This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adams, Collins Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FBB.2ACE/921.1 Message Board Post: The following obituary is from page 63 of the book "Obituaries From 1960 Through 1970", published by the Letcher County Historical and Genealogical Society: COLLINS, MATTIE ADAMS, age 83. She was the daughter of Elihu and Mary Adams, born at Colson, Kentucky, on June 28, 1895. She passed away June 18, 1979, at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital, Whitesburg, Kentucky. She was married to Dick Collins on December 29, 1911. He preceded her in death in 1957. She was preceded in death by brothers, George M., Andy and Hennie Adams and one sister, Mondy Bowens. Surviving are 2 sons, Hennie and Cleve; 1 daughter, Mable Adams. She was buried June 20, 1979, in the Dick Collins Cemetery, Colson, Kentucky. Brian K. Caudill Malabar, FL Visit my Letcher County, KY, Web Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyletch/letcher.htm Visit my Family Tree Maker Web Page at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/a/u/Brian-K-Caudill/ Visit the Letcher County Historical and Genealogical Society website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyletch/lchgs/index.htm List of Letcher County Historical and Genealogical Society Publications: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyletch/lchgs/pubs/books.htm Visit my Caudill Connection Web Page at http://home.mpinet.net/~bcaudill/caudill.htm