Richard Collier and
Mary Bell Cook

Mary Cook Collier and Unknown Child

Richard Collier and Mary Cook

Elizabeth Collier Hampton and Children

Stevie Collier and Nevada Honeycutt

Richard Collier b 24 Feb 1857 s/o Stephen Collier and Elizabeth "Betsy Ann" Roark.  Richard Collier m. 13 May 1878 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to Mary Bell Cook b 2 Sept 1853 Letcher Co KY d 1 Feb 1935, d/o John Anderson "Ance" Cook and Drucilla "Ciller" Huffman. Children of Richard Collier and Mary Bell Cook;

1. James Collier b Sept 1879

2. Elizabeth Bettie "Jane" Collier b 23 Sept 1883 Letcher Co KY m. William Mayo Hampton b 1880 Letcher Co KY d 1953 Wheelersburg, Scioto OH; s/o Nelson Hampton and Sarah Adams. Children of William May Hampton and Elizabeth Bettie Collier;

i. Jim Hampton b 6 Feb 1905

ii. Mary Belle Hampton b about 1906 KY

iii. Millard Hampton b 1911 KY

iv. Anthony Hampton b 25 Jan 1913 Millstone, Letcher Co KY

v. Floyd Hampton b 6 Mar 1914 Letcher Co KY

vi. Nelson Hampton b 1916 KY

Elizabeth Bettie "Jane" Collier m. William Marion Craft. Children of William Marion Craft and Elizabeth Bettie "Jane" Collier;

i. Ettie Ratliff b 1919 KY

ii. Lonnie Craft b 1920

iii. Sabrina Craft b about 1920 d 25 May 2007 Neon, Letcher Co KY; buried Green Acres Cemetery, Ermine, Letcher Co KY; m. Ellis Johnson. Children of Ellis Johnson and Sabrina Craft;

I. Donald Lee Johnson (deceased)

II. Ellis Johnson Jr (deceased)

III. Jonell Johnson (deceased) m. Male Maggard

IV. Jeanette Johnson m. Male Napier

V. Annette Johnson b about 1941 d 4 Jul 2010; m. Robert Potter

VI. Sara Johnson m. Male Burns

VII. Margaret Johnson m. Male Seals

VIII. Billy Johnson

IX. Patricia May Johnson b 22 Oct 1951 d 21 Apr 2010; m. (1) to Rondle Bowens. Patricia May Johnson m. (2) to Male Hughes.

Patricia May Johnson Hughes
(October 22, 1951 - April 21, 2010)

Patricia May Johnson Hughes of Pikeville, KY passed away Wednesday April 21, 2009 at the Pikeville Medical Center. She was born in Letcher County, KY on October 22, 1951 to the late Ellis Johnson and Sabrina Craft Johnson. Patricia was a homemaker and member of the Trinity Harvest Church.

She was preceded in death by one son, Matthew Hughes and one daughter, Sabrina Jane Hughes. Patricia was also preceded in death by one sister and one brother.

She leaves behind two sons, Timothy Joel Hughes of Dickson, TN and Chadwick Hughes of Pikeville, KY. She's also survived by four sisters, Annette Potter of Elsmere, KY, Jeanette Napier of St. Augustine, FL, Sarah Burns of Huntindon, TN, and Margaret Seals of Senatobia, MS, one brother, Billy Johnson of Fleming Neon, KY, three grandchildren and a host of loving nieces, nephews, friends, and family. Patricia leaves behind a companion who meant so much to her, Rondle Bowens.

Visitation will begin after 6 PM Friday, April 23 at the Lucas and Son Funeral Home. Special services will be held at 7 PM. Funeral services will be at the funeral home on Saturday at 1 PM with Pastor Richard Holmes officiating. Burial will follow at Davidson Memorial Cemtery.

Sabrina Johnson, 90, of Neon, died May 25, 2007 at her home. She was a lifelong resident of Letcher County. Mrs. Johnson attended various churches in the area, and was of the Pentecostal faith. Mrs. Johnson was the widow of Ellis Johnson. She was a daughter of the late William Marion Craft and Jane Collier Craft. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Don Johnson and Elllis Johnson, Jr.; two grandchildren, Matthew Hughes and Sabrina Hughes; a great-grandchild, Kelly Jones; a sister, Ettie Craft; and three brothers, Lester Craft, Lonnie Craft and Sam Collier. She is survived by six daughters, Jonell Maggard, of Neon, Jeanette Napier, of St. Augustine, Fla., Annette Potter, of Elsmere, Margaret Seals, of Senatobia, Miss., Sara Burns, of Huntingdon, Tenn., and Patricia Bowens, of Pikeville, KY; a son, Billy Johnson, of Neon, KY; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-four great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Bobbie Wright, of Pennsylvania and Babe Rothgeb, of Columbus, Ohio. Funeral services were held May 29, 2007 at Carty Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Green Acres Cemetery at Ermine, KY. Posted in the Mountain Eagle Newspaper, Whitesburg, Kentucky, June 6, 2007

iv. Lester Craft b 1922

v. Oma Craft b 1924

vi. Ida Craft b 1926

vii. Bobbie Craft m. Male Wright

viii. Babe Craft m. Male Rothgeb

William Mayo Hampton m. 16 Jun 1917 Spider, Knott Co KY to Sarah Alice Isaacs b 8 Jan 1889, d/o Elijah Willis Isaacs and Nancy Belle Holbrook. Sarah Alice Isaacs m. Unknown Quillen.

3. Hassie D Collier Oct 1885

4. Frankie J Collier b Mar 1890

5. Stevie Collier b Jan 1892 Letcher Co KY d 20 Sept 1938 Letcher Co KY m. Nevada Honeycutt b 1893 Knott Co KY d 17 Aug 1932 Knott Co KY

6. Nancy Ann Collier b 1894

7. Thomas Collier b Jul 1896 m. 14 Oct 1916 Letcher Co KY to Louisa Profitt.

8. Clarinda Collier b Apr 1897

9. Louis Collier b Mar 1899

10. Wibb Collier b 4 Jul 1902 d 13 Jul 1984 buried Collier Cemetery, Collier Mountain, Sciota Furnace, OH, m. 2 May 1923 to Betsy Mullins. Wibb Collier m. 31 Mar 1934 Pike Co KY to Cora McCray.

11. Arminda Collier b 4 Aug 1904 d 24 Apr 1973 m. 29 Nov 1923 Letcher Co KY to Elijah Honeycutt.

12. Martha Collier

Thanks to Alberta Champion for submitting updates, corrections and additions on this page.