MICHAEL WAS BORN IN DECATUR, AL TO THE PROUD PARENTS OF MICHAEL MAURICE COLLINS AND CHELCIE ANN CLOPTON ON JUNE 29, 1989. MICHAEL WAS CALLED HOME TO GLORY PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP, ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 AT HIS RESIDENCE.

HE ATTENDED COURTLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL. MICHAEL WAS BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS AT AN EARLY AGE AND
JOINED WHEELER CHAPEL CHURCH. MIC (MIC) AS HE WAS KNOWN TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY, WAS A LOVER OF FASHION, ESPECIALLY SPORTING HIS JORDANS, JERSEY’S AND THE LATEST ELECTRONIC DEVICES. HE HAD A KIND SPIRIT AND WAS A GOOD PERSON AT HEART. MICHAEL (MIC) FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT NOW HE’S SAFE IN THE MASTER'S ARMS. HIS BODY ENDURED A TOUGH STRUGGLE WITH LUPUS, KIDNEY FAILURE AND HEART DISEASE,
NOW HE HAS A NEW BODY PREPARED BY GOD.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS LOVING MEMORY: PARENTS, MICHAEL COLLINS OF DECATUR AND CHELCIE ANN CLOPTON OF ATHENS; ONE SISTER,QUENETHIA (JASON) LIPSCOMB; TWO DEVOTED NIECES, JMYIA AND JANYLE LIPSCOMB, ALL OF MUSCLE SHOALS; SIX UNCLES, RONNIE WILLLAMS AND LEVI (MIA) RANDOLPH OF HUNTSVILLE, AL, MARLON (DEBRA) CLOPTON OF DECATUR, AL, SHERMAN BOWMAN OF HILLSBORO, AL, RALPH BOWMAN JR. OF NORTH COURTLAND AND ALTON (CYNTHIA) BOWMAN OF COLUMBUS, GA; FIVE AUNTS, LOREEN MASON, DELLA (ALEX) TAYLOR, ROSA BOWMAN, CAVONDA (DAVID) JOHNSON AND BIANCA BOWMAN; TWO GREAT AUNTS, NADINE CLOPTON OF TOWN CREEK, AL AND DELORES KEY OF COURTLAND, AL; THREE GREAT UNCLES, LUCIOUS WHITE, AKRON OH, LARRY CLOPTON OF COURTLAND ,AL RONNIE CLOPTON OF DECATUR, AL; ONE GREAT-GREAT UNCLE, A.O. BAY OF COLUMBUS, MS. MICHAEL HAD A HOST OF COUSINS AND FRIENDS THAT LOVED HIM DEARLY.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE NOON, WEDNESDAY AT NORTH COURTLAND P.B. CHURCH WITH PASTOR JIMMY WHITE OFFICIATING AND INHUMATION TO FOLLOW IN JONES CEMETERY IN TOWN CREEK, ALABAMA.  THE BODY WILL LIE IN REPOSE ONE HOUR PRIOR TO FUNERAL.  PUBLIC VIEWING WILL BE MONDAY FROM 2-6 AND TUESDAY FROM 10-6 AT REYNOLDS FUNERAL HOME.