Donnie Mockobee

February 22, 1966-November 11, 2002 Donald Dimtrus Mockobee Jr., 36, of Evansville, Donald "Donnie" to his family and friends departed this life on Nov. 11, 2002, in Indianapolis, Ind., where he lived for the last seven years. He leaves to mourn his passing, his daughter, Alisha Renee of Las Vegas, Nevada; his parents, Donald Mockobee Sr. and his stepmother, Linda of Boonville, Ind.; his mother, Mary L. Mockobee Robinson and stepfather, David Sr. of Evansville, Ind.; four sisters, Kimberly Mockobee (Etton), Donetta Mockobee, both of Evansville, Ind., Chyenne Mockobee of Florida and DaVianna Stewart (Mitchell) of Houston, Texas; four brothers, Corey "P.J." Mockobee (Phiona) of Evansville, Ind., Antoine "Tony" Mockobee (Twania) of Evansville, Ind., David W. "Tootie" Robinson Jr. of Evansville, Ind., and Charles "Man" Ellis Robinson (Grace) of Washington, D.C.; his grandmother, Ann Mockobee of Boonville, Ind.; several nieces, nephews and cousins; and a host of relatives and friends. Donald graduated from Reitz High School in 1984 and Lockyear Business College in 1986. He was employed by Wausah of Indianapolis. He was an avid sports player, mainly basketball. Funeral services noon Friday, Nov. 15, from the Koehler Funeral Home Boonville Chapel, the Rev. Carlos Sanders officiating, with burial in Lincoln Cemetery in Boonville. Friends may call Friday from 10 a.m. to service time at Koehler Funeral Home Boonville Chapel. How the class of 1984 remembers Donnie: I met Donald when I was a freshman and he was a Senior. He was very quiet and unassuming at first, but boy did that change. I can definitely say that at that time I didn't realize how profoundly he would change my life. We were just kids having a great time and so in love. Donald was a great dancer, excellent communicator, very charismatic, intelligent, and complicated person...someone I loved until the day he died. I was fortunate to know him through the good days and even stuck around for many of the bad. I am the mother of his daughter, Stacy, and I wish he could be around today to see how beautiful, intelligent, driven, and charismatic his daughter, Alisha, is today. She's a Sophomore at George Washington University and misses her father very much. She would very much love for her father to be here to have seen her graduate high school with honors, be here to see her graduate from college, walk her down the aisle whenever she gets married, and to ultimately see his grandchildren one day. Heck, she would have loved for him to have been around for her first boyfriend, the stress of taking the SAT's, to have just been around for one more hug or a good night kiss. To those of you thinking of taking drugs, please think again. His death was a senseless and very tragic event that changed many lives...he had so much yet to share with the world and we miss him very much. We love you Donald. - Stacy Carpenter Donnie and I went to West Terrace together (I arrived in 4th grade). I have strong memories of a couple of grade school moments. In Mrs. Townsend's music class, maybe in 6th grade, we were singing "Simple Gifts" (the Shaker song) and Donnie got the job of concocting a dance to go along with it. It was great and I remember we all were pretty impressed at his dancing ability. I also remember thinking that he was GREAT at basketball; if he was, I don't really know, because basketball isn't really a sport I pay much attention to or know much about. He was one of the "stars" on the West Terrece team, certainly. And I remember cheering him on (at least in my heart) at high school games--you always root for the people you know or are from a place (like grade school even!) where you have been. I saw Donnie next at our 5 year reunion and remember chatting with him at length at the nightclub on Washington Ave. that used to be the movie theatre (several of us single folks ended up there). I didn't see him again until 1992 when I was working at the County Prosecutor's office; I had misdemeanor court duty one day when Donnie's file came up for a traffic ticket fine or something. He stuck around after court recessed and we chatted again. I never saw him after that. But he was a fun guy with a warm heart. I am sad that you have died, Donnie. I hope your life here was good and that your life there is even better. - Sarah Goss Norman I went to Donnie's Funeral. It's pretty difficult seeing one of your classmates in this manner. When I was at West Terrace, Donnie and I were pretty good friends. He liked the Steelers and I liked the Cowboys, so we always got to rib each other. Donnie got the better side of that because back then the Steelers were always beating them. When we had Basketball games, he would come over to the house and eat supper until it was time to go back. One thing about Donnie, he always seemed to have a smile on his face. - James Blankenship Tell everyone your memories of Donnie. Click here to send in a message to be added to this page.