Obituary Gregory Wayne Collins was born to Joseph Collins and Earnestine Agee Collins on July 13, 1965 at Bessemer General Hospital. He was called from labor to rest on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at Princeton Baptist Medical Center. Gregory was educated in the Bessemer School System and was a graduate of J.S. Abrams High School class of 1983. Upon his completion of high school, he began working for Johnson Casting, Inc. Gregory was later employed with Maclean Power System of Pelham, Alabama until his illness. Heavenly transitions preceding Gregory were: father, Joseph Collins; aunts, Mattie Hubbard, Dorothy Wells, Myrtle Winston and Bobbie Jean Agee Jones; uncles, Moses Collins, Walter Howard, Jr., Nathaniel Kennedy, Sr. and Derrick Howard. Memories of Gregory will always be cherished by: loving and devoted mother, Earnestine Agee Collins; brothers, Michael (JoCynthia) Collins and Joseph Collins, Jr. both of Bessemer, AL; sister, Bonita Collins, Bessemer, AL; loving grandmother, Mary Lee Howard, Bessemer, AL; nephew, TraVarius Collins, Fairfield, AL; great nieces, Destinee Davis and Zariah Collins both of Bessemer, AL; uncle, Darrin Howard, Bessemer, AL; aunts, Mary Kizzie, Boston, MA, Shirley A. James, Mattie Kennedy both of Bessemer, AL and a host of cousins, friends and extended family.