Funeral service for Robbie Marie Scroggins will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Blanchard - St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA with Rev. James Moore, Rev. Ronald Thompson and Dr. Ira Campbell officiating. Interment will follow at Weaver Cemetery in Flora, LA. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm on September 21, 2011 at Blanchard - St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA.
Robbie Scroggins, 70 years of age, passed away September 20, 2011. Robbie was born February 13, 1941 to the late Lucien Ily Cox and Annie Riddle Cox in Natchitoches, LA. She was retired from Northwestern State University. She was very strong in her faith and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Her greatest joy in life was her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She is survived by one daughter, Kim Scroggins Duke of Monroe, LA; two granddaughters, Lacy Christophe and husband Samuel, Jr. of Natchitoches and Kelsey Ward of New Orleans, LA; three great grandchildren, Alyssa Chandler, Cruz Christophe, and Madden Christophe; and one sister, Darlene Cox of Houston, TX.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald M. Scroggins; parents, Lucien Ily Cox and Annie Bell Riddle Cox; one son, Ronald Brent Scroggins; and one great grandson, Trey Chandler.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be Lonnie Carter, Greg Carter, Tim Scroggins, John Wood, Harold Poole, Jr. and Chris Moore.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Roy A.Cook, Woody Cox, John Bernard, Fred Carter, C. J. Scroggins and many lifelong friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.