GRAMBLING, LA – A Celebration of Life for Doris (Mott) Robinson, the wife of the late Legendary Coach Eddie G. Robinson, Sr., will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, at Grambling State University’s T.H. Harris Auditorium. A repast service will be held at Eddie G. Robinson Museum following the burial service.
Additional Celebration of Life services will include a public viewing at Miller Funeral Home, 2932 Renwick St., in Monroe, Louisiana, from 1-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, and a public viewing at New Rocky Valley Baptist Church, 2155 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., in Grambling, Louisiana, from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Mrs. Robinson, 96, passed away peacefully at 8 a.m. on Sept. 16 after a brief illness at Northern Louisiana Medical Center in Ruston.
Doris Mott was born on May 2, 1919, to John and Lillian Mott in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Upon graduating from McKinley High School in Baton Rouge, she attended Southern University from 1936 to 1938 and later graduated from Leland College in 1941. She met the love of her life, Eddie G. Robinson, in eighth grade, and they were married on June 24, 1941.
Mrs. Robinson began her teaching career working in the school system of Lincoln Parish at Fellowship Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School. She later taught at Lincoln High School, Dubach High School and Ruston High School. She taught English and social studies, coached students in speech for the Louisiana State Literary Competition and prepared her students for basic public speaking activities.
Mrs. Robinson eventually retired after many years of teaching to travel with her husband, Coach Eddie Robinson, and the Grambling State University Tiger football team. Mrs. Robinson will forever be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother, great friend and the “Matriarch of Grambling Athletics.”
Coach Robinson and Mrs. Robinson had two children, Lillian Rose and Eddie Jr., five grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild.
Blessed with a beautiful soprano voice, Mrs. Robinson sang professionally for many years and is known for her ability to create a moving, artistic conception of a musical composition. She has also been involved in numerous civic and social organizations and is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., the National Education Association, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and New Rocky Valley Baptist Church.
In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Robinson’s family requests that memorial donations be made to the Friends of the Eddie Robinson Museum, P.O. Box 550, Grambling, LA 71245 or the Eddie Robinson Legacy Fund, P.O. Box 818, Grambling, LA 71245.
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