Rene Collins' Obituary
Rene Collins
Funeral services for Rene Collins, 78, of Longview, will be 10 AM Wednesday, August 8, 2007 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with Reverend Mark Horner officiating. Interment will follow in Chalk Hill Cemetery, FM 1716, in Rusk County.
Mr. Collins was born August 11, 1928 in Kaufman, TX to James and Pearl Collins. Rene was a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church and served his country in the Army Air Corps. He worked for Western Auto in Longview and Kaufman. He was best remembered as working for the Borden Milk Company from 1964 until 1981 operating a retail milk route and then bought the milk route and operated it independently for 16 years.
Later he managed the Fuel Center on Lake Cherokee.
Mr. Collins is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Kathleen Collins of Longview; daughters and sons-in-law, Sally Kennedy and husband, Randy, of
Longview, Jimmie Zapp and husband, Joseph, of Covington, TX, Phyllis Collins of Longview; grandchildren, Kristi Morris of Longview, Jonathan
Holt and wife, Patrice, of Dallas, Lance Kennedy of Dallas, Blake Kennedy of Longview, Craig and wife, Charla Vincent, serving in the US Air Force,
Christopher Zapp of Mesa, Arizona; great grandchildren, Mason and Riley Morris of Longview, and Alexa and Jacob Vincent.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9:00 AM until service time.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 2401 Alpine Rd., Longview, Texas, 75601.
A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com
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