Obituary
Rev. Joe L. Robertson, 89 of Blairs, Virginia peacefully departed this earthly life early Monday morning on May 4, 2026. Born November 4, 1936, in Pittsylvania County, he was the son of the late Robert Linwood ‘Stegall’ Robertson and Mattie Lanier Robertson. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife Margaret Waller Robertson, a sister Magdalene Childress, two daughters JoAnn Robertson and Dorothy Ann Robertson Brandon, and one great grandson Jaylin Bennett.
Rev. Robertson was employed by Roy Ford Construction and Pittsylvania County Schools. He dedicated his life to Christ at Shockoe Baptist Church at a young age under the pastorship of the late Rev. G. H. Pass. He sang with the Shockoe Male Chorus and also served as Associate Minister. He was a family man, loved the outdoors, and enjoyed carpentry. He enjoyed having dinner with his family at his favorite restaurants Mary’s Diner and Western Sizzlin. He also looked forward to the get-togethers with his children and grandchildren for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. His favorite colors were brown and blue and his love language was acts of service. As we will remember that he drank his coffee black anytime day or night, we will treasure that he lived a long and full-filling life and will be greatly missed.
Left to cherish his memory are three daughters Annie Mae Robertson, Alicia Waller, and Margaret Marie Robertson, three sons James Louis Robertson, David Jerone Hall, and Barry Robertson, two sisters Eleanor C. Childress and Erma Edmonds, and one brother Robert Robertson, one sister-in-law Katella Dodson, eleven grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.
Celebration of Life Services will be conducted Saturday, May 9, 2026, at 12:00 noon from the Shockoe Missionary Baptist Church, 857 Java Road, Java, Virginia. Bishop Elect, Philip Campbell, Pastor of the Bibleway Cathedral, Danville, Virginia, Eulogist.
Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
A public viewing will be held on Friday, May 8, 2026, from 5:00 p.m.-7 p.m. at the chapel of J. L. Dodson and Sons Funeral Establishment.
The family will be receiving friends at the residence of his youngest daughter Ms. Margaret Marie Robertson, 134 Southern Street Danville, Virginia.
The family is asked to assemble at the residence on the day of the service by 10:45 a.m.
For those unable to attend in person, the service will be live-streamed, allowing family and friends near and far to come together in prayer, reflection and remembrance. Please click here at time of service to join in the live stream.
Professional funeral services have been entrusted to the staff of the J.L. Dodson and Sons Funeral Establishment, 447 Old South Main St. Danville, Va., Bishop Jeffrey L. Dodson, Sr., Funeral Director., Elder Monica Martin, Funeral Directress (434)799-9262.
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