James Willie Rollins

Funeral services for James Willie Rollins, 69, of Bay City will be held 1:30 pm Tuesday at Sixth Street Church of Christ with Brother Leroy Burton officiating.  Burial will be in Eastview Cemetery, Bay City. Friends may call until 9 pm today at Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home.

Mr. Rollins was born June 23, 1920, in Durant, Miss., to Daniel and Willie Ann Sample Rollins and died Oct. 19, 1989, at Methodist Hospital, Houston.  He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include three daughters, Dora Duncan and Shirley Brown of Houston, Vivian Rollins of Bay City; three sons, Earl Rollins of Memphis, Tenn., Willie Rollins of Missouri City and Robert Rollins of Bay City; three brothers, Ike Rollins, Eddie Rollins and Harold Harrington, all of Chicago, Ill.; two daughters-in-law, Dana Rollins of Missouri City and Joyce Rollins of Memphis, Tenn.; a son-in-law, Will Duncan Sr. of Washington, D. C.; 17 grandchildren and seven grandchildren.

Pallbearers include John Wayne Brown, Jerry Cook, Steve Flye, Albert Lemon, Floyd Williams and Roosevelt George. Honorary pallbearers include Willie Rollins, Robert Rollins, Alfred Burrell, Earl Rollins, Harold Harrington, Wil Duncan Sr. and Allen Burrell.

Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home.

The Daily Tribune, October 20, 1989             Obituary courtesy of Faye Cunningham