Original obituary appears in the Spartanburg Herald Journal Obituary Section on, Sunday, March 26, 1972, on page A8.
William Buford Collins, Sr. died at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 1972 in Spartanburg General Hospital following a short illness. Native of Spartanburg County and son of Samuel E. and Nancv Jane Cothren Collins. Member of Holly Springs Baptist Church and a retired farmer by trade. Funeral service were held Monday, March 27, 1972 at 4 p.m. at Holly Springs Baptist Church withe Revs. Calvin Turner and E. C. Campbell officiating. Survivors included: his wife, Grace Walden Collins, six daughters, two sons, six sisters, a brother, 32 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She was 77 years of age at his demise. (Obituary was rewritten to conform to the Findagrave Rules.)
Original obituary appears in the Spartanburg Herald Journal Obituary Section on, Sunday, March 26, 1972, on page A8.
William Buford Collins, Sr. died at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 1972 in Spartanburg General Hospital following a short illness. Native of Spartanburg County and son of Samuel E. and Nancv Jane Cothren Collins. Member of Holly Springs Baptist Church and a retired farmer by trade. Funeral service were held Monday, March 27, 1972 at 4 p.m. at Holly Springs Baptist Church withe Revs. Calvin Turner and E. C. Campbell officiating. Survivors included: his wife, Grace Walden Collins, six daughters, two sons, six sisters, a brother, 32 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She was 77 years of age at his demise. (Obituary was rewritten to conform to the Findagrave Rules.)
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