Jan. 8, 1988
Owen Collins services Sunday
Funeral services for Owen Collins, 74, Pomona, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 1988, in the Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, witht he Rev. Wayne Hayes offficaiating.
Mr. Collins died at 12:05 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, 1988, in West Plains Health Care Center. He was born Aug. 30, 1913, in Howell County, the son of the late Henry and Marth Jane Johnson Collins.
He was married in 1933 in Howell County to Aline Stubbs, who preceded him in death in 1947. He was married Jan. 5, 1949, in Howell County to Ruby Cleo Collins, who preceded him in death Sept. 8, 1973. Mr. Collins was of the Pentecostal faith.
Survivors include six sons, William Collins, Willard L. Collins, Pomona, Charles J. Collins, Gaylen Collins, West Plains, and Danny Collins and Kirk D. Collins, Mtn. View; six daughters, Bytha Collins, Florida, Lillian Barks, West Plains, Hazel Roy, Rogers, Ark., Becky Freeman, Broken Bow, Okla., Lilly Lee, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Thelma, Jewell, Okla.; one brother, Lee Otis Collins, Koshkonong; three sisters, Lola Collins, West Plains, Flora Sanders, Eugene, Ore., and Ola Stubbs, Kansas City; 38 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents, his wives, one brother, Ewin Collins, one sister, Ora Collins, and two grandchildren.
Burial will be in Collins Cemetery.