She was born November 3, 1903 in Floyd County, Kentucky to Joshua and Merkie Patrick Oliver. On October 19, 1923, she married Burley Collins, who died July 6, 1953. On September 10, 1955, she married Joy L. Tilton, who died February 15, 1982.
Mrs. Tilton was a homemaker. She was a member of Quickstep Pentecostal Church of God, Alger.
Survivors include two sons, Elmer Collins of Harrison, Arkansas and Russell Collins of Lima; four daughters, Francis (William) Gay of Bemidji, Minnesota, Nellie (Eugene) Fraley and Shirley (John) Carter, both of Lima, and Mamie (Jack) Hanthorn of Middle Point; a brother, James Cole of Ada; a sister, Roxie Strong of Alger; and 39 grandchildren; 87 great-grandchildren; and 31 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sibble Taylor; five sons, Charles Collins, Roy Collins, Gene Collins, Donnie Collins and Richard Collins; two grandsons; two great-granddaughters; five brothers; and three sisters.
Services will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Alger. The Rev. James Holbrook will officiate. Poem "I'm Free" will be read by grandson, Harold Taylor.
Burial will be in Preston Cemetery.
(Published in The Lima News)
She was born November 3, 1903 in Floyd County, Kentucky to Joshua and Merkie Patrick Oliver. On October 19, 1923, she married Burley Collins, who died July 6, 1953. On September 10, 1955, she married Joy L. Tilton, who died February 15, 1982.
Mrs. Tilton was a homemaker. She was a member of Quickstep Pentecostal Church of God, Alger.
Survivors include two sons, Elmer Collins of Harrison, Arkansas and Russell Collins of Lima; four daughters, Francis (William) Gay of Bemidji, Minnesota, Nellie (Eugene) Fraley and Shirley (John) Carter, both of Lima, and Mamie (Jack) Hanthorn of Middle Point; a brother, James Cole of Ada; a sister, Roxie Strong of Alger; and 39 grandchildren; 87 great-grandchildren; and 31 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sibble Taylor; five sons, Charles Collins, Roy Collins, Gene Collins, Donnie Collins and Richard Collins; two grandsons; two great-granddaughters; five brothers; and three sisters.
Services will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Alger. The Rev. James Holbrook will officiate. Poem "I'm Free" will be read by grandson, Harold Taylor.
Burial will be in Preston Cemetery.
(Published in The Lima News)
Family Members
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Sibble Marie Collins Taylor
1920–1957
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Charles W Collins
1924–1992
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Frances Collins Gay
1925–1995
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Roy David Collins Sr
1927–1981
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Elmer Collins
1929–2019
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Robert Russell "Rusty" Collins
1931–1996
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Nellie M. Collins Fraley
1933–2014
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Mamie Marie Collins Hanthorn
1934–2009
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Shirley A. Collins Carter
1935–2008
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Donald Leroy Collins
1937–1967
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Richard J. Collins
1939–1991
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