Mary Elizabeth Robinette

Mary Elizabeth Estes Robinette, 81, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 23, 2025. Mary was born in Kingsport and raised in Church Hill. She graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School and attended East Tennessee State University. Mary worked for the city of Kingsport and raised her four kids. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and aunt/2nd mom. Mary made everyone feel so special and loved. She loved flowers, art, clothes furniture and always dressed fashionably.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, William Kenneth and Velma Netherland Estes; granddaughter, Mariah Robinette McCoy; brother, James Estes; and special friend, Jo Ann Short Turner, and her two surviving daughters, Adrienne Corley and Deborah Tipton.

Survivors include her children, Emma (Kevin) Baldwin, Sharett (Norman Dixie Blackman IV), Ashley (Michael) Cooper, and Brian D. Robinette (Yolanda); grandchildren, Isaiah Cole Blackman, Emma Grace Blackman, Jonathan Ivey-Tice Blackman, Kayla Alexis Cooper, and Triston Robinette; great-grandchildren, Harper McCoy, Tripp McCoy, and Colt McCoy; sister, Charlotte Taylor; brother, Kenneth Bud Estes; special niece, Beth Taylor; special nephew, Andrew Taylor; great-nieces, Allison Taylor, Lindsey Taylor; great-nephew, Spencer Taylor; special niece, Rachel (Brian) Cinnamon; great-niece, Ruthie Cinnamon; and great nephew, Henry Cinnamon.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport. The funeral service will follow at 4 p.m.