Daily Post Athenian
October 22, 2002
Mary Edna Powers Collins, 63, of Athens, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002, at Etowah Healthcare.
A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Bryant Powers and was a member of Mt. Verd Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Winton Collins on March 6, 2001; and one daughter, Nancy Hester.
Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Jerry Ball of Athens, Phyllis and Marty McDaniel of Madisonville, and Dianne and Sam Tindle of Athens; four sons and daughters-in-law, Bobby and Hazel Collins, Mike and Jane Collins, Jeff and Michelle Collins, all of Athens, and Arnold and Michelle Collins of Forrest Heights, Ill.; 16 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; her mother, Sara Sally Gennoe Powers of Athens; five sisters and two brothers-in-law, Mildred Powers, Betty Webb, both of Athens, Margaret Dotson of Sweetwater, and Willie Mae and Donnie Moses of Decatur, Francis and James Ramey of Clyde, N.C.; two brothers, Sammy and James Powers, both of Athens; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Ziegler Funeral Home with the Rev. Donnie Dalton officiating. Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday in Sunrise Cemetery.
The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Ziegler Funeral Home of Athens is in charge of arrangements.
October 22, 2002
Mary Edna Powers Collins, 63, of Athens, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002, at Etowah Healthcare.
A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Bryant Powers and was a member of Mt. Verd Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Winton Collins on March 6, 2001; and one daughter, Nancy Hester.
Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Jerry Ball of Athens, Phyllis and Marty McDaniel of Madisonville, and Dianne and Sam Tindle of Athens; four sons and daughters-in-law, Bobby and Hazel Collins, Mike and Jane Collins, Jeff and Michelle Collins, all of Athens, and Arnold and Michelle Collins of Forrest Heights, Ill.; 16 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; her mother, Sara Sally Gennoe Powers of Athens; five sisters and two brothers-in-law, Mildred Powers, Betty Webb, both of Athens, Margaret Dotson of Sweetwater, and Willie Mae and Donnie Moses of Decatur, Francis and James Ramey of Clyde, N.C.; two brothers, Sammy and James Powers, both of Athens; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Ziegler Funeral Home with the Rev. Donnie Dalton officiating. Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday in Sunrise Cemetery.
The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Ziegler Funeral Home of Athens is in charge of arrangements.
Daily Post Athenian
October 22, 2002
Mary Edna Powers Collins, 63, of Athens, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002, at Etowah Healthcare.
A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Bryant Powers and was a member of Mt. Verd Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Winton Collins on March 6, 2001; and one daughter, Nancy Hester.
Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Jerry Ball of Athens, Phyllis and Marty McDaniel of Madisonville, and Dianne and Sam Tindle of Athens; four sons and daughters-in-law, Bobby and Hazel Collins, Mike and Jane Collins, Jeff and Michelle Collins, all of Athens, and Arnold and Michelle Collins of Forrest Heights, Ill.; 16 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; her mother, Sara Sally Gennoe Powers of Athens; five sisters and two brothers-in-law, Mildred Powers, Betty Webb, both of Athens, Margaret Dotson of Sweetwater, and Willie Mae and Donnie Moses of Decatur, Francis and James Ramey of Clyde, N.C.; two brothers, Sammy and James Powers, both of Athens; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Ziegler Funeral Home with the Rev. Donnie Dalton officiating. Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday in Sunrise Cemetery.
The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Ziegler Funeral Home of Athens is in charge of arrangements.
October 22, 2002
Mary Edna Powers Collins, 63, of Athens, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002, at Etowah Healthcare.
A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Bryant Powers and was a member of Mt. Verd Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Winton Collins on March 6, 2001; and one daughter, Nancy Hester.
Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Jerry Ball of Athens, Phyllis and Marty McDaniel of Madisonville, and Dianne and Sam Tindle of Athens; four sons and daughters-in-law, Bobby and Hazel Collins, Mike and Jane Collins, Jeff and Michelle Collins, all of Athens, and Arnold and Michelle Collins of Forrest Heights, Ill.; 16 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; her mother, Sara Sally Gennoe Powers of Athens; five sisters and two brothers-in-law, Mildred Powers, Betty Webb, both of Athens, Margaret Dotson of Sweetwater, and Willie Mae and Donnie Moses of Decatur, Francis and James Ramey of Clyde, N.C.; two brothers, Sammy and James Powers, both of Athens; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Ziegler Funeral Home with the Rev. Donnie Dalton officiating. Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday in Sunrise Cemetery.
The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Ziegler Funeral Home of Athens is in charge of arrangements.
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