Marie Myatt Collins, 84, of Florence, died Sept. 30, 2013, at ECM Hospital. Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at the McDonald Funeral Home in Hohenwald, Tenn. with Ronnie Ray, Danny Pettus and Mark McDonald officiating. Burial will be in the Springer Cemetery. McDonald’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will visit with friends from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home and one hour before the funeral time.
She was born on Oct. 11, 1928, in Lincoln, Iowa to the late William Ernest Myatt and Bessie Bell Brown Myatt.
She is survived by Artie Collins, her husband of 66 years. She is also survived by her sons, Larry Collins and wife, Anne, of Florence, Ala., Mike Collins and wife, Wanda, of Lawrenceville, Ga., and Bill Collins and wife. Sabrina. of DeQuincy, La.; daughter, Brenda Vick and husband, Jerry, of Gallatin, Tenn.; six grandchildren, Chris Collins, Rusty Collins, Brad Vick, Holly Hester, Briana Nelson and Will Collins; and 12 great-grandchildren, Bailee Vick, Jenna Vick, Riley Vick, Reagan Vick, Nicholas Hester, Maddey Hester, Claire Hester, Fisher Collins, Sawyer Collins, Briley Nelson, Jonah Nelson and Liam Collins. She is also survived by two sisters, Mary Goff, of Bowling Green, Ky., and Dorothy Jean Wettereau, of Bon Aqua, Tenn.
She was a member of the Sherrod Avenue Church of Christ in Florence, Ala. Prior to moving to Florence in 2010, she was a member of the Springer Church of Christ in Hohenwald, Tenn. where her husband served as a minister for 30 years.
Pallbearers will be Chris Collins, Brad Vick, Rusty Collins, Will Collins, Mike Nelson and Gene Durham. Honorary pallbearers will be elders and deacons of Springer Church of Christ. Memorials may be made to the Swindle Zambia Mission Fund, c/o Sherrod Avenue Church of Christ, 1207 Sherrod Avenue, Florence, AL 35630.
