Richard Darrell Collins

1940 - 2016

Richard Darrell Collins obituary, 1940-2016, Maysville, KY

BORN

1940

DIED

2016

FUNERAL HOME

Knox & Brothers Funeral Home

625 East 2nd St.

Maysville, Kentucky

Richard Collins Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Oct. 24, 2016.

Richard D. Collins, 75, of Maysville, Kentucky passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Collins was a veteran of the US Army serving in the USA and Germany, a Kentucky Colonel and a past member of the Washington Lion's Club. He retired from Emerson Power Transmission Company and was the owner and operator of Collins Heating and Air Conditioning Company. Richard was born in Robertson County, Kentucky on November 30, 1940 the son of the late Lee Otis and Bessie Sloan Collins. Survivors include his fiancée, Bonnie Hord; three sisters, Delores Henson of Brooksville, KY, Linda Hord of Maysville, KY and Sue (Judy Gordon) Cooper of Dover, KY; one brother, David (Carolyn) Collins of Maysville, KY and a close friend and business acquaintance, Robert Forman of Maysville, KY. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Robert "Bob" Collins. Services will be at the convenience of the family. There will be no visitation. The arrangements are entrusted to the Knox and Brothers Funeral Home.

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November 10, 2016

Joyce Oliver

Bonnie, so sorry for your loss, you and family are in my prayers...love and prayers

October 26, 2016

Jane K Black

Linda and family,
So sorry to learn of the passing of your brother. God bless you all.

Jane Kirkland Black

October 25, 2016

Dave, Carolyn so sorry for your loss. Even though we can't be there, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Terry and Debbie Thornburg

October 24, 2016

Tami Earls

I am so sorry for your loss Bonnie, my condolences for this rough road you have ahead of you. My thoughts and prayers for you and his family.

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