Visitation:
Sunday, January 20, 2019
CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
Service:
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
12:00 PM
Bill Collins Sr., age 68, resident of Attica, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at the Eden Springs Healthcare Center in Green Springs, Ohio, surrounded by his family. He was born August 13, 1950 in Willard, Ohio to the late Willie and Rachel (Tuttle) Collins. Billy worked at Ford Motor Company as a Painter, where he had retired after 23 years. He attended Little Rebecca Old Regular Baptist Church. Billy loved watching football, especially the Cleveland Browns and Ohio State Buckeyes. He was known as The Pied Piper to children; kids loved him. He will be missed by all who knew him.
Billy is survived by his wife, Phyllis (Isaac) Collins, whom he married on May 28, 1988; 3 sons, Travis (Mandy) Mullins-Collins, David Brown, Jason (Stacy) Brown; a daughter, Maria Banny (Matt) Kramp; 20 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; 2 sisters, Dorise Jones of Plymouth, Ohio and Gwendora (Coy) Cano of Texas; 7 sisters-in-law; and 5 brothers-in-law; mother-in-law, Anna Marie Tackett; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Willie and Rachel Collins; 2 sons, Billy James Collins Jr., Bradley Collins; daughter, Gennifer Collins; a grandson, Josh Collins; 4 brothers and 7 sisters, Junior (Marie) Collins, Samuel Collins, Arnold Collins, Amos Collins, Lucille (Grover) Moore, Melva (Bob) Brewer, Juanita Collins Lacy, Avanelle Absher, Ruth Ramey, ImaJean (Vaughn) Baker, Helen Isaac; and brother-in-law, Thurman Jones.
Calling hours will be on Monday, January 21, 2019, starting at 2:00 PM with a church service at 6:00 PM. Funeral services will be Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 12:00 PM.