Last Updated on October 9, 2024 8:49 pm
Funeral arrangements have been announced for a local farm owner killed in a landslide due to Hurricane Helene.
In the opening to Brittany Robinson's obituary is the following:
“On Friday, September 27, 2024, our beautiful, gifted and talented Brittany Robinson died in Boone, North Carolina, in a devastating mountain landslide that destroyed her mother’s home, where they were sheltering from the tornado warnings and record rainfall from the storm, Hurricane Helene’s fury.”
She was the owner of Four Wind Farms which according to their website, “Four Winds Farm was established in 2020 in the beautiful mountains outside of Boone, North Carolina. A small family farm with a mission of sustainably providing proteins and vegetables for ourselves and our local community.”
Obituary courtesy of Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service
On Friday, September 27, 2024, our beautiful, gifted and talented Brittany Robinson died in Boone, North Carolina, in a devastating mountain landslide that destroyed her mother’s home, where they were sheltering from the tornado warnings and record rainfall from the storm, Hurricane Helene’s fury.
Brittany is survived by her mother and step-father, Patrice and Frank Courts, her father and step-mother, Russell and Brenda Robinson, her true love and soul mate, Jeremy Gilmer, two step-brothers, Daniel (Raquel) and Patrick (Haley), her step-sister, Jennifer, many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins, and friends, and her two “children”, Shiloh Shepards Gus and Royal. She was pre-deceased by her brother, Geoffrey Robinson.
Brittany was born in Gainesville on April 24, 1988 and attended local schools, including Wiles Elementary, and Kanapaha Middle School, until moving to Rocky Mount, NC in the 9th grade. She graduated from Chatham Hall Boarding School, in Chatham, Virginia and UNC Chapel Hill, with a degree in Environmental Science. Her subsequent work in plant research at BASF in Raleigh Durham, led to her interest in sustainable food sources and organic farming. She worked at Community Food Bank Co-Ops, before moving to Shawsville, Virginia to manage a cattle farm. More recently, on her farm in Boone, she became an Owner/Operator of Four Winds Farm, marketing her pork, eggs, and produce through her website, also through the Farmer’s Markets, and local restaurants.
Brittany was a multi-talented young woman with many outside interests including soccer and basketball, where she excelled in her high school years, camping, fishing and water sports, music and concert venues, especially Billy Strings and Phish, (and her Dad’s music), gardening, and animals. She could hit a 200-yard golf ball with scary accuracy (better than her Dad)! Her smile was infectious and her friends were bountiful. Her two amazing dogs, Gus and Royal, were trained by her and responded instantly to the sound of her voice.
Brittany was a product of a great foundation, with exceptional manners, grammar, penmanship, and artistic gifts. As we bid Brittany farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Brittany is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars. She will dwell within our hearts and memories forever.
A Memorial Celebration of Life service will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 4:00 PM.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com
Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.
