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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA)
Tuesday, January 25, 1983

James W. Collins

James W. Collins, 91, of Winnfield died at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, January 22, 1983 in Humana Hospital.

He was a lifelong resident of Winn Parish and a retired farmer.

Survivors include his wife, Annie Crain Collins of Winnfield; two sons, Henry W. Collins of Vivian and Malcolm L. Collins of Winnfield; a stepson, Carmen Crain of Houston, Texas; a daughter, Katherine Moore of Jonesboro; three stepdaughters, Yvonne Sutton of Pioneer, Bernadine Hyde of Shreveport, and Glenda June Herrman of Houston, Texas; a halfbrother, Julius H. Beard of Stonewall; a sister, Pearl Montgomery of Bristol, Tennessee; 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, in East Winnfield Baptist Church with the Revs. Doyle Wesson, James Simons, and Grayson Watson officiating.

Burial was in Old Union Cemetery, Joyce, under direction of Edmonds.