Obituary of Annie Collins

Annie Bradley Collins, 80, of Doniphan, Missouri, went to meet her Lord and Savior Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Mrs. Collins was born March 12, 1928, in Glasgow, Scotland. She was a member of Doniphan Church of Christ. Mrs. Collins was a lifelong housewife and mother. Family meant the world to her and she meant the world to her family. On December 2, 1953, she married James R. Collins in Glasgow, Scotland. He survives. Other survivors include sisters, Mary Kelly and Agnes Marshall, of Glasgow, Scotland; one brother, George Smith, of Glasgow, Scotland, and one brother, Stewart Smith, of Yorkshire, England; also several nieces and nephews. Other survivors include her four children and their families; Jim Collins and Ellen of Livingston, Montana, Stewart Collins and Robyne of Doniphan, Cathy Klein and Lindell of York, Nebraska, and Mary Collins and Scott of Grants Pass, Oregon. Grandchildren and their families include Stephanie Moreland and Jason and great-granddaughter, Alivia, Derik Collins and Bailey and great-grandchildren, Hanna and Lane, Zack, Tyler and Danielle Collins, Lin and Erin Klein and Keaton Kiewra. Extended family includes Pebbles and Rachel Royce of Springfield, Missouri, and Miranda and Matt Maness of Doniphan. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Agnes Donachie Smith, two sisters, Elizabeth and Catherine, and one brother, James. Visitation will be held on Friday, November 14, 2008, at Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan, Missouri, beginning at 5:00 p.m. The funeral service will be Saturday, November 15, 2008, at Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be at Hunt-White Memorial Gardens on Y Highway. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to Paragould Children's Home, Inc., 5515 Walcott Road, Paragould, Arkansas 72450 and/or to Leiomyosarcoma Cancer Research at LMS Direct Research, P. O. Box 52697, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74152. A memorial has been set up in Annie Collins' name online at www.lmsdr.org