Elizabeth Helan Davis Robb

Elizabeth Helan Davis (Bessie) Robb, 101, of Lakewood Manor, died Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at her home. She was born September 10, 1903 in Richmond, daughter of the late George Henry Davis and Elizabeth Belle Chappell. She was the widow of Clinton Scott Robb who died in 1987, after 51 years of marriage. Mrs. Robb was a graduate of John Marshall High School, a founding member of Reveille United Methodist Church and retired in 1968 from State-Planters Bank of Commerce and Trust (now Suntrust Bank). She is survived by her sister, Virginia D. Smith of Rockford, Illinois; sister-in-law, Neva D. Davis of Lake Ridge, Va.; nieces, Helen Shaeffer of Pennsylvania, Iva Mae Purdy and Linda G. Cox, both of Richmond, Shirley Ax Koonman of Rockford, Illinois, Bette D. Jackson, of Ashville, N.C., Charlotte D.J. Smith of Blountville, Tenn., and Helen D. Norton of Burke, Va.; nephews, Robert Struck of North Carolina, Stuart B. Gordon of Ashland, Roy W. Davis II of Commerce Township, Michigan, and Dr. Christopher K. Davis of Eastman, Ga.; also numerous great and great-great-nieces and nephews. By her request, Mrs. Robb celebrated her 100th birthday in 2003 at McDonalds. The family will receive friends 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday (today) at the Parham Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1771 Parham Road. Funeral services will be held in the Chapel of Reveille United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Interment at Riverview will be private. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the Lakewood Manor Benevolent Fund or Reveille United Methodist Church.