TALBOT COUNTY, GA - OBITS Willis S. Collins
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THE GOSPEL MESSENGER
Butler, Ga., Dec., 1889, Vol. 11, No. 12 

Willis S. Collins was born in Wilkinson Co., Ga.,
December 6, 1820, and moved with his father to
Talbot County, Ga., when about ten years old. He was
united in marriage to Miss Nancy Woodall, August 24,
1848. He never united with the church, but was a
strong believer in the doctrine of the Primitive
Baptist, having received a hope in October, 1854. He
was paralyzed in June, 1887, and died August 31,
1889, aged sixty-seven years, eight months and
twenty-five days. He left a kind companion and nine
children to mourn his death. He was a kind husband,
an indulgent father, and a good citizen. In his last
days he regretted that he had not discharged his
duty in joining the church and being baptized. 

He was a great sufferer for several years from
neuralgia, but he did not murmur, saying it was
right for him to suffer. May the mercy and goodness
of a gracious God attend his stricken widow and
children all their days, and bring them all at last
their long home in peace with him, as we believe He
did the departed husband and father. 	

Talbot Co., Ga. John Pye 
Reprinted in the June, 1997 TAYLOR COUNTY TRACER