Monday, July 15, 2019 10:51 am

ROCKY MOUNT - Raymond Alton "Skeeter" Collins, age 83, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2019. Born in Franklin County on January 4, 1936, he was the son of the late Julius Collins and Lois Fuller Collins. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Clinton and Hubert Collins; and sisters, Elizabeth Stuppy and Zelma Wilcox.

He is survived by his wife of 63 ½ years, Ellie Ayscue Collins; children, Lennie Collins of Raleigh, Jeffrey and Patty Collins of Cape Carteret; three grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; sister-in-law, Jean Collins; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services were held on Sunday, July 14, 2019 at Dortches Baptist Church, Rocky Mount, with Pastor Phillip Barton and Rev. Chet Rains officiating. Entombment followed the service at Rocky Mount Memorial Park Chapel on the Hill Mausoleum.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to either Dortches Baptist Church Music Ministry, 4776 Dortches Blvd., Rocky Mount, NC 27804; Cape Carteret Baptist Church Music Ministry, 101 Anita Forte Drive, Cape Carteret, NC 28584; or St. James United Methodist Church Music Ministry, 3808 St. James Church Road, Raleigh, NC 27604.

Arrangements by Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rocky Mount.