Gerald Thomas Collins

Mr. Gerald Thomas Collins, 67, of Grantville, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mr. Collins was born June 29, 1953, in Brooklyn, NY, son of the late George Albert Collins, Sr. and Joan Lakin Collins. A retired software engineer, he maintained homes in Grantville and Bermuda and was a member of Evangelical Church of Bermuda and was a deacon of Change Church in Grantville. He was a talented musician and played numerous instruments. He enjoyed introducing music to youth and was a fervent servant of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Survivors include his wife, Michelle Collins of Paget, Bermuda; children, Sara Westhead and her husband Andrew of Southampton, Bermuda, Marine CWO4 Matthew Collins and his wife Brenda of California, Rebecca Carvalho and her husband Mark of Paget, Hannah Collins and Adam of Warwick, Bermuda, Deborah Collins of Manchester, England; grandchildren, Thomas, Jonathan, Lexi, Connor, Caleb, Evelyn, Isla, Aubrey; sisters, Cathy DiBlasi of Atlantic Highlands, NJ, April Joyce and her husband Michael of Hendersonville, NC; brother, George A. Collins, Jr. and his wife Patricia of Moreland; and his step-mother, Doris Collins. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 8, at Change Church in Grantville. The Reverend T. J. Boyd, the Reverend George Collins, Jr., and Thomas West Head will officiate and interment will be in the Grantville Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 8 Monday night. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.