WENDELL BRADLEY COLLINS died in 1990 of an electrocution
accident. He was born to Pat and Patsy Norris Collins and
graduated from Ranger High School in 1977. Bill Collins
(RHS-1974) and Patrick H. Collins, Jr. (RHS-1987) were
his brothers.
MOTHER: PATSY BERLENE NORRIS COLLINS, 76, a lifetime
resident of Eastland County, passed away October 16,
2011 in Eastland. Burial was at the Simpson Cemetery
in Kokomo.
Patsy was born on October 13, 1935 in Flatwood to George
A. Norris and Edith Adeline Henly. She attended school
at Flatwood and Carbon. She married Patrick Henry
Collins, Sr. in August of 1954 in Carbon. She was a
lab tech in Ranger and Eastland for many years. She
was a member of the Leon River Cowboy Church in Olden
and attended Community Bible Study in Eastland. She
was an avid reader and loved spending time with her
family, especially her grandchildren and great-grand-
children.
Survivors at the time of her death include her husband,
Pat Collins of Eastland; a son, Bill Collins & wife
Becky of Keller; a brother, Gary Norris of Eastland;
2 sisters, Carol Skinner of Eastland and Leta Hogan
of Gorman; grandsons, Bradley, Zach and Heath Collins;
great-grandchildren, Warren, Wyatt , Austin and Esther
Collins; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two sons,
Wendell Bradley Collins (RHS-1977) and Patrick Henry
Collins, Jr. (RHS-1987).