MURRY COLLINGS
NOBLE - Graveside services for Murry Collings, 88, Noble, formerly of Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Rosedale Cemetery, the Revs. Eddie Malphrus and Ken
Huddleston will officiate.
Mr. Collings died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at a Noble nursing home. He was born May 13, 1916, at Mangum, Oklahoma to Roy and Betty Caton Collings. He lived
most of his life in the Ada area. He attended school at Byng.
He married Frances Nadine Howard Dec. 27, 1938, at Lawrence.
In the early 1940s, Mr. Collings drove a truck for Swift Company for 15 years. Later, he co-owned and operated a mechanic shop on West 12th Street in Ada. In
1967, he and his son, Robert Collings owned and operated a filling station on West Main Street in Ada, he then semi-retired in 1982. Mr. Collings was also a
co-owner of Collings Automotive with his brother, Earl Collings.
Mr. Collings was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and a Charter Member of the Ada Gun Club.
Survivors include his wife, Nadine Collings, of the home; two sons, Robert Collings and wife Bobby, Noble, and Howard Collings, McLoud; a daughter,
Shirley Collings, Cumberland Cove; five brothers, Earl Collings, Ada, Leroy Collings, Sacramento, Calif., Kenneth Collings, Fresno, Calif., Teddy Jo
Collings, Grizzly Flats, Calif., and Gene Collings, McAlester; three grandchildren, Robin Mize and husband Carl, Noble, Monty Collings and wife
Tracy, Noble and Rocky Lynn Collings; seven great-grandchildren, Jennifer Thomas and husband Chuck, Sarah Collings, Janae Meyer and husband Joe,
Steffanie Collings, Jaran Mize, Shelby Collings and Brandon Collings; two great-great- grandchildren, Billy Lane Thomas and Kinley Thomas.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Brandon Lee Hendricks, sister, Leona Crawford, Modesto, Calif., and two brothers, Bobby Glen Collings, Los Angeles,
Calif., and Doug Collings, Seminole.
Bearers will be Monty Collings, Larry Clifford Collings, David Collings, Richard Mize, Robin Mize and Chuck Thomas. Honorary bearers will be Jennifer
Thomas, Sarah Collings, Janae Meyer, Joe Meyer, Steffanie Collings, Jaran Mize, Shelby Collings, and
Brandon Collings.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
NOBLE - Graveside services for Murry Collings, 88, Noble, formerly of Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Rosedale Cemetery, the Revs. Eddie Malphrus and Ken
Huddleston will officiate.
Mr. Collings died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at a Noble nursing home. He was born May 13, 1916, at Mangum, Oklahoma to Roy and Betty Caton Collings. He lived
most of his life in the Ada area. He attended school at Byng.
He married Frances Nadine Howard Dec. 27, 1938, at Lawrence.
In the early 1940s, Mr. Collings drove a truck for Swift Company for 15 years. Later, he co-owned and operated a mechanic shop on West 12th Street in Ada. In
1967, he and his son, Robert Collings owned and operated a filling station on West Main Street in Ada, he then semi-retired in 1982. Mr. Collings was also a
co-owner of Collings Automotive with his brother, Earl Collings.
Mr. Collings was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and a Charter Member of the Ada Gun Club.
Survivors include his wife, Nadine Collings, of the home; two sons, Robert Collings and wife Bobby, Noble, and Howard Collings, McLoud; a daughter,
Shirley Collings, Cumberland Cove; five brothers, Earl Collings, Ada, Leroy Collings, Sacramento, Calif., Kenneth Collings, Fresno, Calif., Teddy Jo
Collings, Grizzly Flats, Calif., and Gene Collings, McAlester; three grandchildren, Robin Mize and husband Carl, Noble, Monty Collings and wife
Tracy, Noble and Rocky Lynn Collings; seven great-grandchildren, Jennifer Thomas and husband Chuck, Sarah Collings, Janae Meyer and husband Joe,
Steffanie Collings, Jaran Mize, Shelby Collings and Brandon Collings; two great-great- grandchildren, Billy Lane Thomas and Kinley Thomas.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Brandon Lee Hendricks, sister, Leona Crawford, Modesto, Calif., and two brothers, Bobby Glen Collings, Los Angeles,
Calif., and Doug Collings, Seminole.
Bearers will be Monty Collings, Larry Clifford Collings, David Collings, Richard Mize, Robin Mize and Chuck Thomas. Honorary bearers will be Jennifer
Thomas, Sarah Collings, Janae Meyer, Joe Meyer, Steffanie Collings, Jaran Mize, Shelby Collings, and
Brandon Collings.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
MURRY COLLINGS
NOBLE - Graveside services for Murry Collings, 88, Noble, formerly of Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Rosedale Cemetery, the Revs. Eddie Malphrus and Ken
Huddleston will officiate.
Mr. Collings died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at a Noble nursing home. He was born May 13, 1916, at Mangum, Oklahoma to Roy and Betty Caton Collings. He lived
most of his life in the Ada area. He attended school at Byng.
He married Frances Nadine Howard Dec. 27, 1938, at Lawrence.
In the early 1940s, Mr. Collings drove a truck for Swift Company for 15 years. Later, he co-owned and operated a mechanic shop on West 12th Street in Ada. In
1967, he and his son, Robert Collings owned and operated a filling station on West Main Street in Ada, he then semi-retired in 1982. Mr. Collings was also a
co-owner of Collings Automotive with his brother, Earl Collings.
Mr. Collings was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and a Charter Member of the Ada Gun Club.
Survivors include his wife, Nadine Collings, of the home; two sons, Robert Collings and wife Bobby, Noble, and Howard Collings, McLoud; a daughter,
Shirley Collings, Cumberland Cove; five brothers, Earl Collings, Ada, Leroy Collings, Sacramento, Calif., Kenneth Collings, Fresno, Calif., Teddy Jo
Collings, Grizzly Flats, Calif., and Gene Collings, McAlester; three grandchildren, Robin Mize and husband Carl, Noble, Monty Collings and wife
Tracy, Noble and Rocky Lynn Collings; seven great-grandchildren, Jennifer Thomas and husband Chuck, Sarah Collings, Janae Meyer and husband Joe,
Steffanie Collings, Jaran Mize, Shelby Collings and Brandon Collings; two great-great- grandchildren, Billy Lane Thomas and Kinley Thomas.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Brandon Lee Hendricks, sister, Leona Crawford, Modesto, Calif., and two brothers, Bobby Glen Collings, Los Angeles,
Calif., and Doug Collings, Seminole.
Bearers will be Monty Collings, Larry Clifford Collings, David Collings, Richard Mize, Robin Mize and Chuck Thomas. Honorary bearers will be Jennifer
Thomas, Sarah Collings, Janae Meyer, Joe Meyer, Steffanie Collings, Jaran Mize, Shelby Collings, and
Brandon Collings.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
NOBLE - Graveside services for Murry Collings, 88, Noble, formerly of Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Rosedale Cemetery, the Revs. Eddie Malphrus and Ken
Huddleston will officiate.
Mr. Collings died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at a Noble nursing home. He was born May 13, 1916, at Mangum, Oklahoma to Roy and Betty Caton Collings. He lived
most of his life in the Ada area. He attended school at Byng.
He married Frances Nadine Howard Dec. 27, 1938, at Lawrence.
In the early 1940s, Mr. Collings drove a truck for Swift Company for 15 years. Later, he co-owned and operated a mechanic shop on West 12th Street in Ada. In
1967, he and his son, Robert Collings owned and operated a filling station on West Main Street in Ada, he then semi-retired in 1982. Mr. Collings was also a
co-owner of Collings Automotive with his brother, Earl Collings.
Mr. Collings was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and a Charter Member of the Ada Gun Club.
Survivors include his wife, Nadine Collings, of the home; two sons, Robert Collings and wife Bobby, Noble, and Howard Collings, McLoud; a daughter,
Shirley Collings, Cumberland Cove; five brothers, Earl Collings, Ada, Leroy Collings, Sacramento, Calif., Kenneth Collings, Fresno, Calif., Teddy Jo
Collings, Grizzly Flats, Calif., and Gene Collings, McAlester; three grandchildren, Robin Mize and husband Carl, Noble, Monty Collings and wife
Tracy, Noble and Rocky Lynn Collings; seven great-grandchildren, Jennifer Thomas and husband Chuck, Sarah Collings, Janae Meyer and husband Joe,
Steffanie Collings, Jaran Mize, Shelby Collings and Brandon Collings; two great-great- grandchildren, Billy Lane Thomas and Kinley Thomas.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Brandon Lee Hendricks, sister, Leona Crawford, Modesto, Calif., and two brothers, Bobby Glen Collings, Los Angeles,
Calif., and Doug Collings, Seminole.
Bearers will be Monty Collings, Larry Clifford Collings, David Collings, Richard Mize, Robin Mize and Chuck Thomas. Honorary bearers will be Jennifer
Thomas, Sarah Collings, Janae Meyer, Joe Meyer, Steffanie Collings, Jaran Mize, Shelby Collings, and
Brandon Collings.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
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