Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Collins, Mrs. George D. 1918
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Cedartown Standard, Thursday, October 31, 1918
This death, which occurred recently, marked the ending of the life of one of 
our very choicest and most lovable women. Sad indeed was the passing of the 
heroic spirit of Mrs. Geo. D. Collins, than whom none were brighter, better or 
truer. Conscious of the stealthy but sure approach of the grim monster, with 
purpose and determination she summoned courage and fortitude to write cheerful 
letters to the absent son in France so that he never dreamed that mother was 
slowly dying as she penned those letters to him. "William must not know, he 
must not worry, he must do his duty in France," She said. He will not know as 
he eagerly reads those letters, which only a mother so situated could write, 
that the fingers which penned them are still and icy, and that the cold sod 
covers that precious form, and those are the last, the very last letters 
forever from mother. William, our hearts ache for you as alone and uncomforted 
amid strangers, you will have to bear this crushing blow. The loved ones here 
though equally grieved, can comfort and help each other. How we shall miss her 
in the Methodist church, with all its departments of work! She was indeed an 
earnest, dependable worker, so capable and faithful. God comfort the bereaved 
hearts of those she loved, robbed they are of a distinctly intelligent, 
faithful, loving wife, a glorious self sacrificing, inspiring mother – Mrs. R. 
O. Pitts. (Cedartown Standard, Thursday, October 31, 1918) 

Mrs. George D. Collins, passed away Friday morning at the Wesley Memorial 
Hospital in Atlanta, where she had gone a few days before for treatment after 
months of failing health. The remains were brought home Saturday morning, and 
funeral services were conducted in the afternoon at the First Methodist Church 
by her pastor, Rev. W. T. Hunnicutt, followed by interment in Greenwood 
Cemetery. Mrs. Collins was one of Cedartown’s most highly esteemed Christian 
ladies, active in the missionary and social life of the Methodist Church and in 
the civic circles of Woman'’ Club. She received her education at the Wesleyan 
Female College in Macon, in which city she was born, and was a lady of fine 
intelligence and refinement. Her loss in the community is deeply deplored, and 
the bereaved family have much sympathy. Surviving her are her husband and three 
children, William, who is now in France, Miss Rosa and George. Coming from a 
distance to attend her funeral were her brother, Mr. W. S. Goodall of 
Birmingham; her sisters, Mrs. W. D. Williams and Misses Minnie and Julia 
Goodall, and her aunt, Miss Jennie Broom, of Macon, Mr. E. W. Collins and Mr. 
and Mrs. Frank Cooper of Atlanta. (Cedartown Standard, Thursday, October 10, 
1918) 


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