Melvin Allen Collins

January 20, 1940 - October 10, 2024

Melvin Allen Collins, 84, husband of Helen Young Collins, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 10, 2024. He was the son of the late Clarence A. and Maggie Moran Collins. He was also preceded in death by a son, Melvin Eugene Collins; a brother, Norman Collins; a sister, Elsie Collins.

In addition to his wife of 65 years, he will be missed and remembered by his children, Sandra Kay Collins and her husband Dan Comstock, Regina Collins Jones and her husband, David, and Nathan A. Collins; grandchildren, Kristal, Chad, and Kasey Adams, Paige Coe; great-grandson, Maxwell Adams Jackson; sisters, Mildred Pruett, Margaret Gray, Joyce Dehart, Judy McDaniel, and Gladys Beckner.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made in Melvin's name to Emmanuel Wesleyan Church Childrens Snack Pack Fund.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at Emmanuel Wesleyan Church with Pastors Matt Reynolds and Greg Reynolds officiating. Interment will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. prior to the service at the church.

Expressions of sympathy may be sent to www.simpsonfuneral.com