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Howard Allen Collins Howard Allen Collins, 83, of West Main Street, Salem, Virginia, died on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, at Richfield Recovery and Care Center in Salem, Virginia.
He was born on April 1, 1927, in Northampton County, Virginia, the son of the late Julius Collins and the late Lillian Allen Collins. He was married to the late Mildred H. Collins.
He was a veteran of the United States Army.
Survivors include one son, Keith D. Collins of Roanoke, Virginia; a daughter-in-law, Pamela S. Collins; one stepson, James Graham of Farmington Hills, Michigan; one stepdaughter, Donna Graham of Durham, North Carolina; one sister, Evelyn Latane of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; two brothers, Harold Collins of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Henry Collins of Greensboro, North Carolina; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at the chapel of Fisher and Watkins Funeral Home with the Reverend Johnathan King officiating. Interment will follow at Floral Hills Memory Gardens with full military rites by American Legion Post 29.
Online condolences may be submitted to www.fisherandwatkinsfuneralhome.com.
Fisher and Watkins Funeral Home is assisting the Collins family.
This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.
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October 12, 2010
We are very sorry to hear of the death of
your father. You have our sincere sympathy and love. God Bless.
Freddie and Fay Nicholas and Family
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