Lyle Collins
Collins
Lyle Howell Collins, age 80 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, October 13, 2019 at SSM Health St. Anthony Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Rev. Mitch Williams will officiate, and burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery.
Lyle was born May 6, 1939 in Konawa to Arville Joseph Collins and Jennie “Lou” (Howell) Collins. He grew up and graduated from Konawa High School in 1957, and he proudly served in the Oklahoma Air National Guard.
He married Billie Amanita Robertson on January 20, 1962 in Vamoosa, Oklahoma, and they resided in Shawnee, Oklahoma until his death.
He is survived by his wife of fifty-eight years, Billie Collins of the home; one son, Eric Collins and wife, Lizette of Yukon, Oklahoma; one daughter, Denise Collins and husband of Dallas, Texas; one brother, Sonny Collins of Florida; three sisters, Alice Fallis of Wichita, Kansas, Margaret Relya of Pilot Point, Texas, and Katherine Shaw of Norman, Oklahoma; and three grandchildren, Cameron, Connor, and Corey Collins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Arville and Lou Collins, and one son, Kevin Collins.