Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Collins, Eliza November 15 1914
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, December 4, 1914
Mrs. Eliza Collins Sleeps Last Long Sleep
Death Brings End to Continued Suffering
of Aged and Much Loved Lady

Mrs. Eliza Collins passed away last Sunday afternoon at 3:30 at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. J. R. Gray, six miles below town.  Mrs. Collins, who was the 
widow of the late M. C. T. Collins, was in her 80th year.  She had been in 
declining health for nearly a year, but with her continued suffering, the end 
was not expected and came as a shock to her many friends and relatives.  Mrs. 
Collins was a loyal and consistent member of the Primitive Baptist church for a 
number of years.

The remains were laid to rest in the Collins cemetery Monday afternoon at 3 
o'clock, attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives.  
Elder William Hollingsworth, her pastor, conducted the funeral services.

Deceased is survived by three sons, Messrs. W. P., J. H. and M. C. T., Jr. 
Collins, two daughters, Mrs. H. A. Miller and Mrs. J. R. Gray of this county, 
besides a large number of grandchildren and other relatives.  



"The Grady County Progress", Cairo, Georgia, December 4, 1914
     Mrs. Eliza Collins passed away to her heavenly home last Sunday 
afternoon.  She was born in the southern section of Grady County and has always 
been a resident of this county.  Reared amid the refinement of a Christian 
home, she was an honor to her parents and to the delightful home in which she 
was brought up.  A purer, sweeter spirit never lived.  Every one who knew her 
loved her.  She was a faithful, consistent Christian and loved the Church.
     In her young ladyhood she was happily married to Mr. Malachi Collins.
     On last Sunday afternoon she passed to the Great Beyond after having been 
paralyzed for one year.
     She died at the age of eighty.  She left six children to mourn her loss.  
The are Messrs. J. H., W. P., M. C. T. Collins all of Grady County, Mr. A. T. 
Collins of Bowling Green, Fla., Mesdames H. A. Miller and J. R. Gray of Grady 
County.
     Mrs. L. Baggett of Fernandena, Fla., Mrs. J. C. Butler, of Calvary, Mr. I. 
A. Baggett, of Reno, Mr. P. M. Baggett, of Cairo, Mr. L. G. Baggett, of 
Atlanta, Mrs. W. L. Lewis, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mr. Anderson Collins, of 
Cairo, are grandchildren of the deceased.
     The funeral services were conducted by Rev. William Hollingsworth of 
Whigham.  The interrment took place in the Collins Cemetery Monday afternoon.





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