Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until funeral time at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, July 5, 2019 at Eagle Wright Baptist Church, 3590 Hwy 316 in Gray. Burial will follow Halfway Cemetery.
He is survived by his son Donald Collins; daughter, Genese Watkins and Ruby A. McCormick (Charles); seven grandchildren; four great grandchildren; brothers, Ernest and Daniel (Virginia) Antoine, Alfred Collins (Diane), Paul, Joseph and Carl Harris; sisters, Brenda Barrow (Melvin), Janis McGuin (Carl), Mary Edmond, Janet Price, Valerie Adams, Carolyn Mackie, Laurie Ward and Yvonne Jackson; and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Azameaux Collins; parents, Ernest, Sr. and Ruby Antoine Collins; brothers, Chester and Calvin Antoine; sisters, Audrey Barrow, Linda Thomas and Helen Antoine.
Arrangements entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Houma.
