David A. Collins

Published 11:11 am Thursday, March 27, 2014

Funeral services for David A. Collins of Petal are on Saturday, March 29, 2014, at Friendship M.B. Church, Monticello, with burial in Friendship M.B. Church Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Carl Burkett will be officiating. Tyler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is Saturday, March 29, 2014, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the church.

Mr. Collins, 42, died March 20, 2014, at St. Dominic Medical Center, Jackson. He was born on Aug. 28, 1971, to the Rev. and Mrs. David E. Collins (Dorothy).

He was a native of Monticello and graduated from Lawrence County High School. He received his post-secondary education at Alcorn State University with a degree in social science. He was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Petal.

Survivors are his parents; his sons, Zeric Mason of Louisville, Ky., De-Kembe Collins of Monticello, Allen Collins of Petal, and Kenyon Collins of Monticello; daughter, DeKendra S. Collins of Monticello; brother, Ryan D. Collins of Petal; sister, Donna McLaurin of Jackson; grandchild, KaMyia La’Shae Stringer of Monticello; four aunts, five uncles; his companion, CaTonya; and a host of other relatives and friends.