Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 23, 1990 TAG: 9102220742
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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Frank Willard Collins, age 65, died Thursday, March 22, 1990, in a Roanoke hospital. He was a retired employee of Norfolk-Southern Railroad with forty-one years of service. A veteran of World War II, he was honored with the Purple Heart. He is survived by his wife, Helen S. Collins; a daughter, Frankie Collins Bobb, Burkeville, Va.; a son, Frank W. Collins, Jr., New York; a granddaughter, Angie Bobb; two daughters by a previous marriage, Pam Jones, Sandy Long, both of California; two grandchildre; his mother, Violet Collins, Christiansburg; two brothers, Alfred Collins, Christiansburg; Steve Collins, Cincinnati, Ohio; a sister, Mildred Sowder, Christiansburg. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday from the Richardson-Horne Funeral Chapel conducted by the Rev. Robert E. Crawford, the Rev. Kenneth Butterworth and the Rev. Monroe Hedrick with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Anyone wishing to make memorial contributions, should consider the American Cancer Society. The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 9:00 FRiday evening at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home, Christiansburg.
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