Grady-Dooly County GaArchives Obituaries.....Collins, Sabelia January 31 1944
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The Cairo Messenger, February 4, 1944
 Mrs. Sabelia Collins, 86, widow of the late William H. Collins, a prominent 
Grady County citizen and former Representative in the Legislature, died at the 
home of her daughter, Mrs. T. B. Woolfolk, a few miles southeast of Cairo, at 
2:15 p.m. last Monday, Jan. 31st, following about five years of failing 
health.  Her long life was one of much usefulness to many people and her 
passing brought sorrow to many hearts.
     The funeral service was held at the chapel of the South Georgia Funeral 
Home here at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and burial followed in the Baggett Cemetery near 
Cairo.  Rev. W. M. Davis, of near Meigs, and South Georgia Funeral Home, were 
in charge.  The following served as pallbearers:  Rev. R. A. Bowen, Floyd 
Childs, Audrey Gandy, John Hinson, Arthur Harrell and Wh Muggridge.
     Mrs. Collins was born Miss Sabelia Mercer, daughter of the late Mr. and 
Mrs. John Mercer, in Dooly County, Ga., Feb. 22nd, 1857.  She moved to this 
county about 65 years ago and most of that time she lived at the old Collins 
homestead about four miles southeast of Cairo.  Of the Baptist faith, she bore 
the vicissitudes of life with a calmness and kindly spirit that commended her 
to all who were privileged to know her.  Her husband preceded her in death on 
July 1st, 1935.
    Immediate survivors include one son, H. Grady Collins, Miami; two 
daughters, Mrs. Ira D. Lewis and Mrs. Woolfolk, this county; and 17 
grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

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