Obituaries: James S. Collins, 1961, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 12, 1961 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

James S. Collins Dies Suddenly; Buried October 7

Funeral services for James S. Collins, 81, native of Winn Parish, were held at
10 a.m. Saturday, October 7, 1961, at the Atlanta Baptist Church with the Rev.
Claude Fortenbury, Rev. Horace Teal, and Dr. W. L. Holcomb officiating.

Mr. Collins passed away suddenly about 2:15 p.m. Thursday, October 5, while
preparing to leave his son's camp on Saline Lake after they had spent the day
fishing.

Burial was in Brown Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were Roy Collins, Luther Collins, DeWitt Collins, Ed
Collins, Jr., Cecil Collins, Richard Collins, Bill Collins, and Tommy Jean
Bell.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Vashti Barton Collins of Atlanta; two daughters,
Mrs. B. D. Howell, Orange, Texas, and Mrs. Ballard Smith, Sulphur, La.; two
sons, Loyd M. Collins, Altheimer, Ark., G. M. Collins, Winnfield; eight
grandchildren, Mrs. Billie June Murphy, Orange, Tex., Dr. James F. Howell,
Houston, Tex., Bobbie Jean Mobley, Shelton, and James Lloyd Collins,
Winnfield; Ballard Lee and Linda Faye Smith, Sulphur, La., and Lisa Kay
Collins, Altheimer, Ark.; six great grandchildren, June Anita Stewart, Orange,
Tex., Alan and Jeanine Mobley, Winnfield, and Annette, Elise, and Deann
Howell, Houston, Texas; one niece, Mrs. Bessie Wyatt, Vidor, Texas; two
nephews, Monroe Sinks, Oakland, Calif., and Preston Sinks, Vidor, Texas.