Dr. Jim Robertson

July 3, 2021

Dr. Jim Robertson was born and raised in Miami, Florida. He was an only child but never lacked for friends as they explored all that Miami Beach had to offer. After graduating from Miami Jackson High, he headed to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Quite a weather change for a Florida cracker but when applying to Dental school he went south again.

Jim was able to get a Florida Health Department full scholarship to the Medical College of Virginia Dental School in Richmond, Virginia.

He married Carolyn Spell in 1963 and they headed to Fort Meade, Florida to pay back his scholarship by providing dental care in a rural community. Over the 58 years of marriage, they had 3 children and nine grandchildren and have lived in four different cities.

His faith in Christ was very real and his love of the church was great. He was an elder in Mcllwain and Circle PCA almost all his adult life.

Dr. James A. Robertson is survived by his wife,

Carolyn Spell Robertson; son, Craig Allan Robertson and wife, Lina Montoya Robertson, their children, Katie, Kinsey and Cameron Robertson and Manuela and Sebastian Montoya. Daughter, Tracy Robertson Black and husband Bruce A. Black, their children, Robert and Leslie Black; son, Arthur B. Robertson and wife, Janel K. Robertson, their children, Nelson and Stroud Robertson.

Dr. Jim’s niece, Kelli Spell Williams sent this remembrance of her Uncle Jim which describes him so well. “I know he is with the Lord but I miss him. He was the gentle spirit I always knew as a child and the smart kind man I knew as an adult. All those mornings he stood with his coffee looking out over the ocean at the beach house. My heart is broken.”

In lieu of flowers please make donations to Covenant Care, 5041 North 12th. Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32504 or www.choosecovenant.org. Faith Chapel Funeral Home North entrusted with arrangements.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries