Evelyn Joyce Collins-Smith

Evelyn passed peacefully March 2, 2025 at Cityview Nursing and Rehab Center.

Evelyn was born July 5, 1956 in Fort Worth, TX to father, Raymond Smith and mother, Mattie Williams-Purvis. She studied at the Fort Worth ISD and was a honors 1974 graduate of Amon Carter Riverside HS (Fort Worth, Texas). After HS, she excelled in a career of Culinary Arts and worked as a Nursing Assistant. Evelyn's hobbies were baking and singing. In 1985, she met and married Henry B. Collins.  They were united until his demise in Nov. 2010.

Survivors: Three children, Cendria Purvis-Jackson (New Orleans, La), Taura J. Harry (Denver, Colorado) and Robert L. Harry Jr. (Fort Worth, Texas); four grandchildren, Trencia J. Amerson, Trenton J. Amerson Jr., Trendon James Amerson, Ble'u J. Jackson (All of New Orleans, Louisiana); two great-grandchildren, Maddisyn Ahmir Lesure (New Orleans) Mason Semaj Franklin-Amerson (Fort Worth).

Preceded in death: Raymond Smith (Father), Mattie Williams-Purvis (Mother), Guy James Purvis (Step-father) and Jonathan L. Jackson (Son in Law).

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