Dies at Endicott
George Washington Collins, 79 years old, succumbed Friday at his home at Endicott, a victim of paralysis following an illness of several months.
A son of the late Jack and Nancy Jane Woods Collins, he was a native of this county where he had many friends and relatives. He had been a member of the Methodist Church for the last 14 years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Amanda Catherine Music Collins, six daughters and four sons: Mrs. Oma Sexton, Mrs. Christie Spears and Mrs. Bessie Woods, all of Endicott; Harrison Collins, of West Virginia; Mrs. Nell Saunders and Grover Collins, Broadbottom, Ky.; Mrs. Dora Collins, Tramble, Va.; Edward Collins, Aflex, Ky.; Mrs. Emmaline Jarvis, Naugatuck, W.Va., and Elbert Collins, West Dante, Virginia. He also leaves 57 grandchildren and 52 great-grandchildren.
Funeral rites were conducted Saturday from the residence, the Revs Isaac Stratton and Henry Crider officiating. Burial was made in a new cemetery on the Jeff Jarvis farm under direction of the Arnold Funeral Home.
The Floyd County Times,
Prestonsburg, Floyd, KY
Thu, 5 Oct 1944
page 5, columns 5 and 6
Dies at Endicott
George Washington Collins, 79 years old, succumbed Friday at his home at Endicott, a victim of paralysis following an illness of several months.
A son of the late Jack and Nancy Jane Woods Collins, he was a native of this county where he had many friends and relatives. He had been a member of the Methodist Church for the last 14 years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Amanda Catherine Music Collins, six daughters and four sons: Mrs. Oma Sexton, Mrs. Christie Spears and Mrs. Bessie Woods, all of Endicott; Harrison Collins, of West Virginia; Mrs. Nell Saunders and Grover Collins, Broadbottom, Ky.; Mrs. Dora Collins, Tramble, Va.; Edward Collins, Aflex, Ky.; Mrs. Emmaline Jarvis, Naugatuck, W.Va., and Elbert Collins, West Dante, Virginia. He also leaves 57 grandchildren and 52 great-grandchildren.
Funeral rites were conducted Saturday from the residence, the Revs Isaac Stratton and Henry Crider officiating. Burial was made in a new cemetery on the Jeff Jarvis farm under direction of the Arnold Funeral Home.
The Floyd County Times,
Prestonsburg, Floyd, KY
Thu, 5 Oct 1944
page 5, columns 5 and 6
Family Members
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Oma Wise Collins Sexton
1885–1966
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Harrison Benjamin Collins
1887–1965
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Candarilla "Dixie" Collins Spears
1889–1934
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Bessie Collins Woods
1892–1971
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Christy Anna Collins Spears
1893–1976
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Dora Mae Collins
1898–1945
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Nellie Collins Sanders
1900–1970
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Elbert Collins
1905–1975
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Edward Collins
1907–1977
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Grover Collins
1911–1992
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