Brooks, and Montrose Bradshaw. She leaves a legacy of six grandchildren and three great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

                ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation for the kind expressions of sympathy and prayers during their hours of bereavement.
                      
              PALLBEARERS

Darryl Austin.......................................................Joseph Pollard
David Bradshaw..................................................Jonathan C. Saunders
Ralph Bradshaw..................................................Thomas J. Saunders III

Give me Savior a purpose deep
In Joy or sorrow Thy Thrust to keep
And so through, care and strife
Glorify Thee in my daily life
Only one life,T'will soon be past
Only what's done for Christ will last.
Only one life, T'will soon be past
Only what's done for Christ will last.

Arrangements by the Odell Robinson Funeral Home
                           

 

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