Ozella Robinson, 81, of Hayti, Mo., died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti.

Born Oct. 27, 1926, in Hayti, daughter of the late Ephrom and Lucy Young Strong, she was employed at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital and was a member of the Pleasant Grove No. 2 Missionary Baptist Church in Portageville, Mo.

She married A.B. Robinson, who survives.

Survivors also include three daughters, Norma Russell and Marily Dixon and husband, Fredrick, all of Saginaw, Mich., and Teresa Ford and husband, Robert, of Atlanta, Ga.; three sons, Ben and Claude Robinson and Karry Robinson and wife, Bethany, all of Saginaw; 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at noon, today, Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the Pleasant Grove No. 2 Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Willie Simpson officiating.

Burial was in the Homestown Cemetery.

Pallbearers were John Dixon, Ulace Stewart, Kenneth Morgan, Charles Walker, Johnny Norris and Leroy Wilson.

Bradshaw Funeral Home of Hayti was in charge of arrangements.