Laura Margaret Collins, 81, of Columbia, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Born in Troy, NY, on September 5, 1939, she was a daughter of the late John and Caroline Grace Taylor. She was a snake handler with the traveling Circus S before moving to Columbia in the early 1960âs. She enjoyed volunteering for the Title One Advisory Council of Education in Richland County. Laura spent her life being a large advocate for education.
Survivors include her sons, Anthony John Booth (Sheila) and Joseph Booth; daughters, Jacqueline âJackieâ Booth Davidson, and Terrie Medlin; as well as a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Collins; and a granddaughter, Trinity Booth.