Robinson Funeral Home is dedicated to meeting the needs of a multicultural community by providing excellent service to all.

John, E. Robinson, Sr. was born in Macon, Georgia in the county of Bibb on September 14, 1896. His mother was Mary A. Whipple who was born in Irvington, Georgia. His father was John E. Robinson, who was also born in Macon, GA.

As a young child his father passed, and his mother remarried. She married Rev., B. H. Perry. John was educated in Atlantic City, New Jersey where he moved with his mother. He served in the United States Army during World War I and rose to the rank of Staff-Sergeant. He served in Supply Co 63rd Pioneer Infantry. John received his Honorable Discharge in 1919.

He returned to Atlantic City, NJ and later married Katherine Williams in 1923. Mr. Robinson was the first black elected to the County Clerk Office in 1938. While living on Drexel Avenue, the family took in three relatives, Wilbur, Lillian and Delores Haddock and raised them. John moved to Washington, DC with his wife and mother. He was employed by General Services Administration (GSA) where he worked for twenty-five years. He was also a licensed Funeral Director employed by John T. Rhines Funeral Home. His mother passed in 1940 and in 1941 his wife Katherine passed. The following year 1942, John founded Robinson Funeral Home with his partner Robert Robinson.

In 1947 John met the beautiful Mollie Catherine Smoot and here loving daughter, Mary Catherine Smoot. That same year, they were married at Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church on August 20, 1947 by Father J. F. Hennessey. This union increased with the addition of six more children: John E. Jr., Peter Burl', Joan Ellen, Michael Joseph, Carl Vincent, and Francis Timothy. 

After the passing of his partner Robert, John and Mollie continued the business together as they raised their children. John also served as Secretary of the Independent Funeral Directors Association for 30 years, member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, member of Holy Redeemer's Holy Name Society, church Lector, and member of its' Parish Council Committee.

John, Sr. mentored John, Jr. from 1968 until Senior's passing in 1975. Mollie continued alongside John, Jr. until her passing in 1993. John, Jr. and wife Dora until her passing in 2020, Siblings-Peter, Joan, Michael, son-John III, daughter-Sharon, grandchild-Daisha, niece-Precious, Nephew-Omar, great nephew-Jeremiah continue the legacy.