Lois "Pat" Long (Collins), age 89, passed away on January 5, 2017, at her home. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother, and a wonderful friend to all who knew her. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church and a former longtime member of West Haven Baptist Church. She was retired from TVA with twenty-seven years of service, and a past volunteer at East Tennessee Children's Hospital.
Preceded in death by husband, Claude T. Long; parents, George and Violet Collins; and five sisters and three brothers. She is survived by sons and their wives, Jeffrey and Janice, of Louisville, TN, and Gregory and Bobbie, of Charlotte, NC, grandchildren, Nicholas (Gretchen), Kevin (Ciara) and Sarah (Shawn), of Knoxville, TN, Erin, of Charlotte, NC, Carter, of Des Moines, IO, and Patrick, of Cullowhee, NC; sisters, Clara Madsen and Rhonda Norton, of Knoxville, TN, Imogene Mason, of Morristown, TN; brother, Allen Collins, of Knoxville, TN; and sister-in-law, Louise Collins, of Nickelsville, VA; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Family will receive friends from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Berry Highland Memorial Chapel on Sunday, January 8, 2017. Family and friends will meet at Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery at 1:00 PM, January 9, 2017,, for a graveside service with Rev. Tony Maples officiating. Memorials may be made to Grace Baptist Church Building Fund, 7171 Oak Ridge Highway, Knoxville, TN 37931.
Published in Knoxville News Sentinel on Jan. 7, 2017
Lois "Pat" Long (Collins), age 89, passed away on January 5, 2017, at her home. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother, and a wonderful friend to all who knew her. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church and a former longtime member of West Haven Baptist Church. She was retired from TVA with twenty-seven years of service, and a past volunteer at East Tennessee Children's Hospital.
Preceded in death by husband, Claude T. Long; parents, George and Violet Collins; and five sisters and three brothers. She is survived by sons and their wives, Jeffrey and Janice, of Louisville, TN, and Gregory and Bobbie, of Charlotte, NC, grandchildren, Nicholas (Gretchen), Kevin (Ciara) and Sarah (Shawn), of Knoxville, TN, Erin, of Charlotte, NC, Carter, of Des Moines, IO, and Patrick, of Cullowhee, NC; sisters, Clara Madsen and Rhonda Norton, of Knoxville, TN, Imogene Mason, of Morristown, TN; brother, Allen Collins, of Knoxville, TN; and sister-in-law, Louise Collins, of Nickelsville, VA; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Family will receive friends from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Berry Highland Memorial Chapel on Sunday, January 8, 2017. Family and friends will meet at Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery at 1:00 PM, January 9, 2017,, for a graveside service with Rev. Tony Maples officiating. Memorials may be made to Grace Baptist Church Building Fund, 7171 Oak Ridge Highway, Knoxville, TN 37931.
Published in Knoxville News Sentinel on Jan. 7, 2017
Family Members
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Edith Pauline Collins
1912–1933
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Dorcas Evelyn Collins Davis
1914–2002
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Marjorie Collins Mitchell
1915–1969
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Horace Henry Collins
1917–1989
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Frances Talmadge Collins Willson
1919–1998
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Loren Chester Collins
1921–1994
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Clara Magaline Collins Madsen
1922–2022
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Kenneth Ross "Katz" Collins
1924–2011
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Rhonda Marcell Collins Norton
1925–2018
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Billie Nell Collins Frost
1929–2012
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James Allen Collins
1931–2021
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Betty Imogene Collins Mason
1934–2020
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