Robbie Lynn Evans

Robbie Lynn Evans, 61, an East Ridge, TN resident for three years, passed away on Friday, May 21st, 2021, at Hospice of Chattanooga from complications of lung disease.

She was born at Tri-County Hospital in Fort Oglethorpe, GA, on June 8th, 1959, and spent her first 18 years in the Chattanooga area and attended Rossville High. Robbie moved to Las Vegas, NV, in 1978 to start a life of adventure. During the 80s she was a poker dealer and a professional poker player while raising 4 children. She was among the best female poker players of her time and wrote a regular poker column in Poker Player magazine called “For Women Only.” During the late 80s and early 90s, Robbie continued her thirst for adventure and became an EMT and volunteered for SNERVA in Nevada before becoming a Paramedic and moving on to Mercy Ambulance. After years in emergency medicine, Robbie became an instructor and then started an entire private school for EMS professionals called “MedTech” which she ran for several years. In her retirement, she moved back to the Chattanooga Valley. She spent her final years hang gliding, river rafting, rooting for the Giants with her best friend, Gene, and spending time with her family and her beloved cats, Alex, Loki, and KitKat.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Johnny Evans and Catherine Holdaway, and her son, Robert. Robbie is survived by her sister, Jackie; her children, Joseph, Richard, and Madison; grandchildren Logan, Greg, Hannah, Ari, and Kristen; nieces Breanna and Mikayle; and many close friends across the country.

Condolences may be shared at lane-southcrestchapel.com

Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 4:30pm in the South Crest Chapel