Shirley Collins Thomas

Published 8:17 pm Thursday, January 6, 2011

Shirley Collins Thomas, 48, resident of Dallas County, passed away December 31, 2010 at her home. Services are scheduled for Sunday, January 9, 2011, 1:00 p.m. at Elbethel Baptist Church officiated by Rev. J.J. Peterson.

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Burial will follow in Lily Grove Cemetery, Marion, Alabama directed by Miller Funeral Service of Selma.

She is preceded in death by father, Eddie Lewis Collins.

She is survived by mother, Lillian Collins; two sons, David (Janea) Collins of Encino, California and Mario Dontae Collins of Selma, Alabama; four daughters, Tomeka (Eric) Smiley, Teresa Ann Collins, Tonya Renae Collins, and April Delores Collins all of Selma; three brothers, Eddie James Collins of Birmingham, AL, Edward James Collins, and Andrew Lee Collins of Selma, AL; one sister, Gloria (Richard) Sturdivant of Selma, AL; twenty four grandchildren, one son-in-law, one daughter-in-law, one brother-in-law, six nieces, and nine nephews; special friend Charles Carter.