Obituary of Eleanor "Mickie" Brinkley Capps ~ 1979

Source: Philadelphia, Pa Mar 19 1979

James Reppard Chestnut as a child worked out his soul salvation in his birth 
home. The First Baptist Church in Magnolia, North Carolina. 
He was an ordained Deacon.

He was reared with his other siblings under God fearing, God loving parents. 
The late Solomon and Quessie Mathis Chestnut. He was born April 12, 1885. They 
preceded him in death. 
 
On Monday March 19, 1979 the good Lord dispatched his Angels from glory to 
come down and take our love from this earth to his reward on high.

He met and married Lonnie Johnson Robinson, from this union four children were 
born, two daughters and two sons.

After the death of his wife in 1950, he moved to Philadelphia, PA to be with 
his daughters, and their families. He died at the home of his daughter, Lucy 
Mae, at the age of 93. He was affiliated with Baptist Churches of 
Philadelphia, PA.
 
He leaves to cherish his memories and home going: three daughters, Virginia 
Stokes of Clinton, NC, Lucy Mae Moore, Hattie (Julius) Teachey of 
Philadelphia, PA. Two sons: Leo James Robinson of Washington, DC and Sidney 
Chestnut of Philadelphia, PA. Three sisters, Vera Chestnut, Nina Brown and 
Hettie Swinson of Philadelphia, PA, and a brother, King Chestnut of 
Philadelphia, PA. 5 sisters-in law, 2 brothers-in-law, 14 grandchildren, 29 
great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandson, nieces, nephews and other 
relatives and friends.





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