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Services were held Monday, November 23, 2020 at Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary, Memory Chapel; interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Kevin Robinson was the first of two children born to Floyd and Sandra Robinson on October 1, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois.. The Robinsons relocated to San Diego when Kevin was 3 years old. Kevin was baptized and attended […]

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