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LOUIE C. COLLINS

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Obituary Naples Daily News, Dec.5,1971 - Louie C. Collins Louie C. Collins, 29, of 5573 Fleming St., died Friday in Fort Myers. A patrolman for the Naples Police Dept., he was a life long resident of South Florida. Mr. Collins was a member of Cypress Masonic Lodge 295, the Naples American Legion, Naples Elks Club, and a past member of Naples Jaycees. Surviving are; His parents, Mr.and Mrs. Arville Collins of Naples; two brothers, Michael of Naples and Quentin of St. Louise; a sister;Marlene Clark of Cincinnati, Ohio; and an uncle, Paul McCain of Pensacola. Funeral services will be held at 2pm Tuesday at ; Pittman's Naples Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Naples Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 7 until 9 pm Sunday and 2 until 4 pm and 7 until 9 pm Monday. ------------------------------------------- Naples Daily News - Dec.6, 1971 - Louie C. Collins Funeral services for Louie C. Collins will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at Pittman's Naples Funeral Chapel with Wallace Andres of the Johova's Witness Congregation officiating. Burial will follow at Naples Memorial Gardens with members of the Naples Police Dept. serving as pallbearers. Friends may call at the Funeral Home from 2 until 4 pm and 7 until 9 pm today. Mr. Collins, 29, a Naples Police Patrolman, died Friday in Fort Myers. ------------------------------ Louie Collins Naples Daily News - Dec.6, 1971 - Monday afternoon Pg.1-A " Prepare Honor Guard For Slain Policeman." Naples Police Department members were scheduled to provide honor guards this afternoon and tonight for patrolman Louie C. Collins, who was killed Friday while attending police school at Fort Myers. Chief John Woodruff said members of the department will also serve as pallbearers for Collins funeral at 2pm Tuesday at Pittman's Naples Chapel. A member of the Department since November 1970, Collins will be buried in full dress uniform, Woodruff said, and his badge and identification number ( 89) will be retired. Visitation today is from 2 until 4 pm and from 7 until 9 pm at the funeral home. Collins was killed when a .38-cal. revolver fell from a desk, landed on it's hammer and fired a slug into his abdomen as members of a police academy class were returning following a break. An autopsy revealed the slug ranged upward, hitting the rib cage before penetrating a lung and Collins heart. Witnesses said he died within two to three minutes after the shooting. States Attorney Joseph D'Allesandro said this morning at Fort Myers that he had not recieved an official copy of the autopsy report, but the shooting would " undoubtedly be classified as an accidental death." A memorial fund for Collins was started Sunday night at a party which Collins was to have attended at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kane. Mrs.Aleta Fickey, chairman of the fund, said $100 was raised and that donations to the memorial can be made at First National Bank. Mrs. Fickey said the fund was started by friends of the officer and proceeds will be used to erect a memorial, with any money left over going to a police charity. Thanks for this article goes out to Naples Daily News editor and Mary