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Funeral services for RyLeigh Denise Collins will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, December 15, 2024, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia, LA, with Bro. Shane Duke officiating and Bro. Brian Boyd assisting. Interment will follow at Fellowship Cemetery, Columbia. The family will have visitation for friends on Saturday, December 14, 2024, at the funeral home from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM, and again on Sunday prior to the service, from noon to 2:00 PM.
Ryleigh Denise Collins was born April 12, 2022, to her parents, Steven Bradley Collins and Wendy Pamela Jean Bailey, and she left this world much too soon on December 8, 2024. Ryleigh was a loving and happy baby. She enjoyed fishing with her Papaw Johnny and watching Paw Patrol. She loved Mickey and Minnie Mouse. RyLeigh brought so much joy to her family. She will be remembered always and her memory cherished.
RyLeigh was preceded in death by her father, Steven Bradley Collins; her grandmother, Denise Collins; and her uncle, J. C. Bailey. Those left to cherish her memory include her mother, Pam Bailey; her brother, Kaleb Rowan Collins; grandparents: Cindy Bailey, Johnny Bailey, and Paul Willis; aunt, Katie Bailey (William Shane Wilson); and uncles: Matthew Bailey May and Johnny Atchison.
Pallbearers are Paul Willis and William Shane Wilson.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
7131 Hwy 165 PO Box 57, Columbia, LA 71418

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