1915

Frances Ruby Davis was born on 13 Jul 1915 in Richmond, Virginia, USA a child of Tom H Davis and Lillie V Barnes Player Davis Wood.

1930

Francis R Davis was counted in the census on 28 Apr 1930 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 14-year-old, female, single, white, adopted daughter. Also in the home was her adopted father, James W. Wood; her mother, Lillie V. Wood; and her sister, Beulah M Spradley.

1938

When she was 23, she married Chester Burns Collins, son of William Collins, on 23 Jul 1938 in Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, USA.

1940

Frances Ruby Collins was counted in the census on 10 May 1940 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 23-year-old, female, married, white, daughter. Also in the home was her mother, Lillie V Woods; her husband, Chester Collins; and their sons, Ray Thomas Barrett and William Burnett Collins.

1949

On January 11, 1949, Mrs. Chester Collins was listed as the living daughter in the obituary of Mrs. Lillie Barnes Woods.

1998

She died on 24 Apr 1998 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA. She was buried on 27 Apr 1998 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Hillcrest Baptist Church Cemetery.

NOTICES

Frances Ruby Davis Colllins, 82, of Elgin, died Friday. Plans will be announced by Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin.

Frances Collins

ELGIN – Services for Frances Ruby Davis Collins, 82, will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. The Revs. Bill Drees and William Cortney will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5-7 tonight at Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin Chapel. Memorials may be made to Hillcrest Baptist Church, P. O. Box 85, Elgin, 29045.

Mrs. Collins died Friday, April 24, 1998. Born in Richmond, Va., she was a daughter of the late Tom Davis and Lillie Barnes Davis Wood, and was married to the late Chester B. Collins. She was retired from B. F. Goodrich and was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church, where she was the oldest active, original member.

Surviving are sons and daughters-in-law, Ray T. Barrett and Dorothy Barrett, Ben T. Collins and Carol Collins, Larry B. Collins and Sharon Collins of Elgin, William B. Collins and Norma Collins and Curtis H. Collins and Sarah Collins of Lugoff; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

2007

On October 20, 2007, Frances Davis Collins was mentioned as the deceased mother in the obituary of Curtis Harvey Collins.

2010

On December 27, 2010, Frances Davis Collins was mentioned as the deceased mother in the obituary of Ben T. Collins.

2013

On June 11, 2013, Frances Davis Collins was mentioned as the deceased mother in the obituary of William Burnett Collins.

2025

On December 8, 2025, Frances Collins was mentioned as the deceased mother in the obituary of Larry Burns Collins.