Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Collins, Selbert E May 22, 2007
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Elizabethton Star  May 23, 2007
Selbert E. Collins 





    Selbert E. Collins, 81, Johnson City, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007, in the 

James H. Quillen VA Nursing Home. 





    A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late John Newton and Myrtle 

Range Collins. He was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation 

after 41 years of service. Mr. Collins served in the United States Army during 

World War II. He was a lifetime member of Watauga Masonic Lodge #622. He was 

of the Baptist faith. 





    Mr. Collins was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Laura B. 

Collins, Nov. 8, 2004; by four sisters: Ruth Berends, Mildred Watson, Mary 

Elizabeth Presley and Lela Mae Bohn; two brothers, Clifton Lee Collins and 

John Bell Collins; and two infant sisters and two infant brothers. 





    Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Richard Sutphin, 

Johnson City; a son, Larry Collins, Johnson City; three grandchildren, Kristia 

Townsend, Jason Kyte and wife, Chrystie, and Ricky Sutphin; four great-

grandchildren, Bradley Townsend, Dylan Townsend, Nathan Kyte and Gavin 

Sutphin; one sister, Wilma Kitzmiller, Johnson City; one aunt, Nellie 

Pospiech, Inverness, Fla.; several nieces, nephews and cousins. 





    Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the National 

Cemetery, Mountain Home, with the Rev. Reece Harris officiating. Burial will 

follow the service. Active pallbearers who are requested to assemble at the 

funeral home at 1 p.m. Thursday will be, Robert Detrick, Stan Haralson, Steve 

Street, David Brown, Jason Kyte, Bradley Townsend, Mike Hughes and Ray 

Chesser. Honorary pallbearers will be Ray Lyons, Greg Hughes, Robert Farmer, 

David Brown, Frank Mosley, Jimmy Johnson, Roger Winters, George Susong and 

members of Watauga Masonic Lodge #622. The family would like to express a 

special "Thank You" to the staff and residents of the VA Nursing Home. 

Military graveside services will be conducted by V.F.W. Post 2166. A Masonic 

Memorial Service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home by 

Watauga Masonic Lodge #622. Friends may call at the residence of his daughter, 

Brenda Sutphin, 137 Vanderbilt Drive, Johnson City. Family and friends will 

assemble at the funeral home at 1 p.m. Thursday to go to the cemetery. 

Condolences may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is 

in charge of the arrangements.



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