Virgia Collins Belt

DATELINE:  GROVER, NORTH CAROLINA Virgia Collins Belt

Virgia Collins Belt, 90, of Grover, North Carolina, passed away on September 14, 2024 at Carolina Care Health & Rehabilitation in Cherryville. Born March 4, 1934 in Lee County, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Ollie Bud and Nancy Bell Collins and was also preceded in death by Walter Gilliam, her husband of 42 years, Joseph Belt, her husband of 7 years, sisters Roxie Bledsoe and Louise Kimble, brothers Oscar Collins, Grover Collins, Alonzo Collins, and baby brother Robert Collins, and her great-granddaughter Kayla Scott. Virgia worked many years as a knitter at Anvil Knit and Kings Mountain Knit. Outside of work, she enjoyed a variety of hobbies, including yard sales, gardening, and canning and freezing food. She was a lifelong member of Bethany Baptist Church in Grover. Virgia loved the Lord and greatly enjoyed Gospel singing. She liked traveling, especially going to the beach. Virgia welcomed visitors and was always in attendance at family reunions. She loved spending holidays with her family, and at Christmastime, she always remembered to treat each and every one of her numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren with a gift. Virgia's love, warmth, and faithfulness will be remembered by her loving family and all who knew and loved her.

SURVIVORS: Children: Edith Faye Brown of Blacksburg, South Carolina; Janette Cook and husband, Walter Jimmy Cook, of Casar, North Carolina; Dorothy Kaye Ramsey of Casar, North Carolina; and Debbie Joyce Early and husband, Brent, of Bessemer City, North Carolina Sisters: Mary Collins of Kings Mountain and Billie Ann Bentley of Denver, North Carolina Virgia is additionally survived by 13 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren.

FUNERAL SERVICE: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. at Bethany Baptist Church of Grover, North Carolina with Reverends Richard Smith and Scott Hardin officiating.

VISITATION: Prior to the service from 1:00 P.M. to 1:50 P.M. at Bethany Baptist Church.

INTERMENT: Grover Cemetery, Grover, North Carolina

MEMORIALS: Memorials in Virgia's memory may be made to Carolina Caring at 3975 Robinson Rd., Newton, NC 28658 or online at www.carolinacaring.org/give or to Bethany Baptist Church at 723 Cleveland Ave., Grover, NC 28073.

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