Obituaries: Mary Elizabeth McLamore Collins, 1950, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 21, 1950 Winnfield News-American

Funeral Services For Mrs. Collins, 93, Held Monday

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Collins, 93, a citizen of the Verda
and Mt. Zion communities almost all her life, were held at the Mt. Zion Church
at 3 p.m. Monday, April 17, with the Rev. M. E. Mercer and Rev. Lula Wardlow
officiating.  Interment was in Mt. Zion Cemetery under direction of Hixson
Funeral Home.

Mrs. Collins, widow of the late J. W. Collins, was born May 23, 1856 at
Meridian, Miss., and moved to Winn Parish at an early age.  She was a member
of the Mt. Zion Church.

Surviving are two sons, Richard W. of Palmetto, La., and Wenver of Montgomery;
four daughters, Miss Lila and Eva Collins of Montgomery, and Mrs. Esma C.
Drewett of Downey, Calif. and Mrs. Imogene Lang of Winnsboro; one brother,
Charles McLamore of Garrison, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Houston Till of Pollock
and Mrs. Malissa Dick of Baton Rouge.

Pallbearers were Lonnie Young, L. O. Jones, Fred Mixon, Preston Wallace, R. B.
Lang, and Jules McLamore.