Obituaries: Grady Collins, Jr., 1945, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 14, 1945 Winn Parish Enterprise

Auto Wreck Is Fatal To Son Of Grady Collins

Grady Collins, Jr., 18, of McGehee, Ark., was killed and Lloyd Long, 18, of
Belzonia, Miss., suffered a bruised arm and slight back injuries in an
automobile accident about four miles northeast of Nashville, ark., on the Hot
Springs-Nashville highway after midnight June 10.

The accident occurred after the car, driven by Collins, rounded a curve at
Ozan Cemetery and striking the side of a concrete bridge at the foot of the
hill, was hurled about 120 feet from the bridge.  Collins was thrown from the
car and Long, who was subsequently taken by ambulance to a Nashville hospital,
was thrown into the back seat of the car, which was demolished.

Collins recently received a medical discharge from the Navy after serving 18
months in the Pacific.  He entered service when only 15.  Survivors are his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Collins of McGehee; a sister, Mrs. H. A. Smith,
Farmerville, La.; two brothers, Jack of McGehee and Chief Machinist's Mate
Porter Collins, recently liberated from the Philippines.  He is the grandson
of Mrs. A. P. Collins of Winnfield, Route Two.

Funeral services were held Monday in the Assembly of God Church in McGehee,
conducted by the Rev. Tanner of West Monroe, assisted by the pastor of the
McGehee Church.  Attending from Winnfield were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Collins and
son, Malcolm, Mr. and Mrs. H. Porter, Harmon Porter, and John Porter.