ROBERT LEE LOUIS WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1929 IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA TO JONAS LOUIS AND MARY LOUIS ,HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD. ROBERT WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED LOU. HE HAD A ZEST FOR LIFE. HE DEDICATED TO HIS CONTRY BY JOINING THE ARMED FORCES. HE FOUGHT IN 2 WARS, THE KOREAN WAR AND WWII . BOTH WITH HONORABLE DISCHARGES AND HE RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART AFTER BEING WOUNDED.
IN 1948 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO LILLIAN LANDS AND OUT OF THAT UNION THEY HAD 4 SONS; ROBERT LEE LOUIS JR, LEONARD RAY LOUIS, EDWIN JEROME LOUIS AND DARRYL KEITH LOUIS. IN 1961 LOU MET AND FORMED A UNION WITH GEORGIE ANNIE ROBINSON AND LATER MARRIED. OUT OF THEIR 40 YEAR MARRIAGE 3 CHILDREN WERE BORN, BELINDA ROBINSON, ROBERT JR.III (DECEASED) AFFECTIONATELY CALLED PEANUT AND TERRANCE ROBINSON. HIS WIFE ANN AND PEANUT PROCEEDED HIM IN DEATH.
LOU LEAVES TO CHERISH FOND MEMORIES, MR ROBERT (CORA) LOUIS OF BATON ROUGE, LA; LEONARD (SHERYL) LOUIS OF RIVERDALE, GA; EDWIN (JULIE) LOUIS OF CHULAVISTA, CA; DARRYL (BONNIE) LOUIS OF ATLANTA GA; BELINDA ROBINSON OF NYC; TERRANCE ROBINSON LOUIS (VALARIE) OF TEXAS; 2 SISTERS IN LAW, ISABELLE YOUNG OF NYC, AND GWENDOLYN WATSON OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND A LONG TIME SPECIAL FRIEND THERESA ROBERTS OF NORFOLK, VA; CRYSTAL LOUIS (GRANDDAUGTER) KAREEM CALLE (GREAT-GRANDSON) AVERY BROWN (GREAT-GRANDSON) DANIEL LOUIS (GRANDSON) MATTHEW LOUIS (GRANDSON) KAYDEN LOUIS (GREAT-GRANDSON) KIMBERLY LOUIS DARPOH (GRANDDAUGHTER) MICHAEL DARPOH (GRANDSON) ALEECIA DARPOH (GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER) MIKEEM DARPOH (GREAT-GRANDSON) EZEKIEL SPENCER ROBINSON (GRANDSON) DARRYL LOUIS JR. (GRANDSON) CHEMYA LOUIS (GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER) LEONARD LOUIS JR. (GRANDSON) SHERREKA LOUIS (GRANDDAUGHTER) PAIGE LOUIS (GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER) MICHELLE (GRANDDAUGHTER) RILEY (GREAT-GRANDSON) AND JORDAN (GREAT-GRANDSON).
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