Individual Details

"Memorial services for H. Carroll ""H.C."" Collings, 76, will be at a later date. Mr. Collings died Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2000 in the Jennings hospital. The body was donated to science. He was a native of Lake Arthur. He earned a bachelor's degree in art from the University of Southwest Louisiana and his master's degree from the University of Colorado. He attended the doctoral program fro supervision and administration at Columbia University Teachers College. He began his teaching career in 1946 as the vocal mucis instructor at Louisiana High School in Rayeville. He taught in schools in New Orleans, Owego, N.Y., Rochester, N.Y., Hanover, N.J., and Mississippi. He was director of activities for several years at Mississippi State University. He went to Vietnam with the U.S. Agency for International Development as an adviser in 1966, and he managed several groups, including the Seabees. He was a training specialist for several companies in Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Philippines. Survivors include one son, John Collings of Lake Arthur; two brothers, Archie Collins of Lyons, Ind., and Robert Louis Collings of lake Charles; and three sisters, Edith Graeper and Wanna Dean Finch, both of Houston, and Patty DeHaven of Lake Charles." (LCAP 15 Nov 2000)

Birth	20 Mar 1924
Marriage	Aft 1938	?
Death	8 Nov 2000	Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
Last Known Res		Lake Arthur, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

Spouse	? ( - )
Child	John Collings ( - )

Father	William Eugene "Willie" Collings (1893 - )
Mother	Lacie Bell Hoffpauir (1894 - 1967)
Sibling	Joyce Collings ( - 2002)
Sibling	Archie Collins (1896 - 1969)
Sibling	Edith "Edie" Collings (1916 - 2002)
Sibling	Robert Louis Collings (1919 - 2004)
Sibling	Edwin G. Collings (1921 - 1989)
Sibling	Patty Jean Collings (1929 - )
Sibling	Wanna Dean Collings (1934 - )