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Submitted: 9/27/20 • Approved: 9/27/20 • Last Updated: 9/30/20 • R354963-G0-S3
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS US Army
Vietnam
July 13, 1951-April 6, 1981
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Services for Fred Collins, 29, of 105 Bunton, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Stinnett by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mr. Collins died Monday at his home.
A driller, Mr. Collins was a native of Wheeler. He had been a Borger resident for three years. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include his wife, Lynn; three daughters, Francis and Samantha of Springdale, Ark., and J-Lee of Borger; two sisters, Rosilee Muglee of Arkansas and Irene Hardin of Rice; two half-sisters, Ella Mae Paden of New Mexico and Annie Jackson of Kansas; two half-brothers, Louie and David Collins, both of Texas; his mother, Esther Ply of New Mexico.
Pallbearers will be Robert Barton, Hiram Spencer and Dave Haslebacher.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Wednesday, April 8, 1981)
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Alfred Marion Collins
Date of Birth: 13 Jul 1951
Gender: Male
Birth County: Wheeler
Father's name: Alfred Marion Collins
Mother's name: Esther Mae Fries
Roll number: 1951_0003
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Alfred Marion Collins
Birth Date: 13 Jul 1951
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Lynn Paulson
Father: Alfred Collins
Mother: Esther Fries
Age at Death: 29
Death Date: 6 Apr 1981
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Alfred Marion Collins
[Alfred Collins]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 13 Jul 1951
Birth Place: Wleer, Texas
Death Date: Apr 1981
Notes: Sep 1965: Name listed as ALFRED MARION COLLINS; 04 Jan 1988: Name listed as ALFRED COLLINS
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