Irene Eubanks Collins

Mrs. Irene Eubanks Collins, 70, of 1108 Ridgewood Drive, Concord, died Friday, July 13, 2007, at Hospice House in Kannapolis. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, July 16, 2007, at Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church. Dr. Abraham Kim, the Rev. Karen Kaser Odor and the Rev. Charles Guy will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the service. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, July 15, 2007, at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times, they will be at the residence. Born April 4, 1937, in Davie County, she was the daughter of the late John Barnes and Lillie McIntyre Barnes. She retired from the Deli Department of Harris Teeter, where she had worked at the Cloverleaf store in Concord and the Harris Boulevard/Mallard Creek Road store in Charlotte. She was a member of Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a husband, Baxter Neal Eubanks; a son, Alan Keith Eubanks; and two sisters, Florence Trexler and Ann Cranfield. Survivors include her husband, John P. Collins; two daughters, Tammie Eubanks Morgan and husband, Ronnie, of Locust, Amanda Eubanks Rogers and husband, Brandon, of Concord; son, Dennis Neal Eubanks of Greenville, TX; step-daughter, LeaAnn Amerson of Rockwell; step-son, John G. Collins of Rockwell; three sisters, Louise Blackwood of Cooleemee, Margie Lowery and Maggie Hutchins, both of Mocksville; seven grandchildren, Jessica Morgan, Nicholas Morgan, Lily Eubanks, Makayla Rogers, Benjamin Rogers, Elijah Rogers and Ava Rogers; two step-grandchildren, Kristina Amerson and Nate Amerson; and her mother-in-law, Winnie Eubanks of Kannapolis. Memorials may be sent to Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church, 6001 Old Salisbury-Concord Road, Kannapolis, NC 28083 or Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Boy Scout Camp Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081.