ALVIN COLLINS

LAMAR- Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Daniel Funeral Home for Alvin Laverne Collins, 70, Lamar, who died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at his home, after a battle with cancer. Burial will follow in Newport Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, at the funeral home.

Contributions are suggested to the family, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include his wife, Melva Collins; two daughters, Docinda “Dody” Riley and husband Dan, Lamar and Stacy Collins, Nevada, Mo.; three sisters, LaNita Aldridge, Mitchell, S.D., Carol Long and husband Bob, Webb City and Wanda Holcomb, Bentonville, Ark. and seven grandchildren, Kricket Sprouls and husband Blake, Zoey Ball, Jerica Collins, Jerimia Collins, John Michael Collins, Skyler Riley and Danielle Riley.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Allen; a brother-in-law, Bob Aldridge and a nephew, Tom McWilliams.

Mr. Collins was born Nov. 29, 1948, in Lamar, to Chester Howard and Ruth Naomi (Rackley) Collins. He was reared in the Newport area and had also lived in Irwin and Iantha. He started working at O’Sullivan Industries in April 1967 and worked until November 1969, when he began to serve in the United States Army, stationed in Germany, and had an honorable discharge in 1971 as an E5.

He married Melva McMurray on Sept. 4, 1970 and together they reared two daughters. After getting out of the Army he went back to work at O’Sullivan Industries, working in the Sample Shop as a foreman, retiring in 2001. He then worked for Abba Electric in Nevada, Mo., as an electrician apprentice until he had to quit due to his health.

He was a Baptist and was baptized May 13, 1986, at the Church of Christ, thanks to a friend, Lynn Neher. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and woodworking.