Collins Family History

Our maternal grandparents:

Charlie Collins b. 2/12/1907 & Christina Cornett Collins Ison b. 12/25/1908

Charlie's parents were:
John Collins (Long John) & Sally Stacy Collins


Christine's parents were:

Jesse Cornett b. 4/23/1875 at Dry Fork, KY d. 3/10/1963
& Lourainey Whitaker b. 1/3/1882 d. 3/14/1946


Jesse was a Minister of the Old Regular Baptist Church, Indian Bottom Assoc. He made his living as a farmer and a lumberman. Jesse & Lourainey had 4 sons and 4 daughters.
Jesse is buried in the Cornett Cemetery at UZ, Kentucky
Lourainey is buried on Dry Fork, Kentucky

Charlie & Christine's children are:
Aileen b. 4/17/29 & Emery Austin b. 1/1/31

Christina divorced Charlie & on July 5, 1936 married James Ison

Their children:
Sheila Faye b. 4/16/37
Martha June b. 2/17/39
Garrett Dean b. 1/28/42 d. May, 1992

Grampa Jim's children by his first marriage were Jimmy & Mildred

Charlie Collins remarried a lady named Edna Jane Neice b. 9/4/16 d. 1/23/86
Their children are:
Ella Jean Collins Brunty
Mildred Dean Collins Fields
James Stephen Collins
Iva Dale Collins Evans
John L. Collins
William Ballard Collins
Henrietta Collins Fields
Emily Collins Evans
Teddy Collins
Their last child, a daughter, died a few months after being born.


Aileen married Winford Riddle, May 17, 1946

Their children:
Hazel Louise 6/9/47
Maurice (George) 3/4/49
Patsy Carol 2/12/51
Janice Faye 7/4/53 - 9/10/57
Linda Sue 5/24/55
Rita June 8/25/57
Sharon Kay 3/29/59
Robert Wayne 11/24/62