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COLLINS, OTIS CLAUDE

Transcribed by Bessie Meredith

BORN: MAY 24, 1902 DIED: JUNE, 12, 1989

Graveside services were Wednesday for Otis Claude Collins, of Fort Towson, at the Fort Towson Cemetery under the direction of the Miller-Weaver Funeral Home of Hugo. The Rev. Raymond Boykin and the Rev. Bob Lewis will officiate.

A rancher and public official, Collins had lived all of his life in Fort Towson. He had served on the Choctaw County Excise Board for 16 years and two terms as Choctaw County commissioner. He was also a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and affiliated with the Assembly of God Church.

Collins was born May 24, 1902 at Ft. Towson to George and Emma Collins. He married the former Lillie Bates on May 24, 1920 at Antlers. She survives him.

Other survivors include two sons and one daughter; two sisters; seven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren, 13 great-step grandchildren.