MINDEN, La. — “He was a man who loved his job, his family and his community.”
Those words, spoken by Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker at the funeral of Sgt. William “Billy” Earl Collins Jr., still carry weight nearly five years after the officer’s tragic death.
Parker also had to deliver the heartbreaking news to the public when Collins was killed in the line of duty. Anyone who heard that interview could hear the emotion in his voice. This was Doyline. A small town where something like this simply wasn’t supposed to happen…