From: Sherri Hall [ldrbelties@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 10:47 AM
To: KY-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Douglas Collier, 2002, Boyle & Mercer Co.

>From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 24 Dec 2002

Services for Douglas Collier, 83, of 424 Logan Ave. will be 11 a.m. 
Friday at Stith Funeral Home by the Rev. Floying Thompson Jr. Burial 
will be in Bellevue Cemetery.

He died Tuesday at Ephriam McDowell Regional Medical Center.

Born June 5, 1919, in Mercer County, he was the son of the late 
John and Ethel Murphy Collier. He was a carpenter and former owner 
of Collier's Carpets. He served as part of the Military Police for 
the Army in WWII and was a member of Bethel Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include a son, David N. "Sonny" Collier of Danville; three 
daughters, Glenden Collier Edwards and Doris Collier Provence, both 
of Danville, and Betty Ann Claunch of Harrodsburg; 10 grandchildren; 
three great-grandchildren; and a great-great grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Opal Williams Collier.

Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today at Stith Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be grandsons.

 

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