Betty Elwanda Collins

Mrs. Betty Collins, of Dyersburg, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2025 at Okeena Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born October 28, 1934 in Steele, MO. to the late Lucian and Elizabeth Cooper. She was a devoted homemaker and mother. She is fondly remembered for her baking and sweet treats, including pastries and banana pudding. She was a ling-time fan of the music and movies of Elvis Presley. She enjoyed travel, experiencing other countries and cultures, including Egypt, China, Australia, Japan and church trips to the Holy Land. She was an active member of the Church of God in Belle Glade, FL, where she taught Sunday School for over 20 years.

Betty is survived by her daughters Tana Lonon Rogers and husband, Steve, of Sevierville, TN and Jackie Farrow-Layfield and husband, Michael, of Dyersburg, TN. She was loved as Gran-Gran by her grandchildren Matthew Brown, of Filmore, CA, Heather Walker of Albuquerque, NM and Lindsey Allen, of Athens, GA. and a great-grandson Matthew Brown, Jr. as well as her nieces and nephews David Cooper of Paragould, AR, Terry Northcutt of Blytheville, AR and Donna Femia of Baton Rouge, LA. She is preceded in death by her husband, J.P. Collins, a son, Ricky Allen and a sister Geraldine Clark.

Cremation services are in care of Dyersburg Funeral Home. The family ask that memorials, in lieu of flowers, be directed to the Alzheimer's Association at www.alz.org or to the American Kidney Fund at www.kidneyfund.org.