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Roy Collins Rites To Be Tomorrow
Services for Roy Junior Collins, 21, of Skelton, who found
dead in his bed at home early yesterday morning, will be
conducted at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Skelton Community
Church by the Rev. E. W. Powers. Burial will follow in Sunset
Memorial Park.
Full military funeral rites will be conducted at the cemetery
by American Legion Post 32.
He had been granted a temporary disability discharge from
the Army because of his health. Death was attributed to a
heart attack. Born Feb. 2, 1932, he was a son of Robert and Bessie
Mae Crowder Collins of Skelton, who survive him.
In addition to his parents he is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Carolyn Thornton Collins of Skelton and one daughter, Robin
Marie at home.
Other survivors include three brothers, Norris and Billy Collins
of Skelton, and Harry Collins of Detroit; three sisters, Drema and
Ida Collins at home, and Mrs. Evelyn Johnson of Beckley.
Active pallbearers will be Jack Saunders, Shinny and Cecil
Waddell, Jake Bressler, Donald Lee Garner, Cecil Fayne, Johnny
Elmore, Sonny Garner, Bobby Arthur and Jesse Flinchiman.
The body will be taken from the Melton Mortuary to the resi-
dence of his parents at Skelton at 3 p.m. today.
______________________
Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Saturday Morning
January 22, 1955
page 5
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Card of Thanks
--------------------
WE are sincerely grateful to friends
and neighbors for their many kind
acts of sympathy during our sad be-
reavement the death of our husband,
father and son, Roy Junior Collins.
We especially want to thank the
Rev. E. W. Powers, Bill Johnson, and
family, Mrs. Marie Kincaid, Mrs.
Louise Ellis, Lawrence Gray, the
singers, the Melton Mortuary, close
friends who served on the firing
squad, the Raleigh County American
Legion Post No. 32, and those who
sent flowers and furnished cars. Our
appreciation cannot be adequately
expressed.
Wife: Mrs Carolyn Collins
and Daughter
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Collins and Family
______________________
Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Sunday Morning
January 30, 1955
page 17
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Roy Collins Rites To Be Tomorrow
Services for Roy Junior Collins, 21, of Skelton, who found
dead in his bed at home early yesterday morning, will be
conducted at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Skelton Community
Church by the Rev. E. W. Powers. Burial will follow in Sunset
Memorial Park.
Full military funeral rites will be conducted at the cemetery
by American Legion Post 32.
He had been granted a temporary disability discharge from
the Army because of his health. Death was attributed to a
heart attack. Born Feb. 2, 1932, he was a son of Robert and Bessie
Mae Crowder Collins of Skelton, who survive him.
In addition to his parents he is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Carolyn Thornton Collins of Skelton and one daughter, Robin
Marie at home.
Other survivors include three brothers, Norris and Billy Collins
of Skelton, and Harry Collins of Detroit; three sisters, Drema and
Ida Collins at home, and Mrs. Evelyn Johnson of Beckley.
Active pallbearers will be Jack Saunders, Shinny and Cecil
Waddell, Jake Bressler, Donald Lee Garner, Cecil Fayne, Johnny
Elmore, Sonny Garner, Bobby Arthur and Jesse Flinchiman.
The body will be taken from the Melton Mortuary to the resi-
dence of his parents at Skelton at 3 p.m. today.
______________________
Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Saturday Morning
January 22, 1955
page 5
====================================
Card of Thanks
--------------------
WE are sincerely grateful to friends
and neighbors for their many kind
acts of sympathy during our sad be-
reavement the death of our husband,
father and son, Roy Junior Collins.
We especially want to thank the
Rev. E. W. Powers, Bill Johnson, and
family, Mrs. Marie Kincaid, Mrs.
Louise Ellis, Lawrence Gray, the
singers, the Melton Mortuary, close
friends who served on the firing
squad, the Raleigh County American
Legion Post No. 32, and those who
sent flowers and furnished cars. Our
appreciation cannot be adequately
expressed.
Wife: Mrs Carolyn Collins
and Daughter
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Collins and Family
______________________
Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Sunday Morning
January 30, 1955
page 17
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Roy Collins Rites To Be Tomorrow
Services for Roy Junior Collins, 21, of Skelton, who found
dead in his bed at home early yesterday morning, will be
conducted at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Skelton Community
Church by the Rev. E. W. Powers. Burial will follow in Sunset
Memorial Park.
Full military funeral rites will be conducted at the cemetery
by American Legion Post 32.
He had been granted a temporary disability discharge from
the Army because of his health. Death was attributed to a
heart attack. Born Feb. 2, 1932, he was a son of Robert and Bessie
Mae Crowder Collins of Skelton, who survive him.
In addition to his parents he is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Carolyn Thornton Collins of Skelton and one daughter, Robin
Marie at home.
Other survivors include three brothers, Norris and Billy Collins
of Skelton, and Harry Collins of Detroit; three sisters, Drema and
Ida Collins at home, and Mrs. Evelyn Johnson of Beckley.
Active pallbearers will be Jack Saunders, Shinny and Cecil
Waddell, Jake Bressler, Donald Lee Garner, Cecil Fayne, Johnny
Elmore, Sonny Garner, Bobby Arthur and Jesse Flinchiman.
The body will be taken from the Melton Mortuary to the resi-
dence of his parents at Skelton at 3 p.m. today.
______________________
Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Saturday Morning
January 22, 1955
page 5
====================================
Card of Thanks
--------------------
WE are sincerely grateful to friends
and neighbors for their many kind
acts of sympathy during our sad be-
reavement the death of our husband,
father and son, Roy Junior Collins.
We especially want to thank the
Rev. E. W. Powers, Bill Johnson, and
family, Mrs. Marie Kincaid, Mrs.
Louise Ellis, Lawrence Gray, the
singers, the Melton Mortuary, close
friends who served on the firing
squad, the Raleigh County American
Legion Post No. 32, and those who
sent flowers and furnished cars. Our
appreciation cannot be adequately
expressed.
Wife: Mrs Carolyn Collins
and Daughter
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Collins and Family
______________________
Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Sunday Morning
January 30, 1955
page 17
====================================
Roy Collins Rites To Be Tomorrow
Services for Roy Junior Collins, 21, of Skelton, who found
dead in his bed at home early yesterday morning, will be
conducted at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Skelton Community
Church by the Rev. E. W. Powers. Burial will follow in Sunset
Memorial Park.
Full military funeral rites will be conducted at the cemetery
by American Legion Post 32.
He had been granted a temporary disability discharge from
the Army because of his health. Death was attributed to a
heart attack. Born Feb. 2, 1932, he was a son of Robert and Bessie
Mae Crowder Collins of Skelton, who survive him.
In addition to his parents he is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Carolyn Thornton Collins of Skelton and one daughter, Robin
Marie at home.
Other survivors include three brothers, Norris and Billy Collins
of Skelton, and Harry Collins of Detroit; three sisters, Drema and
Ida Collins at home, and Mrs. Evelyn Johnson of Beckley.
Active pallbearers will be Jack Saunders, Shinny and Cecil
Waddell, Jake Bressler, Donald Lee Garner, Cecil Fayne, Johnny
Elmore, Sonny Garner, Bobby Arthur and Jesse Flinchiman.
The body will be taken from the Melton Mortuary to the resi-
dence of his parents at Skelton at 3 p.m. today.
______________________
Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Saturday Morning
January 22, 1955
page 5
====================================
Card of Thanks
--------------------
WE are sincerely grateful to friends
and neighbors for their many kind
acts of sympathy during our sad be-
reavement the death of our husband,
father and son, Roy Junior Collins.
We especially want to thank the
Rev. E. W. Powers, Bill Johnson, and
family, Mrs. Marie Kincaid, Mrs.
Louise Ellis, Lawrence Gray, the
singers, the Melton Mortuary, close
friends who served on the firing
squad, the Raleigh County American
Legion Post No. 32, and those who
sent flowers and furnished cars. Our
appreciation cannot be adequately
expressed.
Wife: Mrs Carolyn Collins
and Daughter
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Collins and Family
______________________
Beckley Post-Herald
Beckley, West Virginia
Sunday Morning
January 30, 1955
page 17
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