Robbie
Montgomery was the founder of the soul food restaurant Sweet Pie’s in St. Louis,
Missouri. The food at Sweetie Pie’s was based on Robbie Montgomery’s mother’s
recipes. On Friday, her son, James Tim Norman, was convicted of arranging the
murder of his nephew, Robbie’s grandson, Andre Montgomery. James Tim Montgomery
was charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire and
conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

Who is
Robbie Montgomery?

Robbie
Montgomery was born on June 16, 1940. She is 82 years old. Robbie Montgomery
was born in Columbus Mississippi to James Montgomery and Ora Gray. The initial
years of Robbie’s life were spent living with her great grandmother Miss Pathenia.
When Robbie Montgomery was six years old, her family moved to St. Louis,
Missouri.

Robbie was
the oldest of nine siblings. She came into the limelight through music after
she started a doo-wop singing group called Rhythmettes along with two of her
neighbourhood friends, Frances Hodges and Sandra Harding.

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The members
of the group were hired as backup singers by a singer named Art Lassiter and
came to be known as Artettes. Later on, Robbie Montgomery released her first
sing titled Crazy In Love/ Pee Wee.

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It was
after a lung collapse, Robbie Montgomery had to give up her music career. She
returned to St. Louis soon after and started a soul food restaurant based on
her mother’s recipes. The restaurant came to be known as Sweetie Pie’s. A
reality TV show based on the restaurant, titled Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s was
where Robbie featured along with her son James Tim Norman and grandson Andre Montgomery.

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Welcome to
Sweetie Pie’s is based on the life of Robbie Montgomery and how she runs her restaurant.
In 2016, Robbie Montgomery sued her son James Tim Norman for stealing money and
opening competing restaurants by violating copyright. The next year, Robbie
filed a motion to enforce a settlement.