Erma Dell "Robbie" Robertson Richardson

Robbie Richardson, 96, of Nashville, Tennessee passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at Woodcrest at The Blakeford in Nashville. Born Erma Dell Robertson, April 19, 1923, in Snow Camp, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Charles B. Robertson and the late Madge K. Robertson. Robbie attended Appalachian State College in Boone, North Carolina where she studied teaching for three years. At the outbreak of WWII Robbie moved to Norfolk, Virginia to work full time, where she lived with her aunt and uncle. She worked tirelessly as a switchboard operator with the Chesapeake Telephone Company and later with P&A airlines. Most notably, she worked in Hampton Roads, Virginia at the Port of Embarkation, assisting in the shipping of electrical equipment to the US signal corps. Robbie met and married her beloved husband Mark Richardson, at the Naval Base in Virginia in 1947, they moved to Nashville in the early 1950’s where they lived together for sixty-five years and raised their family. Her childhood experiences as a child on a farm during the Depression and during WWII provided a grateful family with a selfless matriarch and a faithful friend to many who preceded her. For that we are proud and forever grateful. She is survived by her son, Terry Brown (Teresa Kelly) Richardson; daughter, Elizabeth Ann (Jerry Trescott); sister, Andrea R. Pitts; and grandchildren: Mark Albert (Sara Beth Loveday) Cunningham and Rachel Elizabeth (Brandon E. Maynard); sister in law, Lillian Sue Richardson ( John G.) Bass; cousins, Eugenia N. Daniel and Sammie E. Qualls; as well as, four nieces, four nephews, and four great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband, Robbie was preceded in death by her brother William T. Robertson and sister in law Rebecca C. Robertson, all of Alamance County, North Carolina; and her brother in law Joseph T. Richardson, DDS of San Antonio, Texas. Pallbearers are Terry Richardson, Jerry Trescott, Mark Cunningham, Brandon Maynard, and John E. Bass. Honorary pallbearers will include John G. Bass, Benji Pitts, and members of the Martha White lunch bunch. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Woodmont Christian Church, American Institute for the Blind, or to Alive Hospice of Nashville. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. The family would like to express their appreciation for the staff of The Cumberland and The Woodcrest for years of care and compassion shown our parent and the blessing of Nashville’s Alive Hospice. A memorial service will be conducted Friday at 11:00 A.M. at Woodmont Christian Church in Nashville with Farrell Mason officiating. The family will visit with friends Friday from 10:00 – 11:00 A.M. at the church. A private interment will be held in Lynnwood Cemetery in Lynnville, Tennessee. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements.