OBITUARY:  Samuel Lumpkin Collins, Jr., 1 March 2002 - Madison County, GA

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Salisbury Post
Salisbury, North Carolina

NAME:  Samuel L. Collins Jr.
AGE:  82
ADDRESS:  Kanapolis, SC
BORN:  27 May 1919, Madison Co, GA
PARENTS: Samuel L. Collins Sr. and Katherine H. Collins
DIED: Friday (March 1, 2002) at Northeast Medical Center.  
MEMBER:  Lakewood Baptist Church where he had served as a deacon,
a Sunday school teacher, and an RA leader.  Poston-Perkins VFW Post
MILITARY:  A veteran of World War II, he served in the 80th Infantry 
Division and saw action in the European Theater with General Patton's 
3rd Army.
OCCUPATION:  Salesman with Swinson Food Products and M&T Food Products.
Retired from Cannon Mills. 
SURVIVORS include: his wife, Mrs. Audrey Woodward Collins; a daughter,
Rebecca Collins Larsen, Abingdon, Va: four sons, Steven E. Collins,
Kannapolis, Danny A. Collins, Avon, Conn., Timothy S. Collins, Marietta,
Ga., Philip A. Collins, Charlotte; and eight grandchildren.
SERVICES: 2:30 p.m. Monday, at Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel
OFFICIATING:  Rev. Robert Howard
BURIAL:  Carolina Memorial Park with military graveside rites.
VISITATION: 1-2:30 p.m Monday at the funeral home; at other times the 
family will be at the residence.
MEMORIALS: Oncology Department or Cannon Heart Center, NorthEast Medical
Center, 920 Church St. N, Concord, N.C. 28025.