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Nelson Collier Obituary


FORT STOCKTON Nelson Collier, 78, of Fort Stockton, died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.

Graveside services are scheduled at 11 a.m. Monday at the East Hill Cemetery in Fort Stockton with the Rev. Robert Mitchell officiating. Arrangements are by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.

He was born in Paragould, Ark. He was a retired Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, and he also worked for Wilson Supply.

SURVIVORS Sisters, Virginia Randall of Hampton, Va., Linda Duncan of Fort Stockton, Sharon Dukes of Athens, Ala., and Janiene Holtzman of Levelland.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Odessa American on Feb. 19, 2012.

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