Robbie Forbes

WILSON -Robbie Sue Black Forbes, 93, of Wilson, died Monday, June 14, 2010. Funeral, Wednesday, 11 AM, First Christian Church, followed by visiting in the church parlor. Mrs. Forbes, widow of Vance Thomas Forbes, Sr, of Wilson, was born in Hopewell, VA, on February 11, 1917, to Robert Williams and Minnie Coley Black of Durham and Raleigh. She graduated from Goldsboro High School and Peace College. In Wilson, she was a member of her church where she served on the Alter Guild and as a Circle Leader. Surviving is her daughter, Sue Black Forbes Watson, and her husband, Dr. Ritchie D. Watson, of Ashland, VA; son, Vance Thomas Forbes. Jr and his wife, Wortley Herring Forbes, of Wilson; granddaughters and their husbands, Susan Bland Watson Hatchett (Dr. Richard), of Bethesda, MD; Jane Forbes Watson Fields (Joey) of Greensboro; Wortley Lawrence Forbes Whitehead (Graham) of Wilson; Lauren Thomas Forbes Good (Stacy) of Wilson; great-grandchildren, Jane Larkin Hatchett, Lawther Graham Whitehead IV, Thomas Duncan Hatchett, Barbara Forbes Good, William Vance Whitehead, Scott Thomas Good, Emma Forbes Fields and Susan Watson Fields; sister, Mary Anne Black Poston of Penney Farms, FL; brother, Robert Williams Black, Jr, of Nags Head. The family will be at her home. Memorials are suggested to the First Christian Church, PO Box 2702, Wilson, NC 27894