Maggie Butler Collins
March 10, 1935 – April 20, 2020
Private graveside funeral services for Maggie Jewell Butler Collins, 85, of Cairo, GA, will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, GA. Pastor Dewayne Atkinson will officiate. Mrs. Collins passed away at Grady General Hospital in Cairo, GA, on Monday, April 20, 2020.
Mrs. Collins was born on March 10, 1935, in Cairo, GA, to the late John Thomas Butler and Vera Inez Parks Butler. On November 25, 1952, she married Malvin Collins, Jr., who preceded her in death on October 4, 2005. She was a spinning and winding operator with Coats & Clark, Inc. in Thomasville. She was a devoted member of the Cairo Church of God. Maggie married the love of her life Malvin and they were married for 53 years. If you knew Maggie Jewell at all, you knew she showed her love through her cooking; whether cheese biscuits in the morning or one of her many delicious cakes. Our mom always had room for one more at the table and she made sure that you were full when you left. Mama never met a stranger and if you were it didn’t take you long before you felt the same love for her that all of us did. She got her faith in God from her parents which now has been passed on to her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include: children, Terry Collins (Linda Gayle) of Cairo, GA, Sharon Watson (Timmy) of Cairo, GA, Tammy Armitage of Cairo, GA, Connie Collins Carter (Jerome) of Cairo, GA; grandchildren, Mandy Pearce Harker (David) of White Pigeon, MI, Chance Pearce (Payton Hamilton) of Cairo, GA, Terrance Collins (April) of Cairo, GA, Austin LeGette (Thad) of Cairo, GA, AJ Armitage of Cairo, GA, Carl Collins (Eden Purvis) of Cairo, GA, Maison Watson (Pierson Yale) of Thomasville, GA; great-grandchildren, Buddy Harker of White Pigeon, MI, Sammy Harker of White Pigeon, MI, Blake Collins of Cairo, GA, Emma Grace Collins of Cairo, GA, Amelia Hamilton of Cairo, GA, Stella Hamilton of Cairo, GA, Carter Pearce of Cairo, GA; brothers, Leland Butler (Beth) of Cairo, GA, James Butler (Dot) of Warner Robbins, GA; sisters, Merle Cummings of Brooksville, FL, Blanche Kolbie (Gene) of Camilla, GA; sisters-in-law, Faye Butler of Cairo, GA, Frankie Collins Quamme of Peachtree City, GA, Nancy Collins Clark of Cairo, GA, Virginia Collins Ponder of Cairo, GA, Suzy Davis (Clifford) of Whigham, GA, Linda Collins of Whigham, GA; brothers-in-law, Kenneth Collins (Karen) of Port St. Joe, FL, Carlton Collins of Whigham, GA; and a host of nieces, nephews and extended family.
She was preceded in death by: parents; husband; sisters, Sara Peoples, Ester Mae Poole, Lula Lee Green, Betty Jean Smith, Bea Smith, Marie Harrell; and brothers, J. T. Butler, Bernard Butler, Thomas Butler.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Mrs. Collins’ memory to: Cairo Church of God, 301 Pavilion Road, Cairo, GA 39828.
