Our beloved son, Joel Anthony Robbins, entered into God’s Kingdom on July 17, 2025, after a 10-month battle with cancer.  Joel was born to Keith and Vonda Robbins on June 1, 1974, in Country of Curacao. 

When Joel was younger, his favorite activities were playing football and basketball. He attended Canadian High School and graduated in 1992.  He went on to attend college Midwestern State University and Texas Tech.  In the summer on July 29, 1994. Joel was severely injured in a work truck accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. This would forever change his life. God had plans for Joel that he never knew and he fought hard to get better throughout rehabilitation.  God allowed him to go back to college and later graduated from West Texas State with a B.S. in Sociology in 1999.  After graduating, he moved to Arlington, and looked to pursue a career as a behavioral therapist at the very rehabilitation center he went to. But God had another plan for him! 

In 2003, Joel met Shelia, a match truly made in heaven. Joel and Shelia would be married in October 5, 2004.  Sheila had two children, Jake and Allison. Joel would then become the stepfather to Jake and Allison and would love them just as he was their biological father. He loved his family and loved being a dad and husband. He was a volunteer and coach at Flint Academy and had the wonderful experience in coaching his daughter's basketball team. 

Joel, although faced with challenges with his handicap, never allowed it to slow him down. The most important thing in Joel's life was the day Joel accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. 

Joel joins his family members: R.P. Robbins (grandpa), Yolanda Curtis Kelly (grandma), J.W. Curtis (grandpa), Johnny Curtis (uncle), Lois Friddell (spouse’s mom), Amanda Friddell (spouse’s sister-in-law, wife of Kristopher Friddell) all in Heaven.

He is survived by many loving family members from the Robbins and Curtis families, including Kathryn Robbins (grandma), Keith and Vonda Robbins (parents), his brother Chad Robbins and his sister Camie Robbins Holland, Terrell Robbins (uncle), Steve Robbins (cousin), Ryan Curtis (cousin); and nephews and nieces Tyler Robbins, Anthony Robbins, Caitlin Robbins, Justin Robbins , DJ Lee, Brandon Lee, Cameron Lee, and Camden Lee (all children to Chad and Tara Robbins) and Taylor Robbins (daughter to Camie and Chad Holland); Joel’s spouse Sheila Friddell Robbins and their two children, Jake Quick, and Allison Quick and fiancé Ryan Wilson; the loving members of the Friddell family: Roy Friddell (Sheila's father), Melissa Friddell Grigsby (sister) and her husband Mark Grigsby with their two children Eric and Erin Grigsby, followed by Kyle Friddell (brother), and Kristopher Friddell (brother) with three children Abram, Elijah, and Miriam Friddell; and Nate Swain, Joel's friend and caregiver of 22 years.

Services will be held at 11 am on Saturday, July 26, at First Baptist Church in Canadian.

In lieu of flowers, if you feel led to give a memorial it can be given to Wheels for the World @https://joniandfriends.org.
 

2 Timothy 4: 7-8  "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing."