Individual Details

James "Roy" Collins

(23 Apr 1903 - 21 Jul 1984)

Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, Monday, July 23, 1984, Page 12, Col. 1: Funeral services for Roy Collins, 81, Joplin, who died Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at the Missouri State Chest Hospital, Mount Vernon, after a three-month illness, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Gish-Bowles and Coder Funeral Home, Greenville. Burial will be in New Prospect Cemetery. The family will receive friends at 2:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Collins was born in April 1903 in Piedmont. He lived in Webb City for 15 years before moving to Joplin 20 years ago. He was manager of Schifferdecker Apartments for the past 4 years. Survivors include two sons, Bill Collins, Patterson and Eugene Collins, Montclair, Calif.; a daughter Pauline Wollsmerhouser, St. Louis; a brother and five sisters, names and addresses unavailable; and several grandchildren.

Events

Birth23 Apr 1903Piedmont, Wayne Co., Missouri
Marriage28 Jun 1924Wayne Co., Missouri - Hassie Page
Death1984Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri
Death21 Jul 1984Mount Vernon, Lawrence Co., Missouri
BurialNew Prospect Cemetery, Silva, Wayne Co., Missouri
Soc Sec No486-18-3661
SSN issuedMissouri

Families

SpouseHassie Page (1904 - 1940)
ChildWillis J. Collins (1925 - )
ChildPauline Collins (1927 - )
ChildCarl Eugene Collins (1930 - )
FatherJames Robert Collins (1884 - 1933)
MotherMinerva Judith 'Judy' Kirkpatrick (1885 - 1906)
SiblingLucy Collins (1906 - )

Endnotes

1. David N. Bollinger, New Prospect (Bounds Creek) Cemetery, Wayne Co., Missouri.

2. 1910 Census Wayne Co., Missouri.

3. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 486-18-3661; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951..

4. Obituary of Roy Collins, Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, Monday, July 23, 1984, Page 12, Col. 1.

5. Ancestry.com, Missouri Marriages 1805-2002 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007).

6. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 486-18-3661; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951..

7. David N. Bollinger, New Prospect (Bounds Creek) Cemetery, Wayne Co., Missouri.

8. Obituary of Roy Collins, Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, Monday, July 23, 1984, Page 12, Col. 1.

9. David N. Bollinger, New Prospect (Bounds Creek) Cemetery, Wayne Co., Missouri.

10. Obituary of Roy Collins, Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, Monday, July 23, 1984, Page 12, Col. 1.

11. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 486-18-3661; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951..

12. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 486-18-3661; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951..