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The Union Banner, 25 Jun 1942, p.1
Death Intervenes After Seventy-Two Years of Happy Married Life.
On last November 24th, Riley Robinson and Rebecca Ann Savilla Mims Robinson observed their seventy-second wedding anniversary, when some one hundred friends and relative gathered at the home near Providence in Beat 16. Similar occasions had been enjoyed on that date during the previous several years. But last Sunday night at five minutes until 12, Almight God, in his infinite wisdom and mercy, saw fit to terminate the union which had proved to be almost three-quarters of a century of happiness together when the latter passed into the Great Beyond. The above picture of the aged couple was made at one of their recent wedding anniversaries. They were one of the most devoted couples ever known and probably held the record in Alabama as enjoying the longest married life together.

23 Jun 1942, newspaper unknown
Aged Providence Lady Died Sunday Night
Mrs. Savilla Robinson, age 88, died at the residence near Providence, Beat 16, last Sunday night a few minutes before midnight, following an illness of one month. Services were held at Providence Tuesday at 12 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Floyd Smith, assisted by Revs. J. D. Hughes, G. G. Williams, Robert Cost and Frank McCary. Spigener was in charge.
Serving as pallbearers were: Grady Leva and Lonza Bates, Marion Mims, Calvin Robinson and T. E. Wyatt. Flower girls were: Alice Mae, Marie, and Evelyn Robinson, Mrs. Iris Bates, Mrs. Leedie Robinson, and Mrs. Elizabeth Bates.
Besides the aged husband, Riley Robinson, surviving are three sons - Rev. W. W. Robinson, R. M. and John E. of Clanton routes; three daughters Mrs. Beany Bates, Mrs. Francis Bates, and Mrs. Filey Wyatt, all of Clanton routes. There are two brothers - J. A. W. Mims and Henry F. Mims of Clanton routes; four sisters, Mrs. Rosa Baker, Mrs. Delila Baker, Mrs. Jennie Wyatt and Mrs. Eliza Baker. There are 25 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren and six great, great grandchildren.
Savilla Mims was married to Riley Robinson on November 24, 1869. She was the daughter of George (Dock) and Tabitha Mims.

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OBITUARY OF Robinson, Riley February 11, 1851 July 15, 1956
(1) Genealogical Abstracts from Chilton County Newspapers 1898 through 1945, compiled by Cecil Little, 11-09-1939, Riley Robinson and Wife have been wed for 70 years. Life History is a long Article in this issue. He is 88 and she, Savilla, is 85, they reared 5 sons and 4 Daughters. Riley Robinson is the Son of William Riley and Margaret Headley Robinson, and he was Born Feb. 11, 1851. William Riley Robinson was born 1827 in the Old Robinson Family Home on Yellow Leaf Creek. His Father, Riley Robinson, was born 1785. He died during the Civil War at the Old McKee place near Coosa River. This Riley had a brother, Coss Robinson who operated a mill on the site of the Present Thompson Mill. The Maternal Grandfather of Riley III was Charlie Headley of what is now the Mt. Pisgah Community. Riley Robinson III was married to Rebecca Ann Savilla Mims on 11-24-1869. He was 18 and she was 15. Savilla Mims was the daughter of George (Dock) Mims and she was born in 1854 in what is now the Temple Community. Savilla's Grandfather was Elijah Mims who with his Brothers Jimmie and Abram Mims settled here in 1828. They came from Charleston, South Carolina. Abram MIms was the Father of Abram C. Mims once Tax Assessor of Chilton County. Jimmie Mims was Grandfather of J. M. Mims former Commissioner. The three Mims Brothers, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Baker--(Mrs. Baker was first married to Reuben Popwell and they had 2 Sons and four daughters and after the death of Reuben she then married Stephen Baker), and two Headley Families, and 1 Easterling Family and these all got together and left Darlington District, South Carolina and came to the present Clanton area 1828.(2) Cemeteries of Chilton by Benjamin D. Roberts, page 151, Robinson, Riley 1851-2-11 1956-7-15 (Oldest Person in County).,

Birth	4 Apr 1853	Autauga County, Alabama
Marriage	24 Nov 1869	Riley Robinson
Death	21 Jun 1942	Chilton County, Alabama
Burial		Providence Bapt #2 Cemetery, Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama

Spouse	Riley Robinson (1851 - 1956)
Child	William Washington Robinson (1871 - 1958)
Child	Phariba Catherine Robinson (1873 - 1923)
Child	Martha E. "Beanie" Robinson (1875 - 1971)
Child	Frances Elizabeth Robinson (1878 - 1953)
Child	Riley Moses Robinson (1881 - 1955)
Child	Filey Robinson (1884 - 1977)
Child	Columbus Henry Robinson (1887 - 1940)
Child	George Cary Robinson (1889 - 1929)
Child	Orlee Robinson (1891 - 1891)
Child	John Eps Robinson (1893 - )

Father	George Washington "Dock" Mims (1827 - 1903)
Mother	Tabitha Miller (1834 - 1912)
Sibling	Fereba Jane Mims (1850 - 1862)
Sibling	Penny Carolyn Mims (1854 - 1903)
Sibling	Mahala C. Mims (1857 - 1934)
Sibling	Elijah James "Bud" Mims (1858 - 1907)
Sibling	Eliza Mims (1859 - 1948)
Sibling	William Moses Mims (1861 - 1907)
Sibling	George Thomas Mims (1862 - 1934)
Sibling	Tabitha Mims (1864 - 1881)
Sibling	Rosa Della Mims (1866 - 1945)
Sibling	Delilah Adline Mims (1869 - 1950)
Sibling	Martha Ann Virginia Mims (1872 - 1960)
Sibling	Joseph Andrew Washington Mims (1875 - 1950)
Sibling	Henry Newton Franklin Mims (1876 - 1946)
Sibling	Edward Mims (1879 - 1880)