To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 4/7/14 • Approved: 4/10/14 • Last Updated: 4/13/14 • R994374-G0-S3
March 17, 1921 - February 1, 2012
*Obituary
Springdale Morning News
Friday, February, 3, 2012
SPRINGDALE — Our beloved Oscar, "The Big O." of Springdale, Ark., went to Heaven on Feb. 1, 2012, from Earlene Howard Hospice House in Springdale. He was born March 17, 1921, in Hartwell, Ark., to Carey Thomas and Eva Bohannon Robbins.
Loving husband, father, brother, caring friend, he rarely grumbled or complained, and always had a friendly smile and helping hand for all. Until he settled down with his wife of over 50 years, he loved to travel. He enjoyed working and had jobs ranging from bossing the fruit orchards of Washington and California to working in the San Francisco Shipyards to Tyson in its infancy.
When he settled in Springdale, he drove bus number 35 for years, and loved when former riders would come up and greet him. He loved working for the City of Springdale Parks Department and hated to retire. That's where he got the nickname "Big O." He found a new hobby, along with Bo Calio, in small engine repair. Lawnmowers, tillers, weed eaters, rarely came home with him that they didn't get fixed and sold, and he loved selling them. Yard sales on Friday and Saturday were another passion. He always bought something, even if he didn't need it, telling Alice "someone needed the money." Oscar liked having yard sales too. But it seemed he never had enough time to get everything he wanted to sell ready, so he could be seen bringing out items right up to closing time. He was never disappointed, though, when he had to put them back in storage.
Oscar was preceded in death by two sisters, five brothers. He is survived by his bride of 50 years, Alice Ferriel Robbins; his son Shannon and wife Sam and grandchildren, Adam and Amanda, all of Greenland; one brother, Leon Robbins of Seattle, Wash.; one sister, Neva Hosheit of Wenatchee, Wash.; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and -nephews. great-great-nieces and -nephews; along with many friends and acquaintances because he never met a stranger.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Eddie Davis and Brother Stacey Villines officiating.
Visitation will be today, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Earlene Howard Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, Arkansas 72762. Online condolences may be sent to www.memfuneral.com.
Married Alice Ferriel September 2, 1961
Contributed on 4/7/14 by wfields55
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 994374