Roberta Collins Woolard

ANGIER– Roberta Collins Woolard, 94, passed away Saturday at Oak Hill Nursing Center. A native of Harnett County, she was the daughter of the late Furman and Bertha Walton Collins. A funeral service will be held on Friday at 12:00 PM at Bryan-Lee Funeral Chapel, Angier. The family will receive friends from 10:45 – 11:45 AM prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Angier Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Woolard is survived by her sons, Ken Howard of Fuquay-Varina, Rudy Howard and his wife, Nan of Wilmington; grandchildren, Melanie Ernst and husband, Buck, Felecia Hipp and husband, Greg, Frank Howard, Lane Howard; great-grandchildren, Lauden Ernst, Rylee Ernst, Kolby Medlin, Wyatt Medlin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Woolard; son, Graham Franklin Howard, Jr.; brothers, Dr. Tom Collins and Joe Collins; sisters, Roena Honeycutt, Dottie Earp, and Shirley VanStavern. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 5171 Glenwood Ave., #101, Raleigh, NC 27612.