Norma Sue (Robertson) Robbins passed away on May 28, 2025 at Senior Care in Denton, Texas. She was born on June 9, 1935, at home about ten miles west of Floydada, Texas and her parents paid the doctor a few chickens and some eggs for coming from Floydada to deliver her. Sue was the third child of four born to Eura (Horn) and Albert Henry "Hop" Robertson. Her siblings were her older brother Bill, older sister Dot, and her younger sister Kay.
Sue grew up in several towns in west Texas where dirt would blow for days at a time where you could not see anything. It was a luxury when they moved to a farm that had water, indoor plumbing and electricity after her sophomore year. They then moved to Bovina, Texas where she graduated from high school with a class of nine students. The day after high school graduation, on May 23, 1953, she married Darrell Robbins. After their wedding they moved to South Dakota and for the majority of the years there, they ranched outside of Blunt, South Dakota and raised three sons: Dewayne, Denton, Texas; Robbie (Cynthia), Mansfield, Texas; and Jeff (Monica), Colorado Springs, Colorado. Sue always had a meal ready and waiting every time the men needed to come in, recharge and go back out to try to grind out a living in the wind-blown plains. She was an avid follower of her sons many sporting activities, never missed a game and was always their biggest cheerleader. After ranching, they moved to Pierre where Darrell built a beautiful home that Sue did a wonderful job of designing and decorating. In 1981, they moved to Denton, Texas, where she was able to live in the same town as her two sisters again and was very active in her community.
Her grandchildren also meant the world to her and she did everything she could to be at all of their activities and sporting events before her health declined. Grateful to have had a blessed life with her are: Tiffany Fitzpatrick, Ryan Robbins and Tyler Robbins; Monét (Trevor Hornsby) Robbins and Jennifer (Iain) Oswald; and great-grandchildren: Preston and Olivia Fitzpatrick.
She was a member of the Denton Church of Christ and resided in Denton until her death.
Sue was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Darrell, her brother Bill Robertson, her two sisters Dot Herd and Kay Brown, niece Kelley Herd Johnson, her parents Hop and Eura Robertson and parents-in-law Miles and Nora Robbins.
She is survived by her three sons and two daughters-in-law, five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, sister-in-law Dorothy (Marvin) Massey, sister-in-law Phyllis (the late Jim) McDaniel and numerous nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Sue's life will be held on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at 1:30 pm at Denia Community Church, located in the Denton Baptist Temple building.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Denia Community Church.
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