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Submitted: 6/12/20 • Approved: 6/12/20 • Last Updated: 6/15/20 • R324581-G324580-S3
Homer Love
Dec 6, 1923 - Apr 28, 2015
*Obituary
DeKALB, Texas—Homer Love Collins, 91, of New Boston, Texas, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in a Texarkana, Texas hospital.
Mr. Collins was born Dec. 6, 1923, in Frankston, Texas. He was a retired electrician with Red River Army Depot, a Grand Master Mason, a District Deputy and member of Dalby Springs Masonic Lodge and a World War II Army veteran. He was preceded in death by two sons, Anthony Collins and Kenneth Loyd Collins.
Survivors include his wife, one daughter and son-in-law, of New Boston; two grandsons, one great-granddaughter; one great-grandson, and a number of other relatives.
Services will be 3 p.m. Friday at Bates Family Funeral Home with the Rev. A.M. Adams officiating. Burial will be in Old Salem Cemetery.
Visitation will be 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Old Salem Cemetery, New Boston.
Ruby Frances
Oct 21, 1925 - June 21, 2015
*Obituary
Ruby Frances Talent Collins, of New Boston, Texas, passed away June 21, 2015 at a Baytown Texas hospital. She was 89.
Ruby was born October 21, 1925, in Winthrop, Arkansas, to Gene and Dessie Garrett Talent. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Chapel of Light Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Collins on April 28, 2015, two sons, Anthony Collins and Kenneth Loyd Collins, and eight siblings.
She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law: Patsy and Tim Cain of New Boston, Texas; two grandsons, Randy Collins of New Boston, Texas and Kenny Collins of Tyler, Texas; a step grandson, Tim Cain, Jr. of New Boston, Texas; a great granddaughter, Jessica Collins of Tyler, Texas; a great grandson, Cody Collins of Tyler, Texas; five siblings and a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral Services will be 3:00 PM Friday, 26, 2015 at Bates Family Funeral Home with Rev. A. M. Adams officiating.
Interment will follow at Old Salem Cemetery in New Boston, Texas. Visitation will be held from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM Friday, June 26, 2015, at Bates Family Funeral Home in De Kalb, Texas.
Memorials may be made to Chapel of Light, New Boston, Texas.
Contributed on 6/12/20 by shanespencer
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