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Bessie Lee Collins - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Post, October 25, 2004

TALLULAH — Bessie Lee Collins died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, at Olive Branch Senior Care 
Center. She was 81. 

Born in Forest, Mrs. Collins had been a longtime resident of Madison Parish. She was a 
homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Tallulah.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilburn Collins; and three brothers, Ray 
Florence, Gaines Florence and Edwin Florence.

Survivors include four sons, Gerald Collins, Truman Collins and Donald Collins, all of 
Tallulah, and Steve Collins of Bastrop, La.; three sisters, Odie Mae Reynolds of Tallulah, 
Betty Sue Whitley of Texarkana, Ark., and Grace Riley of Deer Park, Texas; 13 grandchildren;
and 15 great-grandchildren.

Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Tallulah with the Rev. John 
Rushing officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of 
Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were John Collins, Curt Collins, Tracy Collins, Randy Collins, Dave Collins, 
Kevin Collins, Danny Collins, Greg Collins, Ken Reeves and Preston Walker.