Norman Benjamin Collins

of Lynchburg, died Saturday,

February 11, 2012, at Lynchburg Health

and Rehabilitation Center. He was

the husband of the late Sallie Paone Collins.

Born in Bedford Co., he was the son

of the late John Collins and the late

Ollie Rice Collins. In addition to his parents

and his wife, he was preceded in death

by one son, Buddy Collins.

Norm was a retired employee of

Consumers Dornin-Adams after 40 years

of service. He loved to walk and in his later

years would walk a mile to the bus stop early

in the morning, picking up his neighbors

newspapers and putting them on their front

porches. He would ride the bus downtown to

the city market, have coffee with his friends

and walk up the Monument Terrace steps to

Court St. and back down to Church St. He

would then catch the bus back and walk the

mile to his home. He made lots of friends

in his travels.

He is survived by two sons, Norman B. Collins, Jr.

of Rockville, MD and Bill Ragland and his wife,

Sandra, of Lynchburg; eight grandchildren and

a number of great grandchildren.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m.,

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at Whitten

Timberlake Chapel with the Reverend David Heerspink

officiating. Interment will follow in Presbyterian Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m.,

Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at Whitten Timberlake Chapel.