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- Robert "Bob" Collins, age 94, Wilbur Dam Rd., Elizabethton,
died Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital
following a brief illness.
A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Roscoe and
Ethel Collins.
Mr. Collins was of the Baptist Faith.
He was a retired mechanic from North American Rayon Corporation and
Bemberg Corporation.
He was a U.S. Army Veteran having served in World War II.
Mr. Collins was preceded in death by his wife, Nannie Florence Morrell
Collins, and three brothers, Clifton Collins, Jack Collins and Chester
Collins.
Survivors include two nephews, Richard Collins, of Nashville; Bobby
Collins, of Maryland; two nieces, Carolyn Sue Dowlen, of Nashville,
and Terri Gillespie, of Nashville; and a nephew and niece by marriage,
Arthur Sparks, of Elizabethton, and Dean Combs, Elizabethton. Special
friends Mary Stevens and J.D. Anderson, of Elizabethton, also survive.
The funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday, December 19,
2003 at Tetrick Funeral Home Chapel of Peace with Rev. Jack Roddy
officiating. The graveside service and interment will be conducted at
10 a.m. Saturday, December 20, 2003 at Happy Valley Memorial Park.
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