Graveside Services for Dennis Eugene Collins, Age 70 of Pomona, Missouri will be held on Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 in The Howell Memorial Park Cemetery, Pomona, Missouri under the direction of The Robertson Drago Funeral Home, West Plains, Missouri.
Mr. Collins passed away at 1:44 a.m., Sunday, May 10, 2026 at NHC HealthCare.
He was born February 2, 1956, at West Plains, Missouri, to Cecil Eugene (Gene) Collins and Grace Marie Peart Collins. On October 16, 2003, he was married at Cherokee Village, Arkansas, to Tammy Reed, who preceded him in death on July 23, 2011. Dennis was the district sales manager at Coca-Cola for 27 years. He enjoyed bluegrass gospel music and attending festivals, fishing, hunting, auctions, collecting coins, gun trading and working on tractors. He also enjoyed football and was an avid Kansas City Chiefs fan. Dennis loved his family, they were his top priority. He was of the Baptist faith and was saved and baptized at the Oak Grove Baptist Church as a teenager
He is survived by three children, Lane Collins and wife, Micah, Willard, Missouri, Andri Kimsey, Kansas City, Missouri and Nicki Collins-Tchalassi and husband, Esso, Omaha, Nebraska; twelve grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one sister, Dianna (Sissy) Jones and husband, Darrell, West Plains, one nephew, Jeff Ward; four great-nieces and great-nephews; and his four legged companion, Silas.
His parents, wife and one sister, Carla Ann Hall, preceded him in death.
