Quincy Lee Collins (1892 - 1965)

Born 8 Oct 1892 in Emanuel, Georgia, United States

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Died 16 Apr 1965 at age 72 in Toombs, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Quincy Lee Collins was born 8 October 1892 in Emanuel County, Georgia, the son of William Asberry Collins and Margrett Moseley Collins^[1]. In 1910 he lived with his parents and siblings in Emanuel County^[2].

Quincy married Nancy Faircloth.

He registered for the draft for World War I^[3].

Quincey Lee Collins, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Their son Grady died of hemorrhagic fever in 1923^[4].

In 1930 he lived in Bithlo, Orange County, Florida with a new wife, Victoria A. Collins and two new daughters, Inez, and Anna V.^[5]. Victoria died 22 May 1934 of acute (bacterial?) pneumonia^[6].

1935 finds Lee living in Osceola County, Florida with his first wife Nancy and their children Willard, Estelle, J.C., Odell, and Jessie May^[7].

His daughter Lillian Inez Collins married William T. Cliff in Kentucky in 1947^[8].

He died 16 April 1965 in Toombs County, Georgia^[9][10] and was buried in Cool Spring Cemetery, Candler County, Georgia^[1].

Obituary

LYONS -- Funeral Services for Lee Collins, 72, of Route 2, Lyons were held Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Cool Spring Baptist Church with the Reverend Alvin Graham officiating. Mr. Collins died early Friday morning in the Aiken-McArthur Hospital after a short illness. A native of Emanuel County, he was a retired carpenter and farmer. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Rola Mae Collins of Lyons; two sons, Willard Collins of Mims, Florida and Albert Collins of Lyons; eight daughters, Miss Grace Collins and Mrs. Emma Ree Collins of Lyons, Mrs. Estelle Blair of Florida, Mrs. Jesse Mae Collins of Jacksonville, Florida, Mrs Inez Collins and Mrs. Anna Lou Collins of Virginia, Mrs. Suel Kersey of Reidsville, and Mrs. Eugene Willis of Port Wentworth; two brothers, Lester Collins of Lyons and Dewey Collins of Metter; five sisters, Angie Strange of Vidalia, Mrs. R. P. Dellinger of Homestead, Florida, Mrs. John Driggers of Metter, Mrs. Otis Collins of Lyons, and Mrs. Ned Cannady of Metter; several grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Interment was in the Cool Spring Cemetery with Trapnell-Jones Funeral Home of Lyons in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Harvey Kemp, Johnny Driggers, Charlie Collins, Kermit Bird, Lenwood Cannady and Paul Williams

Published in the Forest-Blade on April 21, 1965, Swainsboro, Georgia

His daughter Jessie Collins Brooks married Leonard Webster Johnson in 1971^[11].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #49032979
2. ↑ Lee Collins, United States Census, 1910
3. ↑ Quincey Lee Collins, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
4. ↑ Lee Collins, mentioned in the record of Grady Collins
5. ↑ Lee Collins, United States Census, 1930
6. ↑ Lee Collins, mentioned in the record of Victoria Collins
7. ↑ Lee Collins, Florida State Census, 1935
8. ↑ Lee Collins, mentioned in the record of William T Cliff and Lillian Inez Collins
9. ↑ Lee Collins, United States Social Security Death Index
10. ↑ Quincy L Collins, Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998
11. ↑ Lee Collins, mentioned in the record of Leonard Webster Johnson and Jessie Collins Brooks

Bibliography

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49032979/quincy-lee-collins : accessed 18 April 2022), memorial page for Quincy Lee Collins (8 Oct 1892–16 Apr 1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49032979, citing Cool Spring Cemetery, Candler County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Dennis Collins (contributor 46842049) .
• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLKK-C9F : accessed 18 April 2022), Lee Collins in household of Williams Collins, Militia District 50, Emanuel, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 94, sheet 8B, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 186; FHL microfilm 1,374,199.
• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7HX6-6CZM : 25 December 2021), Quincey Lee Collins, 1917-1918.
• Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDV6-ZBL : 23 February 2021), Lee Collins in entry for Grady Collins, 1923.
• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SYTJ-5T2 : accessed 18 April 2022), Lee Collins, Bithlo, Orange, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 56, sheet 1B, line 53, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 327; FHL microfilm 2,340,062.
• Florida Deaths, 1877-1939, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPSL-DZ1 : 12 June 2022), Lee Collins in entry for Victoria Collins, 1934.
• Florida State Census, 1935, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNVG-WPQ : 2 March 2021), Lee Collins, Okeechobee, Okeechobee, Florida; citing line 11, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,165.
• Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D8-DYY3 : 22 July 2021), Lee Collins in entry for William T Cliff and Lillian Inez Collins, 24 Jun 1947; citing Marriage, Russell, Greenup, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,913,827.
• United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1QY-TT1 : 8 January 2021), Lee Collins, Apr 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V49C-HHV : 24 December 2014), Quincy L Collins, 16 Apr 1965; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Toombs, Georgia, certificate number 013289, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
• Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1C-8FMS : 19 February 2021), Lee Collins in entry for Leonard Webster Johnson and Jessie Collins Brooks, 8 Dec 1971; citing Montgomery, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,893,577.