CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Robert "Bob" Collins, 17 Dec 2003 ----¤¤¤---- Robert "Bob" Collins, age 94, Wilbur Dam Rd., Elizabethton, died Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Roscoe and Ethel Collins. Mr. Collins was of the Baptist Faith. He was a retired mechanic from North American Rayon Corporation and Bemberg Corporation. He was a U.S. Army Veteran having served in World War II. Mr. Collins was preceded in death by his wife, Nannie Florence Morrell Collins, and three brothers, Clifton Collins, Jack Collins and Chester Collins. Survivors include two nephews, Richard Collins, of Nashville; Bobby Collins, of Maryland; two nieces, Carolyn Sue Dowlen, of Nashville, and Terri Gillespie, of Nashville; and a nephew and niece by marriage, Arthur Sparks, of Elizabethton, and Dean Combs, Elizabethton. Special friends Mary Stevens and J.D. Anderson, of Elizabethton, also survive. The funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday, December 19, 2003 at Tetrick Funeral Home Chapel of Peace with Rev. Jack Roddy officiating. The graveside service and interment will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 20, 2003 at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Those who wish to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the cemetery at 9:55 a.m. on Saturday. Special thanks to Sycamore Shoals Hospital and VA Medical Center Hospital, Mountain Home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, December 19, 2003 at Tetrick Funeral Home Chapel of Peace. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, 423-542-2232, is in charge of arrangements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Elizabethton Star http://www.starhq.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------