Rev. Dr. Francis Marion Collins
May 18, 1938 – March 9, 2012

Dr. Francis Marion Collins, 73, of Elm City passed away Friday.  Funeral services will be conducted 11 am Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home.  Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park.  The Rev. Robert L. Collins and Melissa Scott will officiate.

The family will receive friends 7 – 9 pm Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway.

The Rev. Dr. Collins was a loving husband, father and grandfather.  He spent over forty-two years in education and ministering to others showing them the narrow path to faith.
The Rev. Collins will be missed by many but he is going home to be with his Lord.

Rev. Collins is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Martha Greene Collins; daughters, Cynthia Elizabeth Collins of Wilson and Marian Dawn Collins of Elm City; grandson, Christian Wyatt Lamm of Wilson;  sister, Rose Marie Winslow of Raleigh; brother, Rev. Robert L. Collins of Dunn and uncle John W. Collins of TX.

He was preceded in death by his parents; Richard Lindsey Collins and Mattie Lee Moore Collins and a brother Richard L. Collins, Jr.

Arrangements are by Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway.

Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.