Kathy Lisa Collins, 42, of Ocilla, Georgia, died Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 2PM, at Big Creek Baptist Church in Irwin County, Georgia, with the Rev. Ike Thomas officiating, and Otis Hester delivering the eulogy. The interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6PM until 8PM at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Collins was born July 29, 1982 in Tifton, Georgia, to the late Robert Self and Laurette Wright Medlin. She was a 2001 graduate of Irwin County High School. She was very compassionate, and loved people. She always had the biggest laugh and biggest hugs. She showed love to everyone who knew her. Her greatest joy was her only son Daron whom she loved very much.
She is survived by her husband, Derrick Collins; a son, Daron Collins; her mother, Laurette Medlin; step mother, Brenda Self; siblings: Robert Self, Tyler Self, Teresa Self, Ashley Self, Melanie Self, Brenda Nixon & Shannon, and Tater Bug Dyess; brother in-law, Walter Collins & Randi; sister in-law, Melody Collins Cowart; mother in-law, Eva Raye Collins, several nieces, nephews, and other relatives also survive. In addition to her biological father, she is preceded in death by her parents who raised her, James and Doris Dyess, and her father in-law Ed Collins.