NAME: LORAINE (BROWN) COLLINS, AGE 83, A LIFETIME COAL COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 20, 1918 AT OLNEY, OK TO ARTHUR ALLEN AND MATTIE (GARDNER) BROWN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2006 AT CLARITA, OK. AGE: 87 YEARS 9 MONTHS 22 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED OLNEY HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING IN 1937. SHE LATER ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: EDGAR COLLINS ON JULY 23, 1938 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE, MOTHER, RANCHER, AND GARDENER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CLARITA METHODIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A 67-YEAR MEMBER OF THE COAL COUNTY HOME EXTENSION CLUB, THE CLARITA LADIES AUXILIARY, THE CLARITA SENIOR CITIZENS, AND RSVP. SURVIVED BY SONS: EDGAR A. COLLINS AND WIFE BETTY OF BROMIDE, OK. JIMMY COLLINS AND WIFE LINDA OF WAPANUCKA, OK. RONAL COLLINS OF OLNEY, OK. SCOTT COLLINS AND WIFE JAMIE OF ADA, OK. SON-IN-LAW: EDDIE CALLAGHAN OF BRIDGEWATER, MA. DAUGHTERS: PATRICIA GRIFFIN OF WHITEWRIGHT, TX. MARSHA MELTON AND HUSBAND GENE OF SAVANNA, OK. 26 GRANDCHILDREN, 53 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: CARL BROWN AND WIFE MILDRED OF TISHOMINGO, OK. SISTER: ALMA BRIDGES OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ARTHUR AND MATTIE BROWN. HUSBAND: EDGAR COLLINS IN FEBRUARY, 1974. SON: WENDELL COLLINS. DAUGHTER: PEGGY CALLAGHAN. SISTERS: HAZEL DANIELS AND PEARL BROWN. BROTHER: GARDNER BROWN.

DATE OF SERVICE: MONDAY, MAY 15, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: CLARITA METHODIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: MOORE CEMETERY ~ CLARITA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. CHARLES HANNA. ASSISTING: (GRANDSONS) MARTIN CALLAGHAN AND HASKELL MELTON. PALLBEARERS: MARTIN CALLAGHAN, CHRIS COLLINS, BRIAN COLLINS, RUSSELL COLLINS, JAMES COLLINS, HASKELL MELTON, JARROD COLLINS. HONORARY PALLBEARERS: (GRANDSONS-IN-LAW). FAMILY NIGHT: SUNDAY EVENING 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS PLEASE MAKE DONATIONS TO CLARITA METHODIST CHURCH.