Ronald Robinson

Ronald “Ronnie” Maull Robinson, age 72, son of Cora Robinson Washington and the late Joseph E. Seymore, departed this life on Sunday, February 17, 2013 in Beebe Hospital surrounded by family and friends. Ronnie was raised in Lewes, Delaware where he attended Dupont Avenue School and graduated from William C. Jason Comprehensive High School in 1958. While attending Jason, Ronnie was noted for his outstanding play on the baseball field. “Pard Maull” as he was affectionately called by many who knew him, was a “lefty” and could throw a “wicked breaking ball” that caught the attention of professional scouts. A knee injury suffered in an automobile accident shortly after graduating high school interrupted Ronnie’s dream of making it to the ‘Major League’. Nevertheless, this did not erase his love for baseball, as he played for many years in the all black Delmarva League as a pitcher and first baseman for the Lewes Cardinals. Because of his outstanding performance on the baseball field, Ronnie was inducted into the Delaware Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame in April 2005. During his early years, Ronnie attended St. George AME Church and enjoyed teaching Sunday School. Even late into his adult life, you could often hear Ronnie proudly telling others of how he was a Sunday school teacher. Ronnie was a supervisor at the now defunct Doxsee clam processing plant in Lewes. After that facility closed, he joined the operations-and-maintenance crew at the Lewes University of Delaware campus. Ronnie retired from that position in March of 2005. Ronnie was preceded in death by his grandparents Henry and Leonia Maull, father Joseph E. Seymore, sister Julia “Bonnie” Coyle, brother Joseph “Joey” Seymore and his son, Ronald Ward, Sr. He leaves to cherish fond memories his parents, Cora and Rev. Collins Washington; four daughters, Teresa Johnson, Trudy Maker, Michelle Ward and Phyllis Gibbs; one son, Adrian Jones; four sisters, Leonia Robinson, Nancy (Bill) Collick, Linda (Gerald) Echols, and Barbara Seymore; three brothers, Mark Gooch, Wayne Gooch and Clay Seymore; a devoted nephew and caregiver, James H. Robinson; loving companion, Marie “Butchie” Loper and a steadfast friend, Pauline Hayward; eleven grandchildren, eight great-grand children, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Ronald Robinson

March 15, 1940 - February 17, 2013