Rebecca Lawyer Collins

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Rebecca Lawyer Collins, 82, died Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 at Calvary Hospital in Bronx, N.Y.

Born Feb. 12, 1932, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Moses and Mary Lawson Lawyer.

"Mother Collins," as she was affectionately called, accepted Christ as her personal Savior, and because of her kindness and love for people, she served in many areas of the church. She will be missed by all who knew her.

Survivors include her loving daughter, Veronica Lawyer-James; a son-in-law, Anthony James; a granddaughter, Leslie James; a brother, John Lawyer; a sister-in-law, Eliza Lawyer; a sister, Esther Madison; and a number of nieces, nephews, cousins, church family and friends.

Funeral services for Rebecca Lawyer Collins were held Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, at Greater St. Phillip RUME Church, with the Rev. Daniel Green, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Online condolences may be sent to summertonfuneralhome@gmail.com.

The family received friends at 1522 Lilly Martin Road in Summerton.

Services for Rebecca Lawyer Collins were entrusted to Summerton Funeral Home of Summerton.