Joe R Collins:  

Well,for everyone who has asked me to place something about what has been going since I have left C'dale,Ms. here goes nothing:I am a father of two sons(Chris)and(Jonathan)Collins,they both live in Jacksonville,Fla.Chris has two children..(Noah)and(Jayda)ages are 6 and 5.Their mother(Azzerie Mitchell Collins)and I lived in Saginaw,Michigan for over 23 years.(we also lived in Chicago,Ill,and came back to C'dale,Ms.only to move to Michigan in 1973).We became Jehovah's Witnesses in 1974,and a few years later Chris was born(1977).We purchased our first home after living in various apartments in Mississippi and Michigan,giving our son a place to grow up,play,and enjoy!That came about in Aug.of 1977 and the agent was somewhat of character,but I managed to purchased the place at 2734 Hampshire St.in Saginaw,Mich.46801(boy,I even remember the address and zip code..LOL).Six years later our second son was born(Johnathan) in 1983,and life was on a roll! I was had been working for the Grand Truck Western Railroad for nine(9) years,and things we going well.But as fate would have it,my terminal in Saginaw was closed.From there,I moved to Bay City,Michigan,later to Durand,Mich where in about a yea...Expand for more