1915-1999
Funeral services for Helen Wilda Collins, 84, of Dora were held at 10 am Friday, Sept. 24 at the Ball Church of Christ with Gary Pitchford officiating. Burial was in the Ball Cemetery.
Mrs. Collins died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 1999, at 9:54 am at her residence. She was born May 8, 1915, in Hornersville, the daughter of Virgil and Millie Neighbors Crawford.
She was a member of the Ball Church of Christ and a homemaker.
She is survived by four daughters, Virginia Lee Hambelton of Willard, Linda Collins of Dora, Brenda Strong and Lana Cockrum, both of Gainesville; two sons, Bill Collins of Gainesville and Don Collins of Toganoxie, Kan.; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one brother, Rayburn Crawford of Encinitas, Calif.; and two sisters, Geraldine Hinch of Lodi, Calif., and Roberta Willet of Mobile, Ala.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Collins; a son, Floyd Junior Collins; her parents; and six brothers and sisters.
Pallbearers were Garrold Hambelton, Floyd Collins, Cody Collins, Doug Collins, Scott Collins, Rodney Strong, Jason Strong, James Evans, Dusty Evans and Chris Collins.
Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Gainesville, directors.