Nichols- Mary Ford Collins, 93, of the Mt. Pisgah Community died Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Carolinas Hospital System in Marion. She was born in Marion County, a daughter of the late William Nelson and Jessie Blanch Huggins Ford. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Her life was dedicated to God and her family. Mrs. Collins was predeceased in addition to her parents, by her husband, Gary B. Collins; five brothers, Major, Harvey, Laneau, Furman, and Gary Ford, and four sisters, Essie Gerald, Lottie Vaught, Daisy Powell, and Pauline Anderson. She is survived by four sons, Dale (Dottie) Collins and Buddy (Jane) Collins, all of Mullins, Winston (Rebecca) Collins of Columbia, and Thelbert Collins of Lubbock, Texas; two daughters, Kaye Bradley of Nichols and Deanna (Gill) Simons of Georgetown; eleven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Monday, August 26, 2013 at Meares Funeral Home in Mullins. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in the chapel of Meares Funeral Home. Entombment will follow at Red Hill Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, 535 Nichols Highway South, Nichols, S.C. 29581 or to Alzheimers Association, P.O. Box 7044, Columbia, S.C. 29202. A message of condolence for the family may be left at mearesfh.com.