Betty Jo Crouse Robbins, age 82, the widow of Jack Robbins passed away Tuesday morning May 23, 2022 at the emergency room of Jackson Madison County General Hospital.
Mrs. Robbins was born February 13, 1940 in Chester County, the daughter of the late Hobert McKinley Crouse, Sr. and Ethel Beatrice Moten Crouse. She attended Chester County Schools. She married William Nathan (Jack) Robbins in 1958. They lived all their married life at Finger. She worked at Brown Shoe Company and baby sat at her home while her children were growing up. She worked at Mother’s Day Out at First Baptist Church in Selmer. She was a beloved caregiver to her daughter Teresa for fifty-nine years.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church at Finger.
She enjoyed gardening and working in her flower beds. She provided child care for many children at her home and enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Robbins is survived by a son, Jacky Robbins (Denise) of Beech Bluff and a daughter, Tracy Robbins of Henderson; four grandchildren, Zack Peacock, Justin Robbins, Lauren Robbins and Mikayla Jones and four great grandchildren, Skylyn Robbins, Cooper Austin, Gunnar Robbins and River Robbins; a twin brother, Ray Crouse of Henderson and three sisters, Evelyn Hysmith of Finger, Barbara Cherry of Henderson and Linda McIllwain of Lexington.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jack Robbins; a daughter, Teresa Robbins (2020); five brothers, Earl, Tommy, Billy, Hobert, Jr. and James Lewis Crouse and three sisters, Jessie Lee Howell, Elma Dyer and Emma Lou Crouse.
Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Friday, May 27th at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue with Bro. Ken Frye officiating. Burial will follow in Chester County Memory Gardens.
The family will receive friends at Crook Avenue 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Thursday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson
