Ralph Danny “Dan” Robins

Ralph Danny “Dan” Robins was born February 29, 1944 to the late Ralph Taylor Robins and Jerry Cooper Robins of Ponca City, OK. Dan passed away on December 4, 2024 at Baptist Hospital Oxford after a brief illness.  He was 80 years old technically, but was really only 20 as a Leap Year baby. Dan was a 30-year retired Sergeant Major of the 332nd Medical Brigade of Memphis, TN. He was a 1962 graduate of Ponca City High School where he was all American baseball player.  He attended Oklahoma State University on a baseball scholarship and later transferred to Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK.  There he finished his baseball career and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He then joined the Army Reserves and went to work for Sun Oil Company.  In 1969 he met the love of his life, Anne Stanley of Cotton Plant, AR, and married December 20 of that year. His job took them to live in several different places until settling in Tupelo, MS in 1975.  Dan was the owner of Tupelo Oil Company and retired from Loomis Fargo.  He was an avid deer and duck hunter and loved spending his time off at the Stanley Farm in Cotton Plant, AR, where he found solace and was at peace with God and mankind.
A service with military honors will be held at 10 AM Wednesday, December 11, 2024, in the Sadie Holland Memorial Chapel at Holland Funeral Directors in Tupelo with Mike Pearson and Mike Martin officiating. Visitation will be from 4 PM-7 PM on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, and one hour before the service on Wednesday. For those unable to attend, the service may be viewed at www.hollandfuneraldirectors.com/Live-streaming at 10 AM Wednesday, and will be archived thereafter.
Burial will follow at Cotton Plant Cemetery, Cotton Plant, AR at 3:30 PM where the Stanley family rests.
Dan is survived by his wife of almost 55 years,  Anne Stanley Robins of Tupelo; and daughter, Penny Robins Martin (Mike) of Pontotoc, MS; his grandchildren, Cooper Robins McVay of Jackson, MS, and Mary Cullen McVay of Tupelo, MS; and a whole host of cousins and extended family.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph Taylor Robins and Jerry Cooper Robins of Ponca City, OK;  one daughter, Amy Robins of Tupelo;  his in-laws,  John B Stanley and Mary Virginia McFall Stanley of Cotton Plant, AR.
Tupelo pallbearers will be Dudley “Butch” Kelso Jr.,  William “Bill” Hope, Ronnie Morgan, Bill Bates, Dudley “DK” Kelso III, Trey Harlow, Louie Bennett, and Steve Beleu. Honorary pallbearers will be Cooper McVay and Jason McVay.
Cotton Plant pallbearers will be Mike Medford, Brandon Medford, Aaron Medford, Steve Hollaway, and Jim Sursorney with honorary pallbearers in Arkansas being Dale Medford, Brant Medford, Barett Medford, and Bryan Austin.
The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Wounded Warriors Project, 4899 Belfont Dr., Suite 300, Jacksonville, Florida 32256.  Holland Funeral Directors-Tupelo (662 840 5000) is honored to serve their friends.