Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Collins, Milton Park 1956
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The Camilla Enterprise 9 Nov 1956 page 5  Camilla, Ga.

Obituary of Milton Park Collins as written on page 2 of "The Camilla 
Enterprise" dated 9 Nov 1956.  Camilla, Georgia.  Funeral services were held in 
Camilla Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at Bramlett Funeral Home Chapel for 
Milton P. Collins, age 56, who was killed along with his wife in an automobile-
truck accident taking place near Athens, Ga., Thursday morning.  Mr. Collins 
and his wife, Mrs. Margaret Wilcher Collins, were both killed instantly in the 
accident, investigating officers reported.  Funeral services for Mrs. Collins 
were held Monday afternoon at three o'clock in Covington, Virginia.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Collins, who had resided in Alexandria, Virginia, for some years, were 
killed when a huge tractor-trailer left its line of traffic and smashed into 
their automobile.  State troopers Harlan Duncan and Joe Lee, investigating 
officers, said the wreck took place about one half mile outside the city limits 
of Athens on US 29 and 79 at about 10:55 A.M.  They quoted the driver of the 
truck, Leo Davenport, Athens Negro, as saying a car ahead of him stopped 
suddenly and he swung out of line to avoid it.  The tractor-trailer smashed 
head on into the Collins car.  Davenport was charged with driving on the wrong 
side of the road and not having his vehicle under control.  He will also face 
grand jury action.  Following funeral services Sunday for Mr. Collins here in 
Camilla where he was born and reared interment took place in Oakview cemetery.  
Mr. Collins was born and reared in Mitchell County, and had left this area 
about 35 years ago.  He and Mrs. Collins made their home in Arlington, Va., 
where he was an adjuster for the Federal Internal Revenue Department.  They 
were both active in civic affairs, and were members of the Arlington First 
Baptist Church.  He was a member of the American Legion.  Mr. Collins was a son 
of the late Louis and Josie Collins, pioneer Mitchell County residents.  He is 
survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. K. Phillips of Jacksonville, Fla., and Miss 
Julia Collins of Atlanta; three brothers, Paul H. Collins of Albuquerque, N. 
M., and Jim Collins and Gordon Collins, both of Baconton.  Mrs. Collins is 
survived by three brothers, Jerry Wilcher of Brooklyn, N. Y., John Wilcher and 
Tom Wilcher, both of Covington, Va.

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