Larry Dee Robins, Sr. was born to Ada (Heiden) and DeGarmo Robbins on December 24, 1942 in Monroe, Michigan. He was a 1960 graduate of Ida High School and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965.

On August 23, 1969, he married Bessie Lou Bussell at the Grape Missionary Baptist Church in Raisinville Township. (Note: The building was formerly known as the St Matthew Lutheran Church.) They had four children.

Larry died on July 29, 2021 in Ida, Michigan at 78 years of age.