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Collin E. Hastey

Collin E. Hastey

April 13, 2012

Collin E. Hastey, 33, of Brinson, Ga., died Friday, April 13, 2012, at his residence.

He was born April 16, 1978, in Birmingham, Ala., and was raised in Sylacauga, Ala. He was a graduate of Bainbridge High School Class of 1996, and a graduate of Northeast Georgia Police Academy Class 205 in 2006. He was a detention officer, serving for more than six years with the Decatur County Sheriff\'s Office and Walton County Sheriff\'s Office from 2006 to present. He served as a police officer with Bainbridge Public Safety and was a member of the Kendrick Volunteer Fire Department and Fellowship Baptist Church. He will always be remembered for his dedication to his family, his work and his community. He was preceded in death by his father, Claude Max Hastey Jr.

Survivors include his wife, Gina Charmaine Hastey of Brinson, Ga.; two sons, Hunter Claude Hastey and Gage Alan Hastey, both of Brinson, Ga.; his mother, Nancy Strain Hastey of Bainbridge, Ga.; one brother, David Eugene Hastey and his wife, Jolie, of Dalton, Ga.; one sister, Kim Hayes West and her husband, Danny, of Cairo, Ga; his paternal grandmother, Nell Estelle Hastey of Sylacauga, Ala.; and five nephews, Nathan Hastey, Josiah Hastey, Jake Hastey, Kenneth Hayes and Derek Hayes.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fellowship Baptist Church with the Rev. Rob Coram and the Rev. Avery Hutto officiating. Burial will follow in Oak City Cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be Casey Chapman, Pat Bryant, Jeff McCullough, Jake Bush, Matt Garrett and Chris Kirven. Honorary pallbearers will be his original shift No. 1, Walter Landrum, Fred Black, Ray Cox, Craig Carr, Rusty Day, Gary Hines, Marty Brown, Eddie Williams, Daniel Henley, Bo Harrell, Tom Foster and Terry Pait. The members of Bainbridge Public Safety, the Decatur County Sheriff\'s Office, Decatur County Emergency Medical Services, the Decatur County Fire Department and the Kendrick Volunteer Fire Department, past and present, will also serve as honorary pallbearers.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Ivey Funeral Home.

Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Kendrick Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 586, Bainbridge, GA 39818.

Ivey Funeral Home of Bainbridge, Ga. is in charge of arrangements.