Thurmond R. 'Tim' Collier

Thur­mond R. “Tim” Col­lier, 80, of Delaware, passed away Thurs­day evening (Aug. 30, 2012) at home sur­rounded by his family.

He was born May 31, 1932, in Waverly, W. Va., to the late Mosezelle and Irene (Smith) Col­lier. After grad­u­at­ing from high school, he worked in the coal mines of Mil­burn, W. Va., and then served sev­eral years in the U.S. Army. He was a vet­eran of the Korean Con­flict in the 5th Reg­i­men­tal Com­bat Team, 23rd Divi­sion, under Gen­eral Clark. Upon com­ing to Delaware in 1957, he worked at Gen­eral Cast­ings and retired from the State of Ohio, work­ing a num­ber of years in park main­te­nance with the Ohio Depart­ment of Transportation.

Tim was a man of deep and abid­ing faith. He was a mem­ber and dea­con of Morn­ing Star Taber­na­cle, now known as Agape Inter­na­tional Cathe­dral. He was a lover of the word of God, read­ing the Bible nine times cover to cover. He trea­sured music, espe­cially that of gospel. Hav­ing a love for song, he was never afraid to ask vis­i­tors to sing him a song.

A joke­ster at heart, he also enjoyed bowl­ing in his younger years. Com­pas­sion­ate and ten­der hearted, he loved to make peo­ple laugh. With a pas­sion for study­ing the word of God from a his­tor­i­cal per­spec­tive, he was never waver­ing in his faith. He loved the Lord, his fam­ily, and espe­cially his grandchildren.

Those left to cher­ish his mem­ory include chil­dren, Dreama (Alan) Har­ris of Delaware, Philip W. (Antoinette) Buford of Lor­ton, Va., Melisa (John) Brun­son of Black­lick, Pamela (Sid) Wil­son of Delaware, Gre­gory Buford of Delaware, Lor­raine (Charles) Pick­rell of Cincin­nati; 12 grand­chil­dren; 17 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandson; sis­ters, Dorothy Clay­tor, Eleanor (Clarence) Alford, both of Cleve­land, Doris Lewis of Colum­bus, Theodora (Larry) Hig­gin­botham of Delaware; broth­ers, Ken­neth (Helen) Col­lier of Cleve­land, Floyd and Richard Col­lier both of Delaware; a spe­cial cousin, Helena Carter; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

He was pre­ceded in death by his beloved sig­nif­i­cant other, Mil­dred Buford, in 1990; a sis­ter, Tonetta Col­lier; and broth­ers, James, Mose, and Samuel Collier.

Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednes­day at the Snyder-Rodman Funeral Cen­ter, 1510 W. William St., Delaware, where ser­vices will fol­low at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Wayne Moore offi­ci­at­ing. Bur­ial will fol­low in Oak Grove Ceme­tery with mil­i­tary hon­ors pro­vided by the Delaware County Vet­er­ans Association.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to St. Joseph Hos­pice, 5055 High St., Suite 100, Colum­bus, OH 45215.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at snyderfuneralhomes.com.

Being con­fi­dent of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will per­form it until the day of Jesus Christ (Philip­pi­ans 1:6).

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