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Extracted from The Courier (Houma, LA)
Dr. Collins Aunt Expires Saturday in Morgan City
Mrs. Marie Peters Collins, aunt of Dr. Clark Collins of Houma, died Saturday,
August 15, in Lakewood Hospital in Morgan City, La. following a lengthy illness,
Mrs. Collins, 67, a resident of Marshall, Tex., was visiting in the home of her
daughter when she became ill.
She was a member of the Parkview Baptist Church and was a retired records clerk
of Caddo parish. Her husband, the late Leonard Collins, was a former mayor of
Winnsboro, La.
Mrs. Collins is survived by two sons, Leonard Jr. of Dallas, Tex, and James S.
Collins of Marshall, Tex.; three daughters, Mrs. W.W. Haygood of Berwick, LA,
Mrs. Kenneth Medlock of Midland, Tex. And Mrs. Edward H. Williams of Montgomery,
Ala.; and one sister, Mrs. Lewis V. Peterson of Washington, D.C.
The body was taken overland to Osburn Funeral Home, Shreveport for burial
Tuesday, August 18. Services will be held at 2:30 pm in the funeral home chapel,
with burial following in Greenwood Cemetery. McCleary Funeral Home in Morgan
City was in charge of arrangements.
Tuesday, August 18, 1970