Earl Watson Collins
AKA "The EGG Man"
August 4, 1923 - May 31, 2019
 
EARL WATSON COLLINS
Earl Collins passed peacefully May 31st, 2019.  He was months shy of his 96th birthday.  Born August 4th, 1923 to parents Amy Barker and Jesse Watson Collins in Pendleton, Oregon he was one of four children.
Earl proudly served with the 111th Airborne Squadron as a Tech Sergeant while stationed in occupied Japan.  He had fond memories of those patriotic times, as do all who served during WWII.
Earl was fortunate to have married his wife of 56 years, Nancy Louise Collins, who preceded him in death in 2007.  They raised 5 children, and proudly have 8 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.  Farming was in his blood, as they moved through Oregon and California, eventually settling in Santa Cruz, CA where he operated various poultry hatcheries.
Retiring in 1987, they made their home in Cave Junction, Oregon.  After an idle few months, he made the hobby of poultry into a small egg business, where he sold his brown eggs at the Grants Pass Farmers market for close to the last 30 years.  He loved those Saturdays, and he worked as he lived; with honor, integrity, hard work, and a sense of fairness.  We loved him deeply.
Services will be held Friday, June 14th at Saint Annes Catholic Church at 11:30 a.m.













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The Grants Pass Growers Market is a membership Association with yearly dues and a weekly booth fee.  All Vendors wishing to become a member must be juried in.  Jury is held once a year in February.  Farmers are always first with no jury.  Food & craft members must jury.  Due to limited spaces for food & craft vendors there may not be any openings in those areas.  If selected as a new vendor please be aware that as farmers products start coming in you may be bumped from a space and moved to shoulder seasons.  The Winter Market is limited in spaces and current farmers and vendors have first opportunity to sign-up for a booth space.  Management will make every effort to include as many vendors as possible.

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SOGA Board of Directors:

President -  Christi Reilly
Vice President - Manny Lawrence
Secretary - Jolene Davis
Treasurer - Fred Freidman
Denean Maplesden, Andre Kompier
​Eli Doyle, Shelia Smith
​Cindy McClanahan

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Assistant Managers:
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​Chancy Moore,
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