Obituaries: Grady McCune Collins, 1966, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 3, 1966 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites For Grady Collins Held Saturday

Grady McCune Collins, 77, the brother of Dr. A. P. Collins of Monroe, who
resided at Route 5, Winnsboro, died at noon Thursday, October 27, 1966 at
the E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness.

Funeral services were held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hixson's Funeral Home in
Monroe, La. with the Revs. E. L. Tanner, Fred Wald, and Ernest Spence
officiating.  Burial was in Riverview Cemetery.

Other survivors include his widow, Mrs. Jewell Collins of Winnsboro; two sons,
John Porter Collins of Harrison, Ark., and M/Sgt. Jack E. Collins who is
stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex.; two brothers, Dr.
Collins and James W. Collins of Winnfield, a half-brother, Julius Beard of
Stonewall; two sisters, Mrs. J. D. Montgomery of Bellwood and Mrs. Annie Mae
Hinton of Baton Rouge; two half-sisters, Mrs. Clara McMurray of Winnfield and
Mrs. Lee Adams of Portland, Ore.; and seven grandchildren.