Amy Jo Robbins Stanley

Amy Jo Robbins Stanley of Reidsville, NC passed away peacefully at home on November 2, 2026 at the age of 73 with her loving husband Randall Stanley by her side. Amy was a loving mother to her son Eric Ryan Manolt of Tampa Florida. Amy was a loving sister to late brother Doug Robbins and her surviving sisters Linda Pearman and Emily Eanes. She was a beloved daughter of her late parents Bradley and Julia Robbins of Spencer Virginia.

Amy grew up on a farm, she would always tell me of her memories of fox hunting with her dad as a little girl when we would visit the farm when I was a child. Amy graduated from Drewry Mason High School and was crowned the Snowball Queen her senior year. She attended medical school earning a degree in microbiology and she pursued a career in that field in medical laboratories both private and in hospitals.

Amy packed her blue Volkswagen Beetle and moved to Clearwater Florida. She wanted to trade the cold and a small town for sunshine and sand. Amy met my father on a blind date that was set up by her girl friend and I was born five years later.

Amy lived in Florida from 1974 until 1996 when she moved back home to be closer to her sisters and her mother. Amy was an independent woman for many of these years in Florida. She would spoil me every other weekend with trips to Disney World, movies, the flea market, arcades, go-carts, and the beach.

Amy loved her career in microbiology. She excelled and worked at Clearwater Clinical Laboratories for many years. She was very smart and took lots of extra schooling through the years to learn new machines that analyze blood. She was always very proud that she would be chosen to draw the blood of new born babies when she worked in the hospital, because she was so good at finding the tiny veins. Amy also found some rare bacteria one time. She told me that she knew the doctor was wrong and she found the proof to show the doctor. She told me that she saved that person's life. She also liked to tease me with a needle telling me she could check my blood when I would visit her in Virginia.

In 2010 Amy suffered from viral meningitis. We suspect it was from a tick bite from bringing in firewood. This caused her to have a severe prolonged high fever of 104. She suffered some effects from the illness, and had to end her career of nearly 40 years in microbiology. Around this time she moved to Reidsville with her husband to help him care for his aging mother. Amy really loved her role helping to be a care taker.

Amy lived a simple life in Reidsville planting flowers and keeping a garden with Randall. She loved to sit on the porch and watch all of the birds that would find the tall trees in the yard. She would visit her sisters and her brother. She always enjoyed meeting her sisters for lunch somewhere in town. Amy stayed very close to her sisters when she moved back home. She had a bond with them. It is a wonderful thing to see as an only child as I am.

Amy suffered from chronic back pain for many years and had many procedures to help ease her pain. A few years ago she had knee replacement surgery. Amy fought a hard fight the last few years trying to recover and she always kept the goal of walking.

Amy was such a loving person. She had friends of all shapes, colors, sizes, sexes, and preferences. Amy had such an open heart. She must have just looked at everyone as a child of God. She was a great cook. Everyone tells me something that she would make that they loved and I am surprised how many different things I hear. Amy had a green thumb and she loved flowers. She always kept flowers in the yard. Her yard was always full of vibrant colors. She also had style and was hip. She cut her hair short with a spike and highlighted it like Roxanne in the late 80’s. She was a lover of music and had great speakers and a great Yamaha amplifier that we played records and CDs on.

Amy was my mom and I loved her so much. I am glad she was able to touch so many lives. The family is having a private gathering and in lew of flowers this is what she would want. Forgive someone, love someone, put differences down with your loved ones. Life can be sudden and at times too short and not fair. Love your family.