home of Oliver Collins(Zettie's 2nd husband) a mile and a half northwest
of Punkin Center,at 3 minutes to 9:00PM April 6,1949.
At the age of 95 years,six months and 29 days.
SHE HAD HAD FIVE CHILDREN THREE OF WHOM ARE STILL LIVING 31 GRANDCHILDREN, EIGHTY TWO G-GRANDCHILDREN AND THIRY ONE G-G-GRANDCHILDREN.
AUNT BUN WAS BORN IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND SPENT ALL OF HER LIFE AROUND SILOAM SPRINGS, VICINITY, UNTIL THE LAST TWO YEARS,
SHE WAS MARRIED TO WESTERN PERRY COLLINS IN 1872 AND HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH IN 1919.
SINCE THAT TIME SHE HAD LIVED ALONE UNTILLTHE LAST THREE YEARS WHEN SHE BECAME FEEBLE.
AUNT BUN WAS NOTED FOR HER JIG DANCING AND ENTERED JIG DANCING CONTEST AT ALL OF THE PICNICS. SHE LOVED FIDDLE MUSIC AND COULD NOT KEEP HER FEET STILL WHEN THE FIDDLE STARTED.SHE LOVED SINGING . IN HER YOUNGER DAYS SHE WEIGHT 90 POUNDS TO 94 HER WEIGHT FINALY WHEN UP TO 128 TO 130 .
THE LAST PICNIC IN WHICH SHE ENTERED A JIG DANICING CONTEST WAS THE MUD HOLLER PINIC.
AUNT BUNN USED TO WALK BACK AND FORTH TO WEST PLAINS FROM HER HOME. THE DISTANCE WASBEING OVER 15 MILESSHE KEEP THIS UP TILL SHE WAS 60 YEARS OLD. ONE OF HER HOBBIES WAS THE MAKING OF QUILTS, SHE MADE THEM ALL OF HER LIFE BOTH FOR HERSELF AND FOR OTHEWR PEOPLE, SHE ALWAYS LIKE FLOWERS AND RAISED A GARDEN.
SHE LOVED THE OZARKS ALMOST TO THE EXCLUSION OF ANYTHING ELSE AND COULD NOT BE PERVAILED UPON TO LEAVE.
AUNT BUN WANTED TO BE BURIED IN A HOME MADE CASKET AND ONE WAS BEING MADE FOR HER BY JAMES ROPER WHO LIVED A HALF MILE SOUTH OF PUNKIN CENTER, THE CASKET WILL BE MADE OF PINE.
SHE WANTED TO BE BURIED IN THE SAME KIND OF CLOTHES SHE WORE AS A BRIDE. SO A WHITE CREPE DRESS HAS BEEN PROVIDE WITH BLUE RIBBONS AROUND THE WAIST WITH A BOW ON THE SIDE. SHE WILL BE BURIED IN A STRAND OF PEARLS THAT WERE PHUCHASED IN ROLLA FOR HER WHEN SHE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD. THIS WAS WHEN HER FAMILY HAD TO GET IN A WAGON AND GET THEIR GROCERIES, ON HER FINGER IS A RING WHICH SHE HAS WORN FOR 30 YEARS.AS SHE HAD ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY FOND OF BROOCHES ONE HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO PIN ON THE BOSOM OF HER DRESS. SHE HAD REMEMRED FROM THE CIVIL WAR, AND WOULD TELL OF HER TWO COUSINS WERE SHOT OFF A FENCE BY BUSHWACKERS AT HER HOME AND HOW HER MOTHER DRUGGED THIER BODIES TO THE HOUSE AND HER FATHER EXCAPED BY HIDING IN THE WOODS.
AUNT BUN HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS , THE TWO BROTHERS DIED YOUNG , THE THREE SISTERS WERE SALLY , LUCINDA, AND AUNT KIT THEY ALL MARRIED COLLINS. ALL OF HER FAMILY IS NOW DEAD EXCEPT FOR A NEPHEW BENFORD COLLINS OF RICHVILLE IN DOUGLAS CO.
SHE IS SERVIVED BY THREE CHILDREN DAN (DANIEL MARTIN ) BEN (BENIJAM FRANKLIN) OF SILOAM SPRING AND JANIE (LINDA JANE) MAMMOUTH SPRINS ARK. TWO CHILDREN HENRINETTA JOHNSON AND ANDY PRECEDED HER. IN DEATH.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT SILOAN SPRINGS AT 2:00 FRIDAY, AFTERNOON THE MINSTER HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED.