James Graden Robinson
1930 - 2025
From the Jan 6, 2026 e-EditionMr. James Graden Robinson, 95, of Huntingdon, Tennessee, died Saturday, January 3, 2026, at Life Care of Bruceton.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Monday, January 5, 2026, in the Chapel of Dilday-Carter Funeral Home. Interment will follow at New Hope Cemetery in Yuma, Tennessee. Brother Phillip Gulledge officiating.
The family will receive friends at Dilday Carter Funeral Home on Sunday, January 4, 2026, from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM and again on Monday, January 5, 2026, from 10:00 AM until the time of the service at 1:00 PM.
Mr. Robinson was born August 10, 1930, to the late Graden and Doy Robinson. He is an Army veteran who served his country during the Korean War. Mr. Robinson went on to work for the State of Tennessee for over 55 years. In addition to his parents, Mr. Robinson was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Robinson.
He is survived by one son, Randy (Peggy) Robinson of Huntingdon, Tennessee; one daughter, Patricia Mann of Huntingdon, Tennessee; seven grandchildren, Misty Delaney, Matt Mann, Field Robinson, Preston Robinson, Coty Robinson, Mary Mays and Jade Zwierz; eleven great-grandchildren, Haley Hubble, Tyler Delaney, Dillon Mann, Dawson, Mann, Tucker Robinson, Skylar Walters, Caroline Robinson, Carlie Robinson, Marin Robinson, Zoey Zwierz and Hayden Zwierz; two great-great-grandchildren, Blakely Todd and Beckett Stuckey, along with many other family members and friends.
Honoring him as pallbearers will be Field Robinson, Preston Robinson, Coty Robinson, Matt Mann, Dillon Mann and Tyler Delaney.
Dilday-Carter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 731-986-8281
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