Velma E. Collier

Age: 91

Place of Death: Volunteer Community Hospital

Funeral service will be Friday, May 30, 2008, at Murphy Funeral Home; 1:00 P.M.

Burial to follow in East Side Cemetery

Visitation will be Thursday, May 29, 2008, from 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.

Preceded in death by husband, John L. Collier

Survived by sons; Billy Wayne Pope of Dresden, and Michael Everett Pope of Gleason

Survived by daughters; Enola Bucklew and Bonnie Walters both of Dresden

Survived by brother, James Sutherland of Chicago

Preceded in death by daughter, Doris Short

Preceded in death by parents, Robert O. Sutherland and Odie Lee Cooley Sutherland

Survived by 21 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 46 great great-grandchildren