Robert Finley: 'I'm serious about what I'm doing' Robert Finley poses for a portrait before the Tell Everybody! record release show at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.

She was Miss Missouri in 1945. She was born July 4, 1926, in Hughesville, Mo. Mrs. Finley was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Finley.