OBIT: Collins, Lazarus, 1978, Pike File submitted by: Jan Berger (Date of Death: December 05, 1978) Lazarus Collins, 61, of Jamboree, Kentucky, died Tuesday morning at 10:00 O'clock at his home of a long illness. Born March 19, 1917 in Pike County, he was the sone of late Press and Ida Estep Collins. He was a retired miner from the Kentland-Elkhorn Coal Company at Biggs, Kentucky. Survivors include the widow, Phebe Estep Collins; six sons Lawrence Collins, Lynn, Alabama; Clayton Collins, Cicero, Illinois, Clinton, Clifford, Theodore, and David Lee, all of Jamboree; six daughters Inis Coleman and Ruth Bowling, both of Freeburn; Emogene Collins, Jamboree; Irene Coleman, Aurora, Illinois; Ruby Stanley, Falls Church, Virginia; Pearl Amos, South Carolina; two brothers Press and Paris Collins, both of Richmond, Virginia; six sisters Eunice Beasley and Priscilla Beasley, both of Fremont, Ohio; Virgie Edwards and Alice Beaton (Deaton?), both of Jamboree; Arveline Peatross of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and 14 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Church of God at Jamboree, Friday at 1 p.m. Revs. O. A. Stump and Darius Casey will officiate. Burial will follow in the family cemetery at Grassy. The body will be taken to the church where friends may call this evening. Phelps Funeral Home of Phelps, Kentucky, is in charge of the arrangements. File submitted by: Jan Berger 25 Aug 1997