Beatrice Robinson, Tireless Advocate, Dead at 89

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Robinson was also the chairperson of the Annual Courier Page One Ball Committee and assisted the Pittsburgh Branch of the NAACP on its "EE" (emergency education) funds. Furthermore, Robinson was president of the Francis Friendly Circle Club in the Hill District, a club dedicated to helping neighbors live better. Robinson's work with the Francis Friendly Circle Club included donating televisions and other equipment to the Centre Avenue YMCA, contributing to the United Negro College Fund, giving camperships and memberships to boys in the community and helping needy families by not only giving clothes but also money.

Robinson is survived by her two sons, Thomas J. Saunders of Woodbridge, Va., and Ronald B. Saunders of Pittsburgh; daughters-in-law, Mina, Judith and Maxine Saunders of Bermuda; sisters-in-law, Viola Fant of Pittsburgh, Julia Johnson of Philadelphia and Lorraine Fields of Harrisburg; brothers-in-law, Russell of Philadelphia, Arnold of Pittsburgh and William of Willingboro, New Jersey. She was preceded in death by her husband, James S. Robinson Jr. and by her sisters, Esther Austin, Ruth Brooks and Montrose Bradshaw. She leaves a legacy of six grandchildren and three great grandchildren, and a host of nephews and cousins.

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Beatrice Robinson, Tireless Advocate, Dead at 89

Beatrice Saunders Robinson, longtime Hill District resident, was the first African-American female to be appointed as treasurer to the executive board of the Pittsburgh Unit of the American Newspaper Gu...

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