Myra Jo Collins

June 8, 1925 - July 30, 2012

Myra Jo Whorton Collins, age 87, of Austell passed away Monday, July 30, 2012. Mrs. Collins was born to Willie D. Whorton and Edna Lee Boyles Whorton on June 8, 1925 in Texas. She grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas where she met and married a gentleman in the Navy, Fred Carl Collins. They were happily married on April 29, 1946 that lasted 57 years until the passing of the late Mr. Collins. They had three children, Tommy, Carlia, and Tanya, and were later blessed with 9 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. Mrs. Collins was a member of Mableton First Baptist Church and retired after 30 years from Art Craft Optical in Atlanta. She was an avid golfer, belonging to Chapel Hill Golf Club in Douglasville, GA, where she was a member of the club’s Ladies Golf Association. She is preceded in death by her husband Fred Carl Collins and her son Tommy Tyrone Hill. Survivors include daughters, Carlia and her husband Dennis Blanchard of Sharpsburg, GA and Tanya and her husband Mitch Blalock of Dunwoody; grandchildren, Melissa and Rick Lane, Dwayne Brumbelow, Mandy Sherrod, Heather and Stephen Scott, Toben and Carmin Hill, and John Collins Blalock; step-grandchildren, Tammy Cole, Danny Blanchard and his wife Linda, and Aimee Ash; great-grandchildren, Dalton Lane, Bailey Lane, Riley Lane, Kayne Brumbelow, Kohlby Brumbelow, Karley Brumbelow, Kennedy Sherrod, Madison Sherrod, Lillie Sherrod, Jordan Scott, Isabella Scott, Alex Hill, Nicholas Hill, Harley Hill, and Bristol Hill; step great-grandchildren, Carissa Cole DiBenedetto and her husband Chris, Kyle Cole, Danny Blanchard and his wife Megan, Kayla Blanchard, and Hunter Ash; and step great-great-grandchild, Emma Blanchard. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Thursday, August 2, 2012 at White Columns Funeral Chapel in Mableton with Dr. George Dillard officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Harmony Gardens. The family will receive friends 11:30am-2:00pm Thursday at Gene Davis-White Columns Chapel in Mableton. Donations may be made in her memory to: www.newlungsforkyle.com