Dec. 19, 2002
Violet Collins Services Friday
Funeral services for Violet June Annis Collins, 68, Willow Springs, will be 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 2002, in the Rose Chapel fo the Robertson-Drago Funeral Home of West Plains, with the Rev. Stasey Sheppard officiating.
Miss Collins died 11:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, at St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield. She was born July 24, 1934, at Twin Bridges, the daughter of Silas Henry and Zora Mae Collins.
She loved singing, music, coloring and playing with children. She was of the Freewill Baptist Faith.
Survivors include three sisters, Flossie Collins and husband Ed, Willow Springs, Lilla McLaughlin, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Illa Belvoir and husband Maynard, Colony,; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Carl Collins, Lirl Collins and Wiley Collins; and two sisters, Mildred Smith and Velma Freeman.
The body will lie in state at the funeral home from 1 p.m. Thursday until service time. Visitation will be 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
Burial will be Inman Cemetery.