He was born on Aug. 6, 1926 in Puritan Mines, WV to the late Bill A. and Iva (Booth) Collins. He moved his family to Delaware in 1963 from Lanora, WV. Rush had been a coal miner and section worker for the N & W Railroad in West Virginia and worked for JG Casting and The Flexible Corp. in Delaware. He and his wife Margaret ran a furniture store on the corner of Lake St. and Central Ave. and on London Rd, for the past 13 years he assisted her operate the All Purpose Storage and Flee Market on SR 36, Delaware.

Rush was a 15 year member and usher of the Lake St. Church of God, he cherished his church, watching old Western's, collected knifes, and dearly loved his family.

In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his first wife of 25 years; Velvet, 4 brothers, 5 sisters, 5 infant sons, one great-grandchild, and a special son: James Edward Todd, who died in 1993.

He was born on Aug. 6, 1926 in Puritan Mines, WV to the late Bill A. and Iva (Booth) Collins. He moved his family to Delaware in 1963 from Lanora, WV. Rush had been a coal miner and section worker for the N & W Railroad in West Virginia and worked for JG Casting and The Flexible Corp. in Delaware. He and his wife Margaret ran a furniture store on the corner of Lake St. and Central Ave. and on London Rd, for the past 13 years he assisted her operate the All Purpose Storage and Flee Market on SR 36, Delaware.

Rush was a 15 year member and usher of the Lake St. Church of God, he cherished his church, watching old Western's, collected knifes, and dearly loved his family.

In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his first wife of 25 years; Velvet, 4 brothers, 5 sisters, 5 infant sons, one great-grandchild, and a special son: James Edward Todd, who died in 1993.