Lester Riley Collier

Funeral service for Lester Riley Collier, 70, of Cullman will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, February 22nd, 2026 at Cullman Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Antioch Baptist Cemetery at Fairview, Bro. Samuel Tucker officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-2 prior to the service.

Cullman Funeral Home is honored to serve the family.,

Mr. Collier passed away February 19, 2026 at his residence. He was born October 9, 1955 to Curtis Rayburn Collier Sr. and Dorothy Mae Bates Collier. He was a truck driver for 40 years and was the youngest driver Americold ever had. He loved like no other, never meeting a stranger. He was a minister of God's Word. Anyone that knew Riley knew he loved his girls.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Curtis Rayburn Collier, Jr.; sisters, Catherine Paulette Davis, Cynthia Young.

Survivors include his wife of 49 years and the love of his life, Shirley Collier; daughters, Leslie (Douglas) Wasson, Jeannie Collier, Jainnie (Dale) Free; brother, Tim (Tammy) Collier; sister-in-law, Sandra Collier; grandchildren, Abigail (Nicholas) Mann, Nathaniel (Katelynn) Free; great-granddaughter, Gwendalen Mann; family and friends.

Pallbearers will be Dale Free, Douglas Wasson, Nathaniel Free, Nicholas Mann, Tim Collier, Jeremy Collier.

Friends may sign the online guestbook at www.cullmanfuneralhome.com