Elsie June Collins

Elsie June Collins, 73, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. Elsie was born March 7, 1940, in Louisburg, Mo., to Stanley Noel Reynolds and Cora Ethel Jackson. She married William Alonzo Collins Jr., on June 26, 1958, who preceded her in death in February of 1998.

Elsie was raised in Springfield, Mo., and attended school there. She moved to St. Clair County in 1965 and later moved to Vernon County, living for 20 years in the Schell City/Walker area, and near Nevada for the past 13 years. She loved reading, gospel music, and drawing. Elsie was a loving mother and grandmother. She also attended the Bible Baptist Church in Nevada.

Survivors include six children, Debbie Collins, Ronnie Collins, Glen Collins and his wife, Pattie, Betty Connelly, Roy Collins, and Buddy Collins, all of Nevada; 16 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; several stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren; two sisters; two brothers; and numerous nieces and nephews. Elsie was preceded in death by her husband; one son, Wayne Collins; three grandchildren; her parents; and one brother, Johnny Lindscott.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 13, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada with the Rev. Jerry Pyle officiating. Private interment will follow in the Taberville Cemetery, Taberville, Mo. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home.

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