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    ANNA RUTH COLLINS, 
    85, of Huntington, wife of John Thomas Collins, passed away on Tuesday, 
    March 31, 2015 at the Emogene Dolin-Jones Hospice House in Huntington. She 
    was born on February 1, 1930 in Wayne County, WV, a daughter of the late 
    William J.B. and Ruth (Crabtree) Jackson. In addition to her husband she is 
    survived by a daughter, Anita Carol Michael of Huntington; a son, Johnny 
    (Carol) Collins of Reynoldsburg, OH; siblings, Mary (Billy) Day, Gladys 
    Jenkins, Betty Holbrook, Dora Collins, and Hammie Jackson; granddaughter, 
    Carol Greenlees; great grandchildren, April, Katie and Essie Greenlees and 
    Julia Henderson; 3 great-great grandchildren. Mrs. Collins was a retired 
    hairstylist, a member of the 5th Avenue Baptist Church and a lifetime member 
    of the VFW Ladies Aux. Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 6, 
    2015 at 1:00 PM at Beard Mortuary, Huntington, with Pastors Ivan Asbury and 
    Eddie Gandy officiating. Burial will follow at Woodmere Memorial Park, 
    Huntington. Visitation will be held one hour before the time of the service 
    at the mortuary. 
    
      
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