Obituary of H. C. Collings Richland Parish Louisiana-2000



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Obituary of H.C. Collings as printed in the Richland Beacon News
of November 23, 2000

H.C. Collings
Lake Arthur, LA. H. Carroll Collings passed away suddenly 
Wednesday, November 8, 2000, at Jennings Hospital in Jennings,
Louisiana.
Mr. Collings(H.C., as he was best know by family and friends) was
born at lake Arthur on March 20, 1924, to William Eugene Collings
and Lacie Belle Hoffpauir Collings.He was preceeded in death by
his parents; a brother, Edwin Collings; and a sister, Joyce Elaine 
Dornak
Survivors include a son, John D. Collings of Lake Arthur, LA;
brothers, Archie Collings of Lyons, IN and Robert Louis Collings
of Lake Charles, LA; sisters Edith Graeper and Wanda Dean Finch
of Houston, TX and Patty DeHaven of Lake Charles, LA; and several 
nieces and nephews.
H.C. graduated from the University of Southwest Louisiana with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in education, from the University
of Colorado with a Master of Arts degree in education, and attended Teachers College at Columbia University in New York in a doctorate
program for supervision and administration .
Mr. Collings teaching career started as the vocal music instructor
at Rayville High School, where he is still remembered, continued 
with high schools in New Orleans, Owego, and Rochester, N.Y., and Hanover, New Jersey. He obtained a Lifetime Teachers Certificate in
1947.
At Mississippi State University in Starkville, he was director of activities for several years, and at each of these schools H.C.
developed active student choral groups who put on performances such
as Gi;bert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore to a professional quality. 
His Rayville chorus appeared on WDSU in New Orleans.
Many of his students owe much to H.C. for the development and training 
he passed on to them. In 1966 H.C. made a drastic career change, and served in Viet Nam with the U.S. Agency for International Development
as an advisor, managing several groups, including Seabees. He moved
on as training specialist working for several companies in Viet Nam,
Saudi Arabia,Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the Philippines.
H.C. retired several years ago to a sometimes heavy duty activity of
remodeling his home on Lake Arthus, the place he started out. He
willed himself to the Tulane Medical Center. A memorial service will
be planned by the family.