William "Billy" E. Collins Jr.

Doyline, LA – A Fallen Hero, Sergeant William “Billy” Collins, Jr. will be honored on Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Bossier. The family will receive friends on Thursday, July 15, 2021 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at First Baptist Bossier. His interment will follow at Hill Crest Memorial Park. Dr. Gevan Spinney and Sheriff Jason Parker will be officiating the service.

Billy Collins was born in Shreveport, LA on October 9, 1967 to Paula Collins-Moore and William Collins, Sr., his end of watch was in Doyline, LA on July 9, 2021. He spent his childhood overseas while his stepfather, Daniel McGrew served our country and then settled in Bossier Parish in 1986. Billy joined the United States Air Force in 1987 and was a veteran of Desert Storm. One of Billy’s favorite stories to tell was when he had the honor of escorting Former President Ronald Reagan. For the past 13 years, he served as a Deputy for the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Department and as an Officer for the Doyline Police Department.

He was a rock to his family and a King of the Castle at home. Billy was an avid sports fan and loved LSU and the Saints. If Billy was not on duty, you could find him with a remote in his hand watching sports!

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Polly White Wilson and Jack E. White, and great-grandparents, Johnnie Callaway Rose and E. E. Callaway.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Teresa, two daughters, Lauren Michelle Collins-Curry (Roy Roger Curry) and Danielle Rose Collins; and mother, Paula Collins-Moore. He is also, survived by his aunts and uncles, Mitzi and Ron Ratliff, Becky and Tommy Turnage, and Teresa Dyess; cousins, Michael Wright, Steven Wright and Jennifer Turnage, as well as extended family, loved ones and friends.

Pallbearers will be Jeffery Robert Hood, Michael Dickey, Nathan David Edie, Travis P. Herren, Curtis D. Sikes, Christopher Lovell, Charles J. Clark and Coby H. Barton. Honorary pallbearers will be the Deputies of the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to the Webster Parish Sheriff Department, Doyline Police Department, all surrounding law enforcement agencies and the residents of the Village of Doyline. They would also like to offer a sincere appreciation, especially to Chief of Police Robert Hayden and Sheriff Jason Parker.

The family has requested that in lieu of flowers; please make a contribution to the Law Enforcement Agency of your choice. Support the Badge!

“A hero is an ordinary person facing extraordinary circumstance and acting with courage, honor, and self sacrifice.”