Opal M. Collins May 1, 1929-June 21, 2006 story updated June 23. 2006 11:04AM Services have been set for Opal M. Collins, 77, of Monroe who died at noon Wednesday in her home. She had been in poor health for six years and seriously ill since May 1. Friends may call until 8 tonight at Bacarella Funeral Home. She will then be taken to Coffey Mortuary, Tazewell, Tenn., where friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Watson Cemetery, Claiborne County, Tenn. Burial will follow. Born May 1, 1929, in New Tazewell, she was the daughter of Elmer and Ethel (Russell) Duncan. She married Charles W. Collins Feb. 8, 1947, in Middlesboro, Ky. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Collins came to Monroe from Tazewell in 1949 and was a former member of Monroe Missionary Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband; a son, Wayne of Colorado Springs; two daughters, Rita Abel and Charlene (Kevin) VonOtten, both of Monroe; two brothers, Don (Rosalee) of Knoxville, Tenn., and Ray (Doris) of New Tazewell; a sister, Mabel (Don) Thornton of Monroe; eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Carolyn Sue, in 1953. Memorials may be made to Mercy Memorial Hospice of Monroe. Online condolences may be sent through www.bacarellafuneralhome.com. ************************** Ruby O. Keck Dec. 7, 1915-June 11, 2006 story updated June 12. 2006 11:12AM Ruby O. Keck, 90, of Monroe died at 12:20 a.m. Sunday in her home. She had been in poor health for six months. Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Rupp Funeral Home. She will lie in state from 10 until services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Monroe Missionary Baptist Church. The Rev. Roy Southerland, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park, LaSalle. Born Dec. 7, 1915, in Union County, Tenn., she was the daughter of Calvin and Margaret (Lyons) Tolliver. She married Charles Shackleford in 1931, in Claiborne County, Tenn. She then married Estil Keck on March 28, 1939, in Bowling Green, Ohio. He died Sept. 8, 1985. Mrs. Keck worked for Consolidated Paper Co. and then on the Manhattan Project in Oakridge, Tenn. For 25 years, she was a nurse's aide at Mercy Memorial Hospital, retiring in 1989. She was a member of Monroe Missionary Baptist Church since 1938. Surviving are three sons, Bill (Joyce) Shackleford of Longview, Texas, Gary Keck of Monroe and Larry (Mary Jean) Keck of Belleville; three daughters, Lorraine Diker of Fort Wayne, Ind., Janice (Bill) Hatfield of Monroe and Sharon (Rick) Thomason of Johnson City, Tenn.; two brothers, James (Elsie) of Monticello, Ky., and J.C. (Janie) of Williamsburg, Ky.; 17 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her second husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Harold Shackleford; three brothers, Ulys, Julius and Kenneth; four sisters, Frankie Bryant, Ella Mae Smith, Isora Tolliver and an infant, and two granddaughters, Christina Lower and Amy Thomason. Memorials may be made to the Monroe Missionary Baptist Church building fund or Mercy Memorial Hospice of Monroe. Online condolences may be sent through www.ruppfuneralhomeinc.com.