Person:Hazel Collins (4)

Contributed by Larry Heffner to www.lindapages.com - Obituaries Collection II "Calhoun Chronicle" - 13 Nov 2003

Hazel V. Collins Knotts, 91, formerly of Steer Creek, died Friday, Nov. 7, 2003, at the home of her daughter in Grantsville.

She was born at Index, Gilmer County, the daughter of the late Harley B. and Ruth Stump Collins. She had worked as a private dressmaker in Grantsville and later for Rubber Fabricators. She was a member of Rush Run Baptist Church, near Stumptown, and was active in church activities. She was a member of Calhoun Historical Society and Rush Run Homemaker's Club.

Surviving are two sons, James Earl Knotts of Mineral Wells and Thomas Mark Knotts of Corning, N.Y.; one daughter, Norma Knotts Shaffer of Grantsville; two sisters, Eva Collins Knotts of Springfield, Ohio, and Zella Collins Leitch of Hinckley, Ohio; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Knotts, Jr., whom she married in 1935; three sisters, Atha Collins Smith Sayre, Ethel Collins Brown and Olive Collins Price Sanger; one brother, Elbert "Buck" Collins; and two grandchildren.

Services were held at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville. Burial was in Knotts Cemetery, Orma.

Memorial donations can be made to Grantsville Volunteer Fire Dept. Truck Fund.

HAZEL COLLINS KNOTTS HAS DIED (11/08/2003) published in the Hur Herald www.hurherald.com

Hazel Collins Knotts of Grantsville died November 7, 2003, at the home of her daughter Norma Knotts Shaffer. She celebrated her 91st birthday on June 3rd.

Hazel Knotts is the mother of three children, Norma Shaffer of Grantsville, Jim Knotts of Mineral Wells, and Tom Knotts of Corning, N.Y. She is the wife of the late Robert J. Knotts, Jr., and has seven grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are being completed at the Stump Funeral Home in Grantsville.

Cards may be sent to the Knotts Family, P.O. Box 956, Grantsville, WV 26147.

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