Mrs. Jean O. Robnett, age 84, passed away at her home in Brownsville, TN, on Wednesday, August 28, 2013.
Jean was a member of Brownsville Baptist Church.
Jean excelled academically at Union University where she graduated in 1951. She was elected to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and, as a college freshman, her essay about the death of her father in World War II won the Student Prize at the Southern Literary Festival. She earned the highest mark ever given on the National Examination in World History, an exam that preceded the current Advanced Placement examination. The same year she earned the highest national score on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). She also served as the president of Zeta Tau Alpha.
Jean had a long and distinguished career with the Department of Public Welfare, and, then its successor, the Department of Human Services, where she supervised social workers and their supervisors. She retired in 1990 after 33 years of service. In an editorial celebrating Jean's service, Jackson Sun columnist, Mary Pat Rowland, described how Jean's service "touched the lives of many West Tennesseans she never saw. She worked with abused and neglected children, single mothers giving up their infants, foster care and adoptive families and planned institutional placements for children who couldn't be cared for at home." Jean was active in community organizations and especially valued her service on the Tennessee Foster Children's Review Board and local organizations in Brownsville, Tennessee. She was a faithful contributor to the Humane Society of the U.S.
Jean spent her later years enjoying her beloved dogs and her gardens that boasted seasonal vegetables and berries amidst hundreds of Dogwoods, Red Buds, azaleas, ferns, and many varieties of jonquils. She and her husband, Bucky Robnett, a talented builder, designed and constructed the family home outside of Brownsville using logs carefully salvaged from several smaller ante-bellum log cabins.
Funeral services for Jean will be held on Sunday, September 1, 2013, at 3:00 pm at Brownsville-Bells Funeral Homes in Brownsville, TN. Visitation will be Saturday, August 31, 2013, from 5:00 – 8:00 pm, and Sunday, September 1, from Noon until service time at 3:00 pm. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents, William and Lucille Hopkins Outlaw, her husband, Everette "Bucky" Burton Robnett, and her brother, William "Billy" Outlaw.
Jean is survived by her daughter, Holly Gieszl (Scott) of Phoenix, AZ, and four grandchildren, Katherine Gieszl, Sarah Gieszl, Christopher Gieszl (Theresa), and Eric Gieszl (Mandy).
Jean was a member of Brownsville Baptist Church.
Jean excelled academically at Union University where she graduated in 1951. She was elected to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and, as a college freshman, her essay about the death of her father in World War II won the Student Prize at the Southern Literary Festival. She earned the highest mark ever given on the National Examination in World History, an exam that preceded the current Advanced Placement examination. The same year she earned the highest national score on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). She also served as the president of Zeta Tau Alpha.
Jean had a long and distinguished career with the Department of Public Welfare, and, then its successor, the Department of Human Services, where she supervised social workers and their supervisors. She retired in 1990 after 33 years of service. In an editorial celebrating Jean's service, Jackson Sun columnist, Mary Pat Rowland, described how Jean's service "touched the lives of many West Tennesseans she never saw. She worked with abused and neglected children, single mothers giving up their infants, foster care and adoptive families and planned institutional placements for children who couldn't be cared for at home." Jean was active in community organizations and especially valued her service on the Tennessee Foster Children's Review Board and local organizations in Brownsville, Tennessee. She was a faithful contributor to the Humane Society of the U.S.
Jean spent her later years enjoying her beloved dogs and her gardens that boasted seasonal vegetables and berries amidst hundreds of Dogwoods, Red Buds, azaleas, ferns, and many varieties of jonquils. She and her husband, Bucky Robnett, a talented builder, designed and constructed the family home outside of Brownsville using logs carefully salvaged from several smaller ante-bellum log cabins.
Funeral services for Jean will be held on Sunday, September 1, 2013, at 3:00 pm at Brownsville-Bells Funeral Homes in Brownsville, TN. Visitation will be Saturday, August 31, 2013, from 5:00 – 8:00 pm, and Sunday, September 1, from Noon until service time at 3:00 pm. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents, William and Lucille Hopkins Outlaw, her husband, Everette "Bucky" Burton Robnett, and her brother, William "Billy" Outlaw.
Jean is survived by her daughter, Holly Gieszl (Scott) of Phoenix, AZ, and four grandchildren, Katherine Gieszl, Sarah Gieszl, Christopher Gieszl (Theresa), and Eric Gieszl (Mandy).
Mrs. Jean O. Robnett, age 84, passed away at her home in Brownsville, TN, on Wednesday, August 28, 2013.
Jean was a member of Brownsville Baptist Church.
Jean excelled academically at Union University where she graduated in 1951. She was elected to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and, as a college freshman, her essay about the death of her father in World War II won the Student Prize at the Southern Literary Festival. She earned the highest mark ever given on the National Examination in World History, an exam that preceded the current Advanced Placement examination. The same year she earned the highest national score on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). She also served as the president of Zeta Tau Alpha.
Jean had a long and distinguished career with the Department of Public Welfare, and, then its successor, the Department of Human Services, where she supervised social workers and their supervisors. She retired in 1990 after 33 years of service. In an editorial celebrating Jean's service, Jackson Sun columnist, Mary Pat Rowland, described how Jean's service "touched the lives of many West Tennesseans she never saw. She worked with abused and neglected children, single mothers giving up their infants, foster care and adoptive families and planned institutional placements for children who couldn't be cared for at home." Jean was active in community organizations and especially valued her service on the Tennessee Foster Children's Review Board and local organizations in Brownsville, Tennessee. She was a faithful contributor to the Humane Society of the U.S.
Jean spent her later years enjoying her beloved dogs and her gardens that boasted seasonal vegetables and berries amidst hundreds of Dogwoods, Red Buds, azaleas, ferns, and many varieties of jonquils. She and her husband, Bucky Robnett, a talented builder, designed and constructed the family home outside of Brownsville using logs carefully salvaged from several smaller ante-bellum log cabins.
Funeral services for Jean will be held on Sunday, September 1, 2013, at 3:00 pm at Brownsville-Bells Funeral Homes in Brownsville, TN. Visitation will be Saturday, August 31, 2013, from 5:00 – 8:00 pm, and Sunday, September 1, from Noon until service time at 3:00 pm. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents, William and Lucille Hopkins Outlaw, her husband, Everette "Bucky" Burton Robnett, and her brother, William "Billy" Outlaw.
Jean is survived by her daughter, Holly Gieszl (Scott) of Phoenix, AZ, and four grandchildren, Katherine Gieszl, Sarah Gieszl, Christopher Gieszl (Theresa), and Eric Gieszl (Mandy).
Jean was a member of Brownsville Baptist Church.
Jean excelled academically at Union University where she graduated in 1951. She was elected to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and, as a college freshman, her essay about the death of her father in World War II won the Student Prize at the Southern Literary Festival. She earned the highest mark ever given on the National Examination in World History, an exam that preceded the current Advanced Placement examination. The same year she earned the highest national score on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). She also served as the president of Zeta Tau Alpha.
Jean had a long and distinguished career with the Department of Public Welfare, and, then its successor, the Department of Human Services, where she supervised social workers and their supervisors. She retired in 1990 after 33 years of service. In an editorial celebrating Jean's service, Jackson Sun columnist, Mary Pat Rowland, described how Jean's service "touched the lives of many West Tennesseans she never saw. She worked with abused and neglected children, single mothers giving up their infants, foster care and adoptive families and planned institutional placements for children who couldn't be cared for at home." Jean was active in community organizations and especially valued her service on the Tennessee Foster Children's Review Board and local organizations in Brownsville, Tennessee. She was a faithful contributor to the Humane Society of the U.S.
Jean spent her later years enjoying her beloved dogs and her gardens that boasted seasonal vegetables and berries amidst hundreds of Dogwoods, Red Buds, azaleas, ferns, and many varieties of jonquils. She and her husband, Bucky Robnett, a talented builder, designed and constructed the family home outside of Brownsville using logs carefully salvaged from several smaller ante-bellum log cabins.
Funeral services for Jean will be held on Sunday, September 1, 2013, at 3:00 pm at Brownsville-Bells Funeral Homes in Brownsville, TN. Visitation will be Saturday, August 31, 2013, from 5:00 – 8:00 pm, and Sunday, September 1, from Noon until service time at 3:00 pm. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents, William and Lucille Hopkins Outlaw, her husband, Everette "Bucky" Burton Robnett, and her brother, William "Billy" Outlaw.
Jean is survived by her daughter, Holly Gieszl (Scott) of Phoenix, AZ, and four grandchildren, Katherine Gieszl, Sarah Gieszl, Christopher Gieszl (Theresa), and Eric Gieszl (Mandy).
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