Ruby Estelle Phelps Collins, age 81, of Bub's Lane, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001, at Louise Obici Hospital, Suffolk, She was a native of Washington County, N.C., and retired in 1982 as a laundry supervisor with Smithfield Packing Company with 25 years of service. Her husband, Wade Hampton Collins, and a son, Dural R. Collins, preceded Mrs. Collins in death. Survivors include son, Wade M. Collins of Smithfield; two sisters, Ruth P. Davenport of Creswell, N.C., and Leola P. Ambrose of Columbia, N.C.; four grandsons, Dural R. II, Christopher M., Jeffrey W. and Jamison N. Collins; five great-grandsons, Cory, Joey, Clay, Shane and Dustin. A funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield, with the Rev. Jarvis Hearn officiating. Burial will follow in St. Luke's Memorial Park, Smithfield. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight at Colonial Funeral Home. Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield, is handling arrangements.
Ruby Estelle Phelps Collins, age 81, of Bub's Lane, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001, at Louise Obici Hospital, Suffolk, She was a native of Washington County, N.C., and retired in 1982 as a laundry supervisor with Smithfield Packing Company with 25 years of service. Her husband, Wade Hampton Collins, and a son, Dural R. Collins, preceded Mrs. Collins in death. Survivors include son, Wade M. Collins of Smithfield; two sisters, Ruth P. Davenport of Creswell, N.C., and Leola P. Ambrose of Columbia, N.C.; four grandsons, Dural R. II, Christopher M., Jeffrey W. and Jamison N. Collins; five great-grandsons, Cory, Joey, Clay, Shane and Dustin. A funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield, with the Rev. Jarvis Hearn officiating. Burial will follow in St. Luke's Memorial Park, Smithfield. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight at Colonial Funeral Home. Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield, is handling arrangements.
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