(Submitted by Mike Pruitt on 16 May 2006)

Mexia Daily News Obituary Notice dated Aug. 12, 1970: 
[Death Date: Aug 01, 1970]

Sidney Lee Collins

Teague, Funeral services for Sidney Lee Collins, 71, of Route 2, Mexia, will be
held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Lawence Chapel. Mr. Collins, a native of Freestone
County, died Monday night about 7:30 at City Hospital following a lengthy
illness. He was an oil field employee and a member of the Church of Christ.
Conducting the rites will be Rev. Tom I. Sandlin, pastor of First Presbyterian
Church. Assisting will be the Bill Hale, minister of the Teague Church of
Christ. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, under the direction of Lawrence
Funeral Home. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Donnal Timmons of Huntsville, two
sisters, Mrs. Weldon Curry, Teague and Mrs. M.F. Frost, of Dallas; and four
grandchildren.