Van Buren "Fats" ROBINSON
- Born: 3 Jun 1918, Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV 74
- Marriage: Macel Jane DAY on 3 Aug 1943 in Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV
- Died: 3 Jun 1959, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 41 74
- Buried: 5 Jun 1959, Rainelle Cemetery, Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV 74
Cause of his death was heart attack.
General Notes:
The Charleston Gazette, 4 June 1959
400-Pound Man, Rupert Resident, Dies on Birthday
RONCEVERTE - A 400-pound Greenbrier County man died on his 40th birthday Wednesday en route to Greenbrier Valley Hospital here.
Van Buren (Fats) Robinson, of Rupert, died from a heart attack. His wife quoted his doctor as saying his weight was responsible for the heart condition.
He was a mined employeed by the Lafayette Coal Co. at Duo, and a member of the UMW.
Surviving are his wife, Macel; two sons, Harold and Teddy at home; a daughter, Thelma at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie W. Robinson, of Duo; and two brothers, Worthy of Duo and Willard of Cloverdale, Calif.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Nickell mortuary chapel at East Rainelle with Rev. Elbert Perkins officiating. Burial will be in Rainelle Cemetery. The body is at the mortuary.
Fats married Macel Jane DAY on 3 Aug 1943 in Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV. (Macel Jane DAY was born on 30 Jun 1918 in Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV,55 died on 28 Apr 2002 in Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV 55 and was buried on 1 May 2002 in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 68.)
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