Robert

Garvin

Robert "Pops" Garvin was born March 21, 1950, in Tillatoba, MS, to the late Lillie Mae (Garvin) Brooks and John Thomas. Robert confessed his life to Christ at an early age in Mississippi. Robert attended Allen Carver High School in Charleston, MS. He stayed in the community for several years to help with his siblings then later moved to Chicago, IL, where he worked and started a family. Soon after he married Rosie Booker in 1975. Robert loved his family, traveling, working on cars, and riding the highway with all of his nieces and nephews. His van would be loaded with many of his family members. He was also a member of a Vans Club. Robert enjoyed living in Chicago, but he eventually moved back to Charleston. He remained in Charleston until his health declined, and he moved to Memphis where he was called home on January 7, 2022 at Methodist University Hospital.

Robert was preceded in death by his father, John Thomas; his stepfather, Alfred Brooks, who raised him as his own; his mother Lillie Mae (Garvin)
Brooks; one sister, Gerline Garvin; and one brother, Richard Brooks. Continuing his legacy are his three children, Erika Wells, Kevin Garvin, and Corey Garvin; nine grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and a host of children that he spent quality time with and helped as his own, all of  Chicago, Illinois.
He leaves to cherish his memories: six sisters, Mary (Herbert) Quinn of Clarksdale, MS, Annie Brooks, Betty Patterson, Shirley Brooks, Rachel (Charles) White, and a special sister, Dora Young all of Charleston, MS; four brothers, Al (Cynethia) Garvin and T.L. Garvin both of Chicago, IL, Mack Earl Garvin of Charleston, MS and Alfred Brooks III of Detroit, MI; one special family member, Patrick Hollis, who was like a brother, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends who loved him dearly.