Obituaries: Ed Collins, 1965, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 28, 1965 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Funeral Rites For Ed Collins, 67, Held Saturday

Funeral rites for Ed Collins, 67 year old Winn Parish native, who died at 6
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, 1965 in a local nursing home after a long illness,
were held at 3;30 p.m. Saturday.  Services were in the Atlanta Baptist Church
with the Rev. Ray Teal and Rev. C. W. Jones officiating.

Interment was in Sardis Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Mr. Collins was a lifelong resident of Winn Parish, a retired timber
contractor, and a member of the Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Mrs. Cleburn Dalton, Jr., Baton
Rouge, Mrs. Jim Attaway of Dallas, Texas, Miss Jennifer Collins of Atlanta,
and Mrs. Wayne Sharpe of Montgomery, Ala.; four sons, Ed., Jr., Richard, and
Cecil, all of Winnfield, and Bill of Alexandria; five sisters, Mrs. Merle
McIlwain, Springhill, Mrs. J. D. Rudd, Mrs. P. B. Smith, Mrs. Lonnie Dick, and
Mrs. Howard Boyett, all of Winnfield; three brothers, Roy Collins of Atlanta,
Luther and Dewitt Collins, of Winnfield; and 16 grandchildren.