William "Peewee" Thomas Collins, Sr.

Edgemoor, SC – Mr. William Thomas “PeeWee” Collins, Sr., 79, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 4, 2022, at his home.

The family will receive friends 6-8 pm Monday, March 7, 2022, at Lighthouse Pentecostal Church, Fort Mill,SC

A funeral service will be 11:00 am Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Lighthouse Pentecostal Church, Fort Mill, SC,  with the Rev. Carl Williams officiating.  Burial will follow in Unity Cemetery.

A native of Fort Mill, SC Mr. Collins was a son of the late Robert Lee Collins and Nannie Bell Lipe Collins.  He loved to ride his motorcycle.  He always said, “ When I am riding my motorcycle it is the closest, I can get to heaven while I am on this earth.” He will be remembered as a man who loved his family: wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.   He always called his wife, Sugar Babe”.   He was a man of faith who loved his Lord and loved to share his faith with people to ensure that they were ready to meet the Lord and fellowship with us all in Heaven.

Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth Anne Paul Collins; nine children, Rebecca Lee Mansfield (Gary), Teresa Herring (Gene), Wanda Nayaert (Robert), William Collins, Jr. (Lorie), Sherry Dawkins (Eddie), Ronda Hunter (Steve), Robert Helms (May), Robert Collins, and Tracie Walker (David); four sisters, Kat Ilnder, Helen Nichols, Lucille Johnson, and Mary Ann Hancock; 13 grandchildren; and 40 great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by 8 brothers; 2 sisters; and a granddaughter, April Totherow.

Memorial donations may be made to Lighthouse Pentecostal Church, PO Box 981 Fort Mill, SC 29716.

Whitesell Funeral Home is serving the family.