The Augusta Chronicle - Sunday Morning - January 26, 1941 - page 13 FUNERAL SERVICES FOR T.E. COLLINS TO BE HELD TODAY GRANITEVILLE, SC - Jan. 25 - Funeral services for Thomas Edward Collins, 83, who died last night at the home of a grandson, W.E. Collins, Jr., in North Augusta, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Graniteville Baptist Church. The Rev. J.K. Lawton will conduct the services and burial will follow in the Graniteville Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be W.W. Ford, J.P. Howard, J. E. Parker, John Watson, Jim Snelling and Monroe Hamilton. Mr. Collins, the Town Constable here for 25 years, was the husband of the late Mrs. Mary Jane Collins. He was a native of Edgefield County and a member of the Graniteville Baptist Church. In addition to the granson with whom he was residing at the time of his death, Mr.Collins is survived by three other grandchildren; one son, W. E. Collins, Sr. of North Augusta, and seven great grandchildren. *in notes from Tom Collins (Myrtle Beach) - he is listed as Thomas "Effort" Collins...I believe that this is a mistake due to the previous obituary and the obituary for his wife. The death date for Thomas "Effort" Collins matches the one for Thomas Edward Collins....Beth Collins In an email from Tom Collins, a direct descendant dated 8/8/02 he writes "my great-great-grandfather, James' son eventually sold the farm and moved to North Augusta and opened a movie theatre and a dry cleaning store on Main Street. His name was "Pop". The story is he had plenty of money to buy a home up on the hill, but not knowing the area or social politics, bought a home down in the bottom and made a big mistake socially." The Augusta Chronicle - Tuesday Morning - December 13, 1932 - Page 3 MRS. MARY J. COLLINS DIES AT GRANITEVILLE Mrs. Mary Jane Collins, 72, died at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her residence at Graniteville, SC. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the residence, the Rev. O.E. Tabow officiating. Interment will be in Graniteville Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Edward Collins; one son William E. Collins, of North Augusta; four grandchildren; four great grandchildren and several nephews. ----Beth Collins Lincolnton, NC