Clifton C. Robbins

Graveside services for Clifton Carl Robbins, 86, of Bowie, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at Eastside Cemetery in Bridgeport, Texas. A visitation will be held from 11-12 p.m. Saturday, prior to the service, at Hudson & Torres Family Funeral Home. Pastor Ronnie Lawson will be officiating.

Clifton was born on September 16, 1938, to Elvin and Loise (Pipkin) Robbins, at home in the southern part of Montague County, and passed away on March 5, 2025, in Crowley, Texas. He grew up and graduated from Bowie High School and worked as a flagman before marrying his sweetheart of 40 years, Lois Jeannine Byrd. They moved to Wichita Falls where he worked for Parker Food Stores and Piggly Wiggly’s ShopRite foods as a produce manager and later produce supervisor. An opportunity arose and he changed employers to Bolner’s Fiesta Products of San Antonio. The family moved to Dallas, and then Grapevine, before retiring after 25 years with Bolner. He graciously took care of his wife, Jeannine, until her death in 1997. 

Clifton was fortunate to reunite with his childhood friend, Carla Johnson, after returning to Bowie, and they were married in 2008. He stood by her side until her death in 2024.

Clifton is preceded in death by his parents, Elvin and Loise Robbins; first wife, Jeannine Robbins; second wife, Carla Robbins; grandparents, Lee and Dora Ada Pipkin; son-in-law, Rick Mewbourn; brother, Windol Robbins; and sister-in-law, Lupe Robbins. 

Clifton is survived by his children, Kent Robbins and wife Susan of Crowley, Texas, Lisa Mewbourn of Grapevine, Texas, and Mark Robbins and wife Karen of Waco, Texas; grandchildren, Chrystine Wilder (Brett), Sarah Henderson (Kirk), Stephanie Renfro (Eric), Risa Oberbeck (DJ), and Emilye Robbins; great-grandchildren, Elise and William Henderson, Julia and Meredith Wilder, Ethan, Owen, Abigail, Benjamin and Charlotte Renfro, Easton and Rylan Oberbeck; sister, Phyllis Hudson and husband Elton; along with many nieces and nephews.

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