Posted on 09/10/2009 4:38:20 PM PDT by Repub4bush
For those of you who knew him, mgc112 was also known as magic on other forums.
He passed away Sept 4th of Colon Cancer.
Morris Gregory Collins, 52, of Columbia passed away on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, at his home.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Broadway Christian Church in Columbia. Burial will follow at Montreal Cemetery in Montreal, Mo. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbia.
Greg was born on Nov. 22, 1956, in Paintsville, Ky., to Wallace and Nell Cornett Collins. He was married on May 31, 1980, in Columbia to Reta Ash.
Greg was a Boy Scout leader for Troop 702 in Columbia. He graduated from Columbia College with a degree in computer programming. He worked as the director of information services at Bothwell Regional Hospital in Sedalia, where he was key in implementing a computer system that allowed the hospital to receive national recognition for being the “Most Wired.”
He is survived by his wife, Reta; two sons, Matt and Brian Collins of Columbia; father Wallace Collins and stepmother Charlotte; sister Dee Forney and husband Lee and their daughter, Mia, all of Frankfort, Ky.; stepfather Doug Burke of Whitesburg, Ky.; and numerous aunts, uncles and other family members.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Nell.
Memorial contributions can be made to Boy Scouts of America, 1203 Fay St., Columbia, Mo., 65201.
Tributes can be left online at www.memorialfuneralhomeandcemetery.com.
So young!
Prayers for the family.
prayers for him, and his family.
mgc1122 was aka as Magic at other forums...one in particular was the GOP Briefing Room where he was a Moderator....but once a Freeper, always a Freeper.....Magic, you are missed my dear friend.
Colon cancer.
A very ugly and nasty disease.
My sympathies to his family and friends.
Prayers for him & his family.
Heartbreakingly young. Prayers, yes, for his family in the days, weeks, and months ahead.
LIke Tony, he and his family thought he had beat it, as he was in remission, but it reared it's ugly head again earlier this year, and the Dr's pretty much said there was nothing else they could do. :(
Prayers
My condolences to family and friends.
I didn’t know him but, I’m truly sorry to hear this. God bless his family, God give them peace. To his family, you will see your loved one again. Although painful, this is a temporary separation.
Thank you! He was our cyber friend, which doesn’t make it less heart breaking! He and Badeye were the best of friends, and wants us all to celebrate his life!
May the Comfort of the Lord surround Greg’s family and friends, and may the warmest of memories of one so loved sustain them through the tears and the days ahead.
That happened to me also. I was diagnosed with breast cancer jan. 2002. August 2002, I was diagnosed with liver cancer. It is the worst feeling in the world. It’s a living nightmare. I remember my husband buying a pair of running shoes a few days later and I wondered at the time, if I would live long enough to out last those shoes. God healed me at the altar of my church that same week. It is only by his mercy and grace that I’m here today.
RIP and prayers for his family.
It is times like this we all realize our mortality!
I will keep you in my prayers!
Thanks for posting. Condolences to family and friends of Morris Gregory Collins. R.I.P. sir.
Rest In Peace, Morris, and our prayers are with your family.
I just know he was a Marine officer!
Praise the Great Physician for what He has done for you! My 33-year-old daughter’s best friend (since the cradle) was recently diagnosed with an aggressive leukemia. She has 5 young daughters, so maybe your prayers would be effective for her. Her name is Jena.
So sad for the family. All of us here are thinking of you and your loved one.
RIP.
God is awesome, I’m am ever grateful for his mercy. And thank you so much for your prayers, they are greatly apperciated.
If God hasn't given Jena any verses from the bible. Tell her to ask Him to give her something to hang onto. That's what He did for me. I know things now, that I didn't understand about God at the time. One was, healing confused me. Why did it happen for some and not others? Was God picking and choosing who got healed and who didn't? I understand now, and it's so deep within my heart and mind, no one can shake me, that it is certainly God's will to heal ALL of our sicknesses and diseases. God is no respecter of persons. What He will do for one, He'll do for another. Why it doesn't always happen? I don't know, I just know it's His will.
Fifty-two is waaay too young.
Yes, it is.
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