Mary Collier Obituary

Mary Frances Collier HANAHAN - Mrs. Mary Frances Amburgey Collier, age 84, wife of CM Sgt.-Ret. James Donald Collier, of Hanahan, SC, passed away surrounded by her family on Monday evening, February 8, 2010, at a local hospital. Friends and family of Mrs. Collier are invited to attend her funeral service today Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 12:00 noon at CAROLINA MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, 7113 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29406. Entombment will immediately follow at Carolina Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive guests this morning, Saturday from 11:00 am until the time of service at noon. Mary Frances Amburgey Collier was born on July 5, 1925 in Middletown, OH to the late James Emmett Amburgey and the late Anna Clay Willoughby Amburgey. In 1942, she married the love of her life, James Donald Collier. She was a devoted home maker and loyal military wife following her husband around the world and making the best out of every situation. Mrs. Collier was a very talented seamstress and, at one time, owned her own knitting machine business. She will forever be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who loved her family, animals and working in her flower garden. She will be greatly missed by her friends and family. Survivors include her husband of 68 years, CM Sgt.-Ret. James Donald Collier; two daughters, Carolyn LaBombard, and her husband Bruce, of Summerville and Patty Sauls, and her husband Butch, of Hanahan, SC; seven grandchildren, Col. James LaBombard, and his wife Stefanie, of Omaha, NE, Brian Paul LaBombard of Greenville, TX, Lisa Christine Sauls of Charleston, Shannon Collier Sauls Guilford, and her husband Wallace, of Summerville, SC, Jason Noel Summers, and his wife Lisa, of Jacksonville, FL, Angus George Brown of Charleston and Taylor Collier Brown of Charleston; nine great-grandchildren, James Collier LaBombard, Benjamin Joseph LaBombard and Hayden Paul LaBombard, all of Omaha, NE, Marley Taylor LaBombard and Ragan Elizabeth LaBombard, both of Summerville, SC, Collier Burbage Summers of Jacksonville, FL, Ellen Sauls Guilford and James Bonner Guilford, both of Summerville, SC and Abram Wallace Summers of Jacksonville, SC. Mrs. Collier was preceded in death by one daughter, the late Mary Frances Collier Brown and one brother, Jesse Floyd Amburgey. Flowers will be accepted at the funeral home or memorial contributions can be made in Mrs. Mary Frances Amburgey Collier's memory to the Charleston Animal Society, www.charlestonanimalsociety.com or to Pet Helpers, 1430 Folly Road, James Island, SC 29412. Funeral arrangements provided by CAROLINA MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 7113 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-797-2222. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/deaths