June 6, 2002
Wiley Collins Obituary
Wiley "Will" Collins, age seventy-one of Willow Springs, Missouri deid at 2:37 a.m. Sunday, June 2, 2002 at Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains.
Mr. Collins was born May 1, 1931 at twin Bridges, Missouri the son of the late Silas and Zora Collins.
On September 12, 1952, Mr. Collins was married at Salem, Arkansas to Ernerstean J. Drinnon.
Before his retirement, Mr. Collins had been employed with the striping crew of the Missouri State Department of Transportation. Also, Mr. Collins had sung with the "Red Hill Quartet".
He is survived by his wife Ernestean Collins, of the family home; three sons, Dennis Collins and wife, Patty, Rogersville, Missouri, Terry Collins and Charlotte, Willow Springs, Missouri and Larry Collins, Mountain View, Missouri. Eight grandchildren Renee Collins, Amy Collins, Joshua Collins, Julie Collins, Christi Cauldwell, Nathan Collins, Tiffany Bunch and Matthew Bunch, one great grandchild, Kenton Ray Cauldwell; his special children, Allen and Barbara Williams and their children, Christa, Monica and Jessie, all of Willow Spirngs, Missouri, four sisters, Flossie Collins and husband Ed, Willow Springs, Missouri, Lila McLaughlin, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Illa Belvair and husband, Maynard, Colony, Kansas and Violet Collins, Willow Springs, Missouri; and several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.
Mr. Collins is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.
He was of the Pentecostal faith with his membership in the Hilltop Holiness Church, Willow Springs, Mo.
Funeral services for Wiley Will Collins will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at the Hilltop Holiness Church, Willow Springs, Missouri with the interment in Willow Springs City Cemetery under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
The family will receive their friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions in memory of Wiley Will Collins may be made to the Hilltop Holiness Church and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mr. Collins will lie in state from 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 4th until 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 5th at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.