Henrietta Collins, age 89, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Saturday, (December 4, 2021) at the Springview Nursing and Rehab in Leitchfield.
She was born on January 26, 1932 in Ready, KY, to the late Noah and Flossie White Raymer.
She was a housewife and homemaker, who enjoyed sewing, making fried apple pies, reading, working in her flower beds and bird watching. She was a former member of the Grayson County Homemakers, the Nannie Willis Missionary Society and the KYRLCA Auxiliary and was a member of the Leitchfield First General Baptist Church where she had served as Sunday school teacher.
She is survived by two daughters, Kimberly Harrell (Darrell) of Leitchfield and Yvette Etheridge (Vincent) of Elizabethtown, KY, two sons, Billy Collins (Tracey) of Leitchfield and Jeff Collins (Vickie) of Lancaster, KY, 8 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren, one sister, Doris Cruze (Dewey) and a sister-in-law, Margalene Raymer.
Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband William Collins Jr, one son, Gary Wayne Collins, two brothers, Edward and M. D. Raymer and one sister, Shirley Haynes.
Graveside services were private with burial in the Rabbit Flat Cemetery under the direction of the Dermitt Funeral Home.
Family visitation was Thursday December 9, 2021.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donation to the Kentucky Rural Letter Carrier Association Scholarship, John Hayes (4200 San Marcos Rd, Louisville, KY 40299) or St. Jude (501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105).
Online condolences can be made in the guestbook on our website at www.dermittfuneralhome.com.
