Violet Fisher Collins, of Carolina Beach and Bald Head Island, passed away at sunrise on Friday, April 11, 2014 at Universal Health Care in Bolivia, NC. She was 89.
Mrs. Collins was born June 17, 1924 in Alta Vista, Virginia, the daughter of the late Clayborne Carr Fisher and Nora Sandridge Fisher. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold Edwin Collins, three sisters, and one brother. Mrs. Collins attended Western Carolina Teachers College and graduated from Presbyterian School of Nursing. She was an avid reader with a primary interest in theosophy and loved her crossword puzzles.
Surviving are two daughters, Carol Collins of Carolina Beach and Kay Sparks and husband Mike of Bald Head Island; four grandchildren, Kelly Crinnion and husband Walter of Fountain Hills, AZ, Brian Frye and wife Merna of Haymarket, VA, Jonathan Sparks and fiancée Lauren of Durham, and Andy Sparks and wife April of St. James; and three great-grandchildren, Kate Crinnion, Claire Sparks, and Conner Sparks.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090.
The family would like to thank the staff of Universal Health Care and Lower Cape Fear Hospice for their loving care and support.
Transformation
A poem by Violet Collins
The worm lay stuporous and dormant,
Trapped in his cumbersome shell, Proud of his warmth and darkness,
Not knowing his cocoon was hell.
Then one day he saw a bit of light,
And he struggled free with a cry,
“This is I, I’m not a worm.
Behold! I can fly! I can fly!
You may send online condolences to Peacock-Newnam & White Funeral and Cremation Service, Southport, North Carolina.
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