DATE: Friday, August 8, 1997                TAG: 9708080553

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ROBERT E. COLLINS

Robert (Bobby) E. Collins, 79, of Forest Pines Apartments died Aug. 7, 1997, in Southampton Memorial Hospital. Mr. Collins was born in Tazewell, Va., and was the son of the late William Andrew and Nannie Holbrook Collins. He was a retired agent with the Seaboard Coastline Railroad and was a member of the Franklin Presbyterian Church.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Eugenia (Jean) M. Collins; two daughters, Sandra Gardner and her husband, Warren, of Colonial Heights, and Roberta (Rosie) Rogers and her husband, John, of Portsmouth; two brothers, J. Army Collins of Richlands, Va., and Warner Collins of Tazewell; seven grandchildren, David W. Gardner, Carol G. Gee, Lori G. Hayes, Sandra (Jeanie) Steffensen, Merle Rickon Holt Jr., Robert Michael Holt and Julie Holt Fox; 13 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a granddaughter, Audra Ellen Holt and a grandson, Michael Edward Lang.

A graveside funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. James Lambeth. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Franklin Presbyterian Church, 405 Lee St., Franklin, Va. 23851. Wright Funeral Home is in charge. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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