PREMIUM, KY- Shirley Caudill Collins, 69, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday July 9, 2025 from her residence.

Shirley loved her Lord and was of the Old Regular Baptist faith. She worked for 20 years in the bakery at Superior Market, then in the water analysis department at Crawford Engineering. Shirley was also a licensed cosmetologist. She was well known for her baking skills and home cooking

…she always loved to cook for her family and friends. She also loved playing Rook, tracing her family roots and canning things from the garden. Now, Shirley had a sweet tooth …loving her Little Debbie cakes and

Caffeine Free Diet Coke. But what Shirley treasured the most was her family and the time she spent with them.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Hiram and Dixie (Adams) Caudill; a sister, Wanda Brimmer; brothers, Dolon Caudill, Darrell Caudill, Homer Caudill, Forester Caudill and James Caudill

Survivors include her son, "darling little sweetheart angel" J R Collins (Angie)-Premium, KY and honorary son Adrian Collins (Sierra)-Kingdom Come, KY; grandchild, Kimber Collins-Premium, KY; sisters, Elaine Caudill-Premium, KY , Eleaner Jacobs (Orbin)-Premium, KY, Martha Collins-Premium, KY and Darlene Shephard (Mike)- Sand Lick, KY; brothers Nance Caudill-Isom KY and Ames Caudill (Dolly)-Isom, KY; several nieces, nephews and cousins; special nieces, Billie Jo Hatton, Katrina Shepherd Whisenant, Diana Turnmyre, April Shepherd Morell and Emma Jacobs Ison; lifelong friend Carol Ann Combs; and a host of friends and loved

ones to mourn her passing.

Funeral services will be conducted at 7:00 pm Saturday July 12, 2025 at

The Big Cowan Old Regular Baptist Church-Whitesburg KY with Elders of the church officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm until time of service.

Family and friends are asked to meet at the church by 10:30 am Sunday July 13, 2025 to prepare to go in procession to the Caudill Family Cemetery- Premium, KY for graveside services. J R Collins, Adrian Collins, Kimber

Collins, Brian Perry, Randy Collins, Rob Caudill and Joe Caudill will serve as pallbearers.

The staff of Baker Funeral Home- Pound, VA is serving the family of Shirley Caudill Collins.