Plant City Observer

Obituary: Norma Robinson Black Prestidge

Norma Robinson Black Prestidge, 94, of Plant City, died May 6, 2016. 

She was the daughter of Kie and Annie Lou Harman Robinson and the granddaughter of Plant City pioneers Dan and Martha Robinson and Marion D. and Scotto R. Harman, of Lexington, South Carolina. 

She was the 1938 Strawberry Festival Queen and an honor graduate of Plant City High School and Alabama College. She was a member of First United Methodist Church Plant City, a charter and life member of the East Hillsborough Historical Society and a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Plant City Chapter 1931. She served in the Plant City branch office at the Hillsborough County Tax Collector until she retired. 

She is survived by her son-in-law, John L. Lyndall; nieces, Melissa Hodges Hobkirk, Mary Black Bashinsky and Lynn Janssen Hood; and nephews, Luman E. Black Jr. and Donald Janssen. 

She was preceded in death by her first husband, D.W. Black; their daughter, Cathy Black Lyndall; and second husband, T.J. Prestidge. 

A funeral service was held May 12, at Haught Funeral Home in Plant City. Pastor Doug Pareti, of First United Methodist Church, officiated. Interment followed at East Oaklawn Cemetery. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home, 51 Children’s Way, Enterprise, Florida 32725. 

Online condolences may be made at HaughtFuneralHome.com. 

 

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