Billy Eugene Collins

Funeral services for Billy Eugene Collins will be held Friday, November 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM at the Paden Pentecostal Holiness Church. Interment will follow at the Oakdale Cemetery of Paden, Oklahoma. Billy Eugene Collins was born in Okemah, Oklahoma to parents Ralph Collins and Ida Mae (Davenport). He had an older brother Leslie (Corky) Collins and younger sister, Karan Kellogg. He attended Midway School for 1st to 8th grade, then he went to high school in Paden and graduated in 1969. He worked as a carpenter for a home builder in Prague during his summers starting at age 16 and throughout college, and he also helped harvest wheat in Kansas and Nebraska in the summers. He started his college education at Murray State in Tishomingo getting his associate degree in social studies, then he attended East Central University in Ada and graduated with his bachelor's degree in social studies in 1973. He then started a job as a teacher at the J.H. Liley Boys Home in 1973, and he stayed on with J.H. Liley as a teacher when it transitioned to a men’s prison in 1984. Billy retired from the state after 37 years as a teacher. Billy enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time with his family. Billy enjoyed driving to different states, and he visited 38 states during his lifetime. He enjoyed having a large garden for many years. Billy is preceded in death by his parents Ralph and Ida Mae Collins, sister-in-law June Collins, and nephew Rusty Kellogg. Billy is survived by his longtime companion, Janett Whiteley of the home, daughter, Amy Gonzalez (Paden), son in law Leonides Gonzalez (Paden), grandchildren Madison Lewis (Utah) and Amber Lewis (Texas), step daughter Tina Comerate (Mustang), step son in law Tony Comerate (Mustang), grandchildren Madison Lewis (Utah) and Amber Lewis (Texas), step grandchildren Avery, Joseph, and AJ (Mustang), step granddaughter in law Emily (Mustang), step son Douglas Proctor (Shawnee), step daughter in law Debbie Proctor (Shawnee), brother Leslie (Corky) Collins (Paden), sister Karan Kellogg, brother in law Ronnie Kellogg (Paden). Nieces and nephews: Allan Collins and Kim, Tracy Lee and Steve, Shellie Roberts and Thomas, grand-nieces and grand-nephews: Wade and Meghan, Alex, Allison, Mason, Lane, Cole, Keatyn, Creek, and Wrenley. Serving as active pallbearers will be Steven Lee, Thomas Roberts, Mason Lee, Alex Roberts, Lane Roberts and Cole Roberts. Honorary pallbearers include Ronnie Kellogg and Corky Collins. Services will be under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Okemah, Oklahoma and officiated by Rev. Bryan Logan.

Billy Eugene Collins

February 22, 1951 - November 16, 2024