Memorial services were held Monday, June 4, 2018, at Mt. Carmel M. B. Church in Prentiss, for Mr. Robert Fulton Brinson Sr., 78, who died Friday, May 25, 2018, in Slidell, Louisiana. Rev. Billy Wright officiated with burial following in the Griffith Cemetery in Prentiss. Littlejohn Funeral Home and Johnson Funeral Home were in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Robert Brinson, Sr. was born to the late Luvella and Hezekiah Brinson Sr.

He attended Prentiss Normal and Industrial Institute. He attended Ephesus SDA Church in New Orleans, Louisiana and served as head deacon at Caffin SDA Church in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the founder of We Care Economic Development Corp, Inc, a non-profit organization providing Social Services and Social Advocacy Support.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Larry Brinson and Jerome Buckley; two sisters, Carolyn Brinson and Joyce Armstrong.

He is survived by wife, Gloria Williams; children, Novella Robinson, Robert (JoAnn) Brinson Jr., Alice Davis and Lora (Ivy) Goines; siblings, Yvonne (Herman), John Brinson, Curtis Brinson, Regina Robinson, Lloyd Brinson, Alveretta (Arthur) Williams, Hezekiah (Yulanda) Brinson and Micheal (Irma) Brinson and many other relatives and friends.