Share Virginia Ruth (Collins) Cates's obituary with others.
Invite friends and family to read the obituary and add memories.
Stay updated
We'll notify you when service details or new memories are added.
You're now following this obituary
We'll email you when there are updates.
Please select what you would like included for printing:
Virginia Ruth (Collins) Cates
January 25, 1924 — March 11, 2014
Haltom City ~ Virginia Wilkerson Cates, 90, a retired restaurant owner went to be with our Lord Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in Haltom City .
No services are scheduled.
Virginia was born January 25, 1924 to William and Lilly (Slimp) Collins in Rhome , Texas . Former owner of restaurants in Boyd and Rhome , Virginia was a great cook and said to have made the best German chocolate cakes. She loved to crochet, tat and was a loving mother and grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Earl Cates; her sisters, Florence Bletsch and Patricia Stokes.
Those left behind to cherish her memory are her son, James Wilkerson and wife Linda of Haslet; her grandchildren, James Darin Wilkerson and wife Yong Chu of Bedford, Karen Gayle Uzobuife and husband Pascal of Haslet, Andrew Paul Wilkerson of Fort Worth ; 6 great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; other family members and a host of friends.
Christian-Hawkins Funeral Home, Boyd, Texas-940-433-5310