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Funeral Service |
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Thursday, December 28th @ 10:30 am |
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Wednesday, December 27th @ 4:00-7:00 pm |
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Thursday, December 28th |
MITCHELL – Harrison D. Collins, 77, passed away Sunday, December 24, 2017, at his residence.
Born December 12, 1940, in Bedford, he was the son of Clyde B. and Eva (Bush) Collins. He married Pam Connell December 22, 1962.
Harrison was a retired school teacher, and taught sixth grade at Campbellsburg in 1962 and 1963. He then moved to Tunnelton for 11 years and then to Shawswick. While at Tunnelton, he coached junior high and varsity sports. During the 1973-1974 season, he was the varsity cross country, baseball, track, and basketball coach, and led his team to the final game of the 1974 Bedford Basketball Sectional. After coaching at Shawswick, he became the first computer coordinator for NLCS, and served in that position until he retired in 1997 after 35 years of teaching. From 1985, he restored antique jukeboxes and soda machines. He became one of the leaders in that profession, and had customers all over the United States, including celebrities, and 12 foreign dealers in six different countries.
He was a member of the First Church of God and a past member of the NEA, ISTA, and NLEA. He was also an IHSAA basketball, baseball, and track official for 25 years. Harrison graduated from Mitchell High School in 1958, received his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in 1962, and his master’s degree from Indiana University in 1966.
Surviving:
wife,
Pam Collins of Mitchell
children,
Tim (Teresa) Collins of Saint Cloud, Florida
Rebecca Osborne of Mitchell
granddaughter,
Mackenzie Osborne of Mitchell
several nieces and nephews
His parents; sisters, Ann White and Betty Kirkman; and granddaughter, Samantha, preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 28, at the First Church of God with Dr. R. C. Courson and Brother Kenny Dalton officiating. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday at Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center and from 9:30 a.m. until the service on Thursday at the church.
Memorial Gifts: Lawrence County Cancer Patient Services.
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