Harry Lee Collins Jr (1922 - 2011)

Born 9 Jan 1922 in Umatilla, Lake, Florida, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Aug 2011 at age 89 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States

Biography

Harry Lee Collins, Jr

He was born January 9, 1922 and is the son of Harry Collins, Sr and Lucy Dickinson. Harry grew up in Umatilla, Florida along with four siblings; Robert Lee Collins, Carolyn B Collins, Mary Megargee Collins^[1] and Virginia Dickinson Collins.^[2][3]

Harry was in college as shown in the 1945 Florida Census^[4] and became an orthopedic doctor and eventually becoming the head of orthopedics at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital.

Harry married "Jean Unknown" about 1950 and they made their home in Umatilla, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Memphis, Tennessee; Louisville, Kentucky; Indian Harbor Beach, Florida;^[5] Flagler Beach, Florida;^[6] and Jacksonville, Florida.^[7][8][9] Together they had eight children; Harry Lee Collins III, John D Collins, Jeffery Harris (Susannah) Collins, Sr, Karen J Collins (Peter R) Thomas, Susan Collins Berg, Amy Christine Collins, Catherine Collins (Leo) Oshin and Caroline Collins (Jirka Fomin). Harry died August 6, 2011^[10][11][12] and his ashes were scattered in Umatilla, Florida.

Obituary

Dr. Harry Lee Collins, Jr., 89, of Jacksonville, passed away August 6th. Born January 9th, 1922 in Umatilla, Florida to Harry and Lucy Collins, he graduated from the University of Florida in 1943 with honors. Following graduation he earned a Medical Degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

Dr. Collins then served in the US Army Corp where he obtained the rank of Captain before being honorably discharged and beginning a brief private practice in Umatilla. He began practicing orthopedics in Jacksonville in 1956 after completing residency programs in Memphis, Tennessee and Louisville, Kentucky. He was active in the medical community serving terms as the president of the Jacksonville Orthopedic Society and as Head of Orthopedics at Memorial Hospital.

He was a member of Timuquana Country Club and the International Safari Club. His true joy in life was the outdoors; hunting, fishing and photography.

He was preceded in death by his brother Robert L. Collins, and three sisters Carolyn Bassett, Virginia Bryan, and Mary Marshall. Survivors include his sons Harry L. Collins III, John D. Collins, Jeffery H. Collins (Susannah); daughters Karen Thomas (Peter), Susan Berg, Amy Collins, Catherine Oshin (Leo), Caroline Collins (Jirka Fomin); grandchildren Challen Berg, Davis C. Berg (Coventry) Peter R. Thomas, Jr., Gentry Collins, Finley Collins, Effie Collins, and Jeffery H. (Harris) Collins, Jr.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday August 13th at St. Marks Episcopal Church in Jacksonville. Later, at his request, a private ceremony will be held in Umatilla to inter his ashes to the lake he fished and swam in as a boy. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made Project Appleseed or the charity of your choice.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK24-R7MG : accessed 7 June 2019), Harry L Collins in entry for Mary Collins Marshall, Florida, United States, 24 Nov 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Orlando Sentinel, The, born-digital text.
2. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK52-41R2 : accessed 7 June 2019), Dr Harry Lee Collins Jr in entry for Mrs Formerly Virginia Bryan Collins, Florida, United States, 22 Jun 1993; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Orlando Sentinel, The, born-digital text.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:STBX-B2M : accessed 7 June 2019), Harry L Collins Jr. in household of Harry L Collins, Umatilla, Lake, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 5B, line 73, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 322; FHL microfilm 2,340,057.
4. ↑ "Florida State Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNXG-YCC : 9 August 2017), Harry Collins, Umatilla, Lake, Florida; citing line 15, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,195.
5. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJHD-L9DN : 23 May 2014), Harry L Jr Collins, Residence, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
6. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K1Z7-99Z : 23 May 2014), Harry L Collins Jr, Residence, Flagler Beach, Florida, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
7. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJJ5-C5LB : 16 May 2014), Harry L Collins, Residence, Jacksonville, Florida, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
8. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8D-M45M : 23 May 2014), Jr Harry L Collins, Residence, Jacksonville, Florida, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
9. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ88-1JBP : 23 May 2014), Harry L Collins, Residence, Jacksonville, Florida, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
10. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQN2-VSF : 20 May 2014), Harry Lee Collins, 06 Aug 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
11. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGG-JS47 : accessed 7 June 2019), Dr Harry Lee Collins Jr, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 11 Aug 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Florida Times-Union, The, born-digital text.
12. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGK-4F63 : accessed 7 June 2019), Harry L Collins Collins Jr, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 14 Aug 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Florida Times-Union, The, born-digital text.
13. ↑ Published in the Florida Times-Union on Aug. 11, 2011. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/harry-collins-obituary?pid=153040615

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMN7-CSQ : 5 December 2014), Harry L Jr Collins, enlisted 04 Jun 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMG4-DT5