Eulogy-Funeral Sharon D. Robinson

Eulogy for Sharon D. Robinson

By Rick Gillespie- Mobley

Ecclesiastes 3:1-3:14 Psalm 139: John 14:1-6

God is amazing. God knew Sharon Robinson long before her parents did because the Scriptures tell us “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

It was on a Tuesday, the date was August 6th 1963 , the place was Cleveland Ohio, that God sent a little bundle of life and potential to Nettie and Johnny Lee Brown. She was the sixth of seven children to arrive and they called this latest bundle of joy, Sharon.

We are here today because that bundle of joy touched our lives in various special and unique ways and that same bundle has returned to the wonderful God who created her. She has completed that cycle of birth, life, death and return to God. It is a journey that we shall all one day complete.

There are some children that are born as sweet as they can be, and they are as gentle and obedient as your heart could desire. Sharon was not one of those children. She was a handful as a child and as independent as she could be. She was smart, bubbly, and full of energy. By the time she was nine months old, she was already up and walking about which allowed her to explore things she probably should have left alone.

It didn’t help that God had placed within her a spirit of determination to accomplish whatever she set her mind to doing. When she made up her mind, it was full steam ahead. That’s bad news for a toddler. Though that determination got her into trouble at times, it would also serve her well later in life, as she channeled that energy in positive ways.

Sharon knew the joy of being a daughter, a sister, a mother, a wife, a grandmother, a niece, an aunt, a friend, a great cook, a bingo player, an unsung hero, a child of God, and a gift to the world from God above.

The Bible tells us, there is a time and a season for everything under the sun. A time to laugh and a time to cry, a time to hope and a time to give up, a time for joy and a time for pain, a time to be born and a time to die. Sharon’s life became a testimony of the power of God to heal and to restore broken relationships. It’s the story of God’s redeeming love that even though we have made mistakes in the past, God is able to give us a future that’s full of love and reconciliation.

God gives some of us talents and abilities that we don’t allow to come to the surface in our lives. We may choose to make excuses, when God has placed within us abilities that can lift us beyond our circumstances. Sharon had a spirit of determination within her, that would not allow her to run into a wall and just quit.

She became a self-taught person. She taught herself to be a seamstress, to be a nail tech, to be a hair braider, to be a drummer, to be a choir director, and to be what her situation called for. As a teenager, she really wanted an outfit, that her parents could not afford. She didn’t pout about it. She went ahead and made the outfit for herself.

When she was called into the ministry many years later and could not find the robe she wanted. She got some black and gold material and made it for herself. When her kids needed summer clothes. She made them herself.

Growing up in the Davison home with six children and two adults was quite a feat. There were always big pots of food on the stove to make sure everyone got enough to eat. Nothing made them feel like family, more than the aroma and smell of a big pot of spaghetti cooking on the stove with some spaghetti sauce that had been spiked with enough sugar to make it taste extra special. Sharon’s spaghetti and pot roast dinners were legendary.

When it came to discipline, the parents were quite different. Walter Davison would give you about five or six chances before he took action, and then he would explain to you why you were being disciplined, and would tell you how he loved you afterwards. With Sharon, let’s just say discipline was quick and painful.

Sharon did have a generous and sensitive side to her. She knew that Audrey loved shoes. So, for her birthday, she gave Audrey a beautiful shoe box with a card attached to the box. Audrey was thrilled when the gift was given to her. She took the top of the box off and if you could have seen the expression on her face.