A retired body repairman for Turnipseed Motors, Mr. Collins was a native of Lyons, Ga., coming here from Leesburg. He had been a resident of Marion County for 30 years and was of the Baptist faith.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Vera W. Collins of Ocala; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Alice Smith of Decatur, Ill., Mrs. John Sears of Anthony, Mrs. Hattie Hamblen of Silver Springs; two step-daughters, Mrs. John Zellner and Mrs. Meriam Beeman, both of Floral City; two sons, Lee A. and William H. (Bill) Collins, both of Ocala; six sisters, Mrs. Alice Glickfield of Lakeland, Mrs. Ann Searcy, Jacksonville, Mrs. Sue Ramon, St. Petersburg, Mrs. Johnnie Baumgart and Mrs. Jean Derinco, both of Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Margie Bradley of Lakeland; a brother, Hubert R. Collins of Homestead; and 26 grandchildren.
A retired body repairman for Turnipseed Motors, Mr. Collins was a native of Lyons, Ga., coming here from Leesburg. He had been a resident of Marion County for 30 years and was of the Baptist faith.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Vera W. Collins of Ocala; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Alice Smith of Decatur, Ill., Mrs. John Sears of Anthony, Mrs. Hattie Hamblen of Silver Springs; two step-daughters, Mrs. John Zellner and Mrs. Meriam Beeman, both of Floral City; two sons, Lee A. and William H. (Bill) Collins, both of Ocala; six sisters, Mrs. Alice Glickfield of Lakeland, Mrs. Ann Searcy, Jacksonville, Mrs. Sue Ramon, St. Petersburg, Mrs. Johnnie Baumgart and Mrs. Jean Derinco, both of Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Margie Bradley of Lakeland; a brother, Hubert R. Collins of Homestead; and 26 grandchildren.
Gravesite Details
This marker is in the original Hillcrest Cemetery that is now part of Highland Memorial Park Cemetery.
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