Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, at Taylorhill Baptist Church in New Hebron, for Mrs. Pallie Ann Collins, 63, who passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Rev. Robert McDuffey officiated with interment following in the church cemetery.

Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

She is the daughter of the late O. C. and Vergie Ree Little.

She was a member of Taylorhill Baptist Church in  New Hebron, where she was the youth director and member of the choir.

Mrs. Collins was a homemaker who loved softball, fishing and spending time with family and friends.

She is survived by: husband, Lonnie Collins of New Hebron; son, Keiairtee McGruder of Georgetown, New York; daughters, Lakeisha Little of New Hebron; Lakeitha Little of Jackson; Lisa McGruder of Jackson; brothers, Pete McGruder of Harrisville; Billy Joe Little of Hattiesburg; Micheal Simmons of Collins; Richard Brown of Magee; sisters, Barbara Holiday of Jackson; Bernice Morris of New Hebron; Virgie Austin of Chicago, Illinois; Bessie Walls and Peggy Maye both of Monticello; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.