Janice Skelton Robinson

Janice Skelton Robinson, 83, born June 14, 1938, in the Ozark Mountain community of Black Oak, Ark., to the late Donald and Katherine Skelton passed away March 29, 2022.

Jan was preceded in death by her brother, James Carroll Skelton, and her sister, Mary Faye Skelton Hodde.

She is survived by her son, Sandy Robinson (Rachael); three grandchildren, Gabe Charlton, Owen Charlton and Natalie Robinson, all of Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia; sisters, Anne White of Oklahoma City, Meg Rogers of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Marcia Gilbreath of Farmington, Arkansas; brothers, Hank Skelton ( Diane) of Mount Juliet, Tennessee, and Ray Skelton (Linda) of Palm Coast, Florida; and dozens of cousins, nieces and nephews.

Jan graduated from Arkansas Tech University, entered graduate school at Vanderbilt University and obtained a master’s degree in Psychological Testing from Stetson University. She spent much of her professional career as a drug and alcohol treatment counselor for the Dede Wallace Center and later for Centerstone. For several years after her retirement she taught water aerobics to seniors at the YMCA.

She never tired of learning. Even in her later years, she organized a group of friends who met to take video based courses in various subjects, not just for the fun of learning new things but also for the camaraderie of learning them together. She was a longtime active member of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, often participating in the church choir and at times playing piano during church services.

Jan suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in recent years. She died peacefully in her sleep at Brighton Gardens in Brentwood, Tennessee. Her family is extremely grateful to Avalon Hospice of Franklin Tennessee who made sure her final days were as comfortable as possible. Her ashes will be placed in the Memory Garden of the church that she so dearly loved.

As she wished, there will be no services.

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