Tennessee Sanders Collins
October 6, 1909 - March 15, 2005

Tennessee Sanders Collins

Mrs. Tennessee Sanders Collins, 95, of Salisbury, died Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at Autumn Care of Salisbury.

Born October 6, 1909 in Ash Camp KY, she was a daughter of the late Sarah Belle Adkins Sanders and Isaac Sanders.

Educated in the Pike County, KY Schools, she was a homemaker, a member of the Elkhorn City United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women in Elkhorn City, KY, and a fifty year member of the Anna O. Young Chapter #28 Order of the Eastern Star in Pikeville, KY.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Estil Collins on July 25, 1972.

Survivors include a son, Royal Dean Collins and his wife Shelba Coleman Collins of Cincinnati, OH; one daughter, Diana Collins Myers and her husband Eddie H. Myers of Salisbury; three grandchildren, Joni Collins Robinson of Bethel, OH, Deana Collins Pringnitz and her husband Scott Pringnitz of Fairfield, OH, and Erin Renee Myers of Salisbury; two great-grandchildren, Brittany and Corey Robinson, and Nolan Pringnitz.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 19, 2005 at Elkhorn City United Methodist Church, Elkhorn City, KY with the Rev. Jean Dee, minister and the Rev. David Hockett, minister of Milford Hills United Methodist Church, Salisbury officiating. Burial will follow at Johnson Memorial Park, Pikeville, KY.

The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2005 with an Eastern Star Service at 7 p.m. at the J.W. Call and Son Funeral Home, 703 Hambley Blvd., Pikeville, KY.

A second memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 2005 at Milford Hills United Methodist Church, Salisbury with the Rev. David Hockett, minister officiating.

Memorials may be made to Elkhorn City United Methodist Church, PO Box 661, Elkhorn City, KY 41522 or Milford Hills United Methodist Church, 1630 Statesville Blvd., Salisbury, NC 28144.