Ercel (Howard) Collins

Age-75 formerly of Roseboro, NC died Saturday, September 16, 2023. 

Funeral Service will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at Robinson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church  (2217 Old Mintz Hwy, Roseboro, NC) at 2:00 pm. 

Interment: Boone Family Cemetery ( on Mintz Rd about 1.3 miles from Hwy 411). 

Public Viewing: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at Butler & Son Funeral Home, Roseboro NC from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. 

Mrs. Collins is survived by her Husband: Harris W Collins Jr., her children: Tarik E.  Collins (Kecia Baptist), Michael A. Collins, and Tanya M. Collins (Terry Parker);  her grandchildren: Tanayah Matthews and Joshua Parker; Father:W.J Howard and mother Reatha Mae Howard whom preceded her in death; her siblings: Sudae Mae Owens (husband, Claudie Owens), Zina Victoria Stephens (husband, Milton, Stephens), Douglas Nathaniel Howard, Rudolph Mathis, Alonzo Howard (brother/nephew) and his wife Dee Howard;sisters: Deborah White (husband Bernie White), Karen (Vaughn) Sullivan (husband Ron Sullivan), and brother: Cornell Culbreth (preceded in death); sister in law: Shahida Baha Sharif (husband Saleem Sharif), and  a host of nieces, nephews, friends and loved ones. 

Funeral Service will be live-streamed through Robinson Chapel MBC Facebook page. 

Butler & Son Funeral Home, Inc. 

Roseboro, NC 

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