Grace Collings

Grace “Kathryn” Collings, 89, longtime Seminole resident died Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Pioneer Nursing Home in Seminole, Oklahoma. Kathryn was born December 23, 1920 in Scipio, Oklahoma to Gliny Griffin and Daisy Mae (Herrin) Barnett. Kathryn grew in Scipio area and moved to Seminole from Ada, Oklahoma in 1934. She attended Seminole Public Schools and graduated from Seminole High School in 1938. She loved playing softball and in 1938 played on “ The Bonebreakers” softball team in Seminole. Kathryn was a member of the Church of Christ in Seminole and spent most of her married life as a homemaker and housewife. She loved sewing, raising her six children and raising a big garden, Her loving children and grandchildren will miss her love for them and her quick wit. She married Doug Collings Sr. on August 20, 1939 in Seminole, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death in 1994. Three daughters Judith Pulliam and her husband Larry of Midwest City, Oklahoma, Phyliss Collings and Joyce Crabb both of Seminole, Oklahoma and two sons Doug Collings, Jr. and his wife Elaine of Montgomery, Texas and Kenny Collings and his wife Martha of Ardmore, Oklahoma, survive Mrs. Collings. Thirteen grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren also survive her. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Doug Collings, a daughter Jacqueline Sue “ Jackie “ Smith, three brothers Paul, Dick and Pete Barnett and two sisters Tollie Zitterkopf and Christine Wheat. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at the Church of Christ on Hwy 99 north in Seminole with Chris Stinnett officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Seminole. Casket bearers will be Jon Collings, Jeff Crabb, Bobby Boyer, Cleve Collings, Dillon Smith and Zach Dennis. The family request memorial donations be made to the Church of Christ Young Men’s Mission Trip Fund % Church of Christ, P.O. Box 1723 Seminole, Oklahoma, 74818-1723. Messages of condolences may be made online at www.swearingenfuneralhome.com Funeral Information: October 20, 2010, 10:00 AM Church of Christ located at 4200 Hwy 99 North, Seminole, OK