Thelma Leanine Collins

Thelma Leanine Collins went to be with her Lord and Savior on this day. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother. She was a Christian and very dedicated to her church “Belview Church” where she taught a children’s Sunday school class and participated in many fundraisers at the church. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ernest H and Annie Bell Caldwell, and her daughters, Reba Ann Linkous and Wilma Pack, husbands, James Pearson Bailey and Vernard Collins, and brothers, James Kent Caldwell, Ernest Caldwell, Jr., Emmett A Caldwell. She is survived by her daughters, Delores Wall, Evelyn McGlothlin (Danny), Becky Williams (Ervin); son, David P. Bailey; sister, Mildred Sheppard (Mickey); stepdaughters, Barbara St. John (Andy), Bonnie Hayes (Gerald); stepsons, Vernard Collins Jr. (Leah), Gary Collins, Terry Collins (Amy), and Jeffery Collins; as well as, numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. Her hobbies included working puzzles, reading and quilting. She worked at Belview Elementary School in the cafeteria where she was lovingly known as “Granny” by the children. She has always been a caregiver for her family and friends. The family would like to extend a special thank you to her granddaughter and caregiver Stephanie Linkous, also we would like to thank the staff at Heritage Hall and the hospice team from Well House Home Health, Dr. Sowinski at Heritage Hall and Dr Daniel Kelly her General Practitioner for many years. The family would like to express their love and appreciation for her friend and roommate Genevieve Hendricks. Funeral services will be held Tuesday January 6, 2026, at 1:00 pm in the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Danny McGlothlin and Rev. Walter Pierce officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from noon to 1:00 pm before the service.