Freida Collins
Nickelsville, VA | June 01, 2010
Freida Louise Collins – Nickelsville, VA
Freida Louise Collins, 68, Nickelsville, VA went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at her residence.
Mrs. Collins was born in Scott County, VA on January 26, 1942, daughter of the late Henry and Nora Lucas Finch. She attended Greenwood Chapel Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Collins; children, Patsy Louise, Terry Lee, and Timmy Lynn Collins; grandkids, Tommy and Johnny Collins, and brothers, Kyle and Ben Finch.
Surviving are her sons and daughter-in-law, Larry Collins, Gate City, VA, Jerry Collins, Nickelsville, VA, Bobby Collins and wife, Gail, Nickelsville, VA; grandson and adopted son, Josh Collins, Nickelsville, VA; her trusted companion, "Trouble"; grandchildren, Gracie Harper, Kingsport, TN, Amanda Stansberry and husband, Danny Joe, Kingsport, TN, Ashley and Dusty Osborne, Gate City, VA, Brittany and Kayla Collins, Nickelsville, VA, Jerry Glenn (Bud) Collins, Jr., Charles Collins, Shirley Glenna Light, and Dakota Collins, all of Gate City, VA, Jason Collins, and wife, Kashmir, Justin Collins, and Jessie Collins, all of Nickelsville, VA, Jennifer, April, and Travis Collins, all of Gate City, VA ;eleven great grandkids; brother, Teddy Finch, MS; sisters, Angie Belle Spivey, and husband,
Gary Gate City, VA, Patsy Compton, Gate City, VA, Maxie Castle, Castlewood, VA, Zelma Hicks, and husband, Joe, St. Paul, VA, Elsie Kilgore, Nickelsville, VA, and Linda Starnes, Clinchport, VA; special niece, Pam Barnett; along with several other nieces and nephews and many loved ones and friends.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m., Thursday, June 3, 2010 at the Gate City Funeral Home and anytime at the residence of Bobby and Gail Collins. Funeral services will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with the Pastor Eddie Taylor officiating. Lisa McCracken and David and Debbie Easterling will provide the music.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 4, 2010 at Point Truth Church Cemetery in the Long Hollow community of Nickelsville, VA. Timmy Kilgore, Wayne Hutson, Eddie Castle, and Matthew Stansberry will serve as pallbearers. Bobby Collins, Larry Collins, and Donnie Archer will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Family and friends are asked to meet at 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home to go in procession to the cemetery for the graveside service.
An online guest registry is available for the Collins family at www.gatecityfunerals.com.
Gate City Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Freida Lousie Collins.