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Submitted: 2/27/22 • Approved: 2/28/22 • Last Updated: 3/3/22 • R495547-G495547-S3
Mina Ruth Jennings Collins
January 27, 1934 - February 9, 2013
*Photo courtesy of Joe W. Fields
*Obituary
Mina Ruth Collins, 79, of Big Lake, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Reagan County Care Center in Big Lake, Texas. Family visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Monday, February 11, 2013, at Johnson's Funeral Home. Graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 12, 2013, in Barnhart Rest Haven Cemetery in Barnhart with the Rev. Larry A. Young of First United Methodist Church of Big Lake officiating.
Mina Ruth was born in Abilene, Texas, the eldest daughter of the late Vivian Inez and Ralph V. Jennings. She attended Abilene schools, graduating in 1950, then went on to attend college at Angelo State in 1951. In college she met and later married Joe Roy Collins on Feb. 15, 1953, in her parents' home in Midland, Texas. Mina Ruth was a loyal employee to the Reagan Memorial Hospital District for over 20 years before she retired. She also enjoyed fellowship with her sister members of the Happy Homemakers Club of Big Lake. Mina was a valued member of the Ladies Methodist Church Bible Study Group and she and Joe Roy also enjoyed their regular Wednesday luncheons with the Trail Blazers Organization. Mina Ruth and Joe Roy enjoyed watching many sports activities in and around the Reagan County Community. You could find them in the bleachers at almost every sport; some of her favorites were basketball and baseball. Mina Ruth was a member of the Texas Medical Records Association and passed her spare time reading favorites such a romance novels and different magazines.
She was preceded in death by her eldest son, Joe Ralph (Buster) Collins.
Survivors include her husband, Joe Roy Collins, of Big Lake; sons, Eddie Wayne Collins and wife, Jenny, of Houston, Kenneth Lee (Red) Collins and wife, Robin, of Big Lake, and David Brian Collins and wife, Patti, of Mertzon; grandsons, Ian Collins and wife, Mandie, of Katy, Texas, Grayson Collins and wife, Kari, of Colorado, and Andy Coates, of Iraan; granddaughters, Kimberly Junkin and Kara Collins, both of Midland, Texas, Katy Collins, of San Angelo, Mindy Seahorn and husband, Will, of Ozona, Hannah Horton and husband, Aaron, of Katy, Texas, and Kim Stinson and husband, Randy, of Washington; five great-grandchildren; three nieces; three nephews; sister, Beverly Gay and husband, Bernie; other relatives and many friends.
Contributed on 2/27/22 by MryAl8
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