Alma Faye Collins

Alma Faye Collins, age 79 of Crossville, TN passed away on Friday, August 22, 2025, at Ft. Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. Born in Scott County, TN on May 27, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Andy Muse and Lucinda Neal Muse.

Faye was a courageous God-fearing woman that wanted to speak the Lord's word wherever she was. She liked to teach anyone that entered her life about Jesus and the great blessings of Jesus Christ. She enjoyed playing her piano and guitar and singing in church and also for her family at home. She always looked forward to family reunions and holidays to get together with her loved ones. She absolutely loved smiling and laughing with her friends and family. Now she is smiling down from Heaven. She is loved so very much and will be greatly missed.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Collins; son, Vincent Neal King; sisters, Ella Mae Muse Loyd, Lucine Stringfield, Stella Branim, Willa Jean Shown, Melba Shannon, and Joyce Black; and brother, Robert Muse.

Faye is survived by her daughters, Teresa Pitts, Linda King, Vickey Loudermilk; sons, Thomas King, Frank King, and Matthew King; sister, Pauline Shannon; brother, Andy Muse Jr.; 14 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; many other relatives and friends.

Friends may visit with the Collins family on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 from 2 p.m. until time of the funeral service at 3 p.m. in the chapel of West-Murley Funeral Home with Bro. William Marshall Terry officiating. Music will be provided by the family.

Committal service will follow in the Shannon Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Thomas King, Frank King, Matthew King, Andrew Pitts, Gregory Loudermilk, and Jason Shannon.

West-Murley Funeral Home is serving the family of Alma Faye Collins.

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