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Violet Ruth Collins

Violet Ruth Collins

Female 1927 - 2013  (85 years)


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  • Name Violet Ruth Collins  [1
    Birth 12 Dec 1927  West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Feb 2013  Hartford, Mason County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Obituary -- Violet Ruth Collins Spencer

      Violet Ruth Spencer, 85, of Craigsville, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013.

      Violet Ruth Spencer, 85, of Craigsville, WV went to be with the Lord Sunday, February 17, 2012 in the Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born December 12, 1927 at Fenwick, WV, she was the daughter of the late Alvin and Cynthia Shoulders Collins. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Jennings L. Spencer; one brother, Benjamin Boyd Collins; one sister, Hazel Collins Groves.

      She formerly attended St. Luke's United Methodist Church of Craigsville, was a former school teacher in Nicholas County with more than 20 years of service, was a former EMT and a member of Craigsville Beaver Cottle Fire Department.

      Survivors include three sons, Rev. Lloyd Spencer and his wife, Gussie of Greensboro, NC, Gordon "Tarzan" Spencer and his wife, Carol of Hartford, WV, and Richard Spencer and his wife, Pat of Greer, SC; two brothers, Herbert Collins of Quinnwood and David Collins of AL; one sister, Ann Cavendish of Quinnwood; seven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren; special nephew, Bucky Collins and his wife, Judy of Taunton, MA.

      Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, 2013 in the White Funeral Home at Craigsville with Pastors Mike Finnicum and Huling Greene. Interment will follow in the WV Memorial Gardens at Calvin.
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    Person ID I14644  Crane Genealogy
    Last Modified 2 May 2023 

    Father Alvin Lloyd Collins,   b. 1895, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1987 (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Cynthia Gaythel Shoulders,   b. 1900, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1981 (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F5473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jennings Lloyd Spencer, Sr.,   b. 10 Jul 1923, Fenwick, Nicholas County, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1981 (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 1948  Nicholas County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Gordon Spencer
     3. Richard Spencer
    Family ID F5469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 May 2023 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1811] West Virginia Marriages Index: 1785 - 1971, 2 May 2023 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S3185] Obituary, COLLINS, Violet Ruth (Spencer), (ID #105463497), 2 May 2023 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S3186] Census 1950 Nicholas County, WV E. D. #34-21, Sheet #3, (E. D. #34-21, Sheet #3).