Obituaries

'Collins Was Called Home'

In October, Collins Dixon told a crowd of more than 4,000 that he got through each day of a cancer battle by leaning on God.

Update 12:58 p.m. Sunday

Arrangements for Collins Dixon have been announced, his parents Bob and Robin Dixon wrote this afternoon on the CarePages site they used to update family, friends and strangers about Collins' condition.

  • The family will receive friends at 4 p.m. today at , 191 Jarvis St., Canton.
  • A visitation will be held Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., also at Sosebee.
  • A service will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at , 1 Mission Point, Canton.
  • Collins will be buried at .

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in memory of Collins Fitzgerald Dixon to the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children or CURE Childhood Cancer.

Original report below 5:47 p.m. Saturday

Collins Dixon, the across Canton, died today.

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"Collins was called home to be with God this morning," his parents Bob and Robin Dixon wrote this afternoon on the CarePages site they used to update friends and strangers about doctor's visits, good reports and bad ones, too.

"We are praising Jesus and so thankful that Collins' passing was peaceful. Collins is now fully healed and restored. If we could see just a momentary glimpse of the amazing splendor and glory of heaven right now, we would be able to see Collins fully healed by His stripes and the celebration that is happening right now is beyond anything we have ever seen or witnessed on earth."

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Just 13 days ago, in Tampa. A die-hard football fan, several principals and Sheriff Roger Garrison raised money and called in favors to make the trip possible. They, like the thousands who heard Collins' keynote address during the Fellowship of Christian Athletes' Fields of Faith event in October, were touched by his strength while battling an aggressive form of stage 4 brain cancer.

When he returned home from the Outback Bowl, he had an MRI. The news wasn't good. His tumor had grown.

In 24 hours, people across Cherokee County—the same group of people who made his dream trip possible—rushed to organize inside the gymnasium at Cherokee High.

Held on Jan. 5, hundreds surrounded the 12-year-old boy, who was frail and wheelchair-bound. After cheers, songs and testimonials from friends, the director of the UGA's chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes summoned the crowd to pray.

People fell to their knees, lifted their hands and wept.

"The lives that Collins has impacted and witnessed to and the dedications of souls for eternal salvation—total numbers of lives forever given to Jesus Christ—is something we will never know until the day that we are each called home," his parents wrote on CarePages. "But we know that number is many."

Arrangements are pending.


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