Fae Collins

Memorial services for Fae Collins, 97, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Charles M. Roberts and Dr. Jacob Fitzgerald officiating.

Mrs. Collins was born September 13, 1920 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Sula Dixie (Dunkin) and Sidney Lee Beasley, and died Sunday, December 31, 2017 in a local hospice facility.

Mrs. Collins was a lifetime resident of Angelina County and attended Hudson High School. She attended a Commercial College in Lufkin and worked in the Accounting Department at Perry Brothers for 28 years. In retirement, she worked 23 years at Timberland Discount Pharmacy, until the age of 92. Mrs. Collins was a charter member of Denman Avenue Baptist Church.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Rhonda Merriman of Lufkin; grandchildren, John Merriman of New York, New York, Joy Long and husband Will of Burbank, California, and James Merriman of Oakland, California; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Johnson Gratton Merriman and Ted Collins; sisters, May Beasley and Estelle Beasley; and brothers, Culles Beasley, Robert Beasley, Clarence Beasley, J.D. Beasley, and Bobby Beasley.

Honorary pallbearers will be Ken Reeves, Bob Waltman, Ronnie Lusk, Ronnie Durham, Don Parrish, and Gary Kendrick.

Memorial contributions may be made to Denman Avenue Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1351, Lufkin, Texas 75902, Hospice in the Pines, 1504 W. Frank Avenue, Lufkin, Texas 75904, or a charity of your choice.

The family will welcome friends and loved ones from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon prior to the services.

Memories and condolences may be added, and live webcasting of the services may be viewed at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.