Colleen Collier Baughman

Colleen Collier Baughman was born February 22, 1929 in Hardin County, TN the daughter of the late Millard and Edna Neill Collier. She was united in marriage to Garvin Cecil Collier on November 22, 1951, who preceded her in death on September 1, 1988. On March 25, 1996 she was united in marriage to Ted Baughman, who preceded her in death on December 1, 1998.

Colleen was a seamstress by trade, retiring from Savannah Manufacturing, but she was fortunate to love her trade. She always enjoyed making arts and crafts, and even as her eyesight failed her in her later years she still was able to make wreaths for the residents of the nursing home.

She loved Christmas and loved decorating her home, even telling her daughter she thought she was awful for not decorating like her. She loved having her family gathered around her for the holidays, and she loved them deeply.

Above all these things she loved the Lord and her life was the church. She was a member of the Nixon First Pentecostal Church in Savannah, Tennessee, always devoted to anything the church needed, and always ready to help someone else.

Colleen departed this life on September 9, 2020 in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 91 Years, 6 Months, 18 Days.

She is survived by: her daughter, Cathryn Briley and her husband Danny, and her son Winford Collier and his wife Sheila, all of Savannah, Tennessee; a sister, Polly Umphrey of Savannah, Tennessee; four grandchildren, Tammy Briley Gooch and her husband Kevin, Wendy Morris and her husband Charles, Samantha Harville and her husband Jon, and Shane Collier and his wife Anna; 9 great grandchildren, Kortney Fye, Chris Gooch, Briley Gooch, Ina Morris, Avery Morris, Ryder Harville, Alexander Bowden, Lauren Bowden, and Justin Grammer.

In addition to her husbands and parents, she was preceded in death by: her son, Donald Earl Collier; a sister, Geneva Colley; four brothers, Jack, Joe, Ray, and Marvin Collier.