Glinda “Faye” Burcham, was the daughter of James Whitten Robinson and Gladys Vivian Willingham. She passed peacefully on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 1:18 a.m. at Helen Keller Hospital. A private service will be held for the family.
Everyone called her Granny Faye. She was sweet and loving and she always had open arms. Granny Faye was sassy and spunky and always had a joke. She worked in a sewing factory for most of her life and loved to sew. Granny Faye was an avid movie lover. Anything with John Wayne and the movie Twister were two of her favorites. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, James “Ronnie” Robinson; and sisters, Joyce Green and Lyrica Scott.
Granny Faye is survived by her children, Sherry Petrone and Jerry “Randy” Malone, both of Corinth, MS, Sebrina Benson, of Tuscumbia, and Kayla Safford (biological granddaughter), of Florence; grandchildren, Chris, Hope, Faith, Vivian, Cody, Chloe, Daniel, Cathy, and more; and great-grandchildren, Jameson, Greyson, Robbie, and more.
