Albert Benjamin “Al” Collins

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Albert Benjamin “Al” Collins Veteran

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
8 Feb 1974 (aged 65)
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Burial
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA GPS-Latitude: 25.7125, Longitude: -80.3208333
Plot
Buried in the outside Mausoleum
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When Albert Benjamin (Al) Collins was born on January 19, 1909, in Illinois, his father, Ulysses Schuyler (U.S.) Collins, was 40 and his mother, Grace Louise Heinz, was 23. He had two siblings:

Mary Louise Collins Cullen 1910–1999
Ulysses Schuyler (Todd) Collins Jr 1917–1994

He married Antonia Demaris Scott on January 19, 1944, in Miami, Florida. They had one child during their marriage. The child is Antonia Demaris Collins born on November 8, 1948. Mother and daughter were known as Big Toni and Little Toni.

Al and Toni were active in the Methodist Church. She played the piano in the adult Sunday School at South Miami Methodist Church.

Al owned and operated Coral Gables Auto Parts in Coral Gables, Florida along with his father-in-law, Maurice Franklin Scott and Charlie Snyder.

He served in the Navy during WWII and the Korean War.

He died on February 8, 1974, in Miami, Florida, at the age of 65, and was buried there.
When Albert Benjamin (Al) Collins was born on January 19, 1909, in Illinois, his father, Ulysses Schuyler (U.S.) Collins, was 40 and his mother, Grace Louise Heinz, was 23. He had two siblings:

Mary Louise Collins Cullen 1910–1999
Ulysses Schuyler (Todd) Collins Jr 1917–1994

He married Antonia Demaris Scott on January 19, 1944, in Miami, Florida. They had one child during their marriage. The child is Antonia Demaris Collins born on November 8, 1948. Mother and daughter were known as Big Toni and Little Toni.

Al and Toni were active in the Methodist Church. She played the piano in the adult Sunday School at South Miami Methodist Church.

Al owned and operated Coral Gables Auto Parts in Coral Gables, Florida along with his father-in-law, Maurice Franklin Scott and Charlie Snyder.

He served in the Navy during WWII and the Korean War.

He died on February 8, 1974, in Miami, Florida, at the age of 65, and was buried there.