Billy “Ray” Collins, 87, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 3:00 pm, Monday, June 22, 2020 at Miller’s Merry Manor East in Wabash. He was born August 9, 1932 in Dungannon, Virginia to Bryant and Lula (Sweeney) Collins.
Ray was a US Army veteran serving during the Korean War. He married Mary Sue Tucker in Wise, Virginia on January 30, 1959; she died October 3, 2005. He worked at Peabody Seating Company in North Manchester, Indiana for 25 years retiring in 1995, and also worked eight years as a security guard for Pinkerton. Ray was a former member of the American Legion Post 15, Eagles Lodge, and FOP all of Wabash. He was an avid coon hunter and fisherman.
He is survived by nieces and nephews, Brenda (Willis) Hiner, Mary (Michael) Randall, Harley (Erica Roberts) Hiner, Memphis Hiner, Logan Hiner, Nolan Hiner, Harleigh Hiner, Ava Hiner, and Bella Hiner, all of Wabash. He was also preceded in death by his parents, brother, Floyd Collins, and niece, Sue Ann Collins.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am Friday, June 26, 2020 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Tom Graf and Harley Hiner officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 5-7pm Thursday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Christian Heritage Church.
The memorial guest book for Ray may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.