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Obit for William James Collier



William James Collier


William James Collier, 80, died Thursday, May 23, 2002.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Life Tabernacle with the Rev. Mark
Wallis, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery by
Morrison Funeral Directors. Flag presentation will be by American Legion Post
224 of Dumas.

Mr. Collier was born June 14, 1921, in Crosbyton. He had been a Dumas
resident since 1947. He was a member of Life Tabernacle. He married Margie
Fowlkes on Aug. 26, 1954, in Dumas.

He was an operator/repairman at Natural Gas Pipeline. He retired in 1985 after
36 years of employment. He served in the Army during World War II.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Denise McCutchan and husband, Barry,
of Alva, Okla.; three sons, Bill Collier and wife, Sylvie, of Waller, Kirk Collier
and wife, Alisa, of Wolfforth and Gary Collier and wife, Melissa, of Wichita
Falls; two sisters, Maebell Boone and husband, Bill, of Houston and Merle
Heard and husband, Dennis, of Lubbock; seven grandchildren, Scott, Misty,
Chris, Kami, Bryan, Kerry and Jessica; and two great-grandchildren, Dylan
and KaKenzie.


The family will be at 307 Spruce in Dumas.

The family suggests memorials be to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch and Girlstown
USA, P.O. Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79105-9985; or Gideons International,
P.O. Box 1702, Dumas, TX.

Amarillo Globe-News, May 27, 2002