Benny Fair Collins' Obituary
Benny F. Collins departed this earth on November 6, 2014, to be with his beloved wife, Libbie. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, on Monday, November 24, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Benny was born on June 15, 1929, in his grandfather’s hospital, the Franklin Memorial, in Claremore, Oklahoma. His childhood, filled with riding horses with his brother, traveling with his father, Dr. Rue Collins, D.O., across Oklahoma to set up clinics and going to John Brown Preparatory School, stayed fondly in his memories. In 1951, he served in the army and fought on the front lines in Korea. Ben was awarded a bronze medal for his combat with the 224th Infantry Company F. Upon returning home, he went back to his career as a ballroom dance instructor for Arthur Murray’s. This is where he would meet the love of his life, Libbie Davis. They married in 1954 and raised three children. He attended the University of Tulsa, and then later became an Electronics Technician until his retirement. His friends and family always enjoyed Benny’s humor and he was always the life of the party. He was an avid reader and his favorite subjects were the writings of Socrates, Shakespeare and the U.S. Constitution. He was always very up to date on the affairs of the world, and never missed the privilege to vote. He would instill this love of country and politics to his children. He was preceded in death by his father, Benny Rue Collins, mother, Ada Gay Ratliff, and her husband, Douglas Ratliff, of Tulsa, brother, Monty Collins, of Tulsa, and his beloved wife, Libbie Davis Collins. He is survived by his brother Danny Ratliff, three children, Sabrina C. Aston, and her husband, Jeffrey, Benny Rue Collins, and his wife, Judy, Beau F. Collins, and his wife, Terry, grandchildren, John M. Tiger, and wife, Kate, Delaney D. Aston, Keelan Collins, Fiona Collins, Dacey Rame, and Lacey Rhodes, and her husband, Bob, great-grandchildren, Alec Lee Tiger, and Thomas J. Tiger, and numerous nieces, nephews, in-laws, and friends.
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