CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Maxie C. Collins, 25 Feb 2001
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Maxie C. Collins

   Maxie C. "Ma" Collins, 96, 184 George Bowers Road, Elizabethton, died 
Sunday, February 25, 2001, at her residence following an extended illness.
   Mrs. Collins was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late 
Joseph and Emma Williams Carrier. She was also preceded in death by her 
husband, Eston C. "Red" Collins, January 26, 1973, a son, Jerry Eugene 
Collins, June 17, 1988, three brothers, two sisters, a grandson, Leslie Allen 
Collins, and three great-grandchildren.
   Mrs. Collins was a member of Watauga Valley Free Will Baptist Church and 
was a homemaker.
   Survivors include three daughters and a son-in-law, Thelma Taylor, Lyndal 
and Charles Lowe and Phyllis Davis, all of Elizabethton; three sons and four 
daughters-in-law, Don and Omega Collins, Gary and Darlene Collins, Mack and 
June Collins and Helen Collins, all of Elizabethton; a brother, Gray Carrier, 
Elizabethton; 15 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; two great-great-
grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Charles and 
Judy Auvil, of Ohio.
   Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick