Jeffrey Clayton Collier was born October 5, 1954 – and left this earth on June 25th, 2021. He will forever be known as an amazing Son, Father, Brother, Grandfather, Great grandfather Uncle, Friend, Race car driver, and more, but most importantly he was a man of God.
Jeff is preceded in death by his parents Clayton & Bettie Collier, brother Jerry Collier and is survived by his brother Michael Collier, Sons, Chris Collier and wife Jessica Collier, Mark and wife Renee Collier & John Collier and wife Tina Collier. Jeff was the middle son among 3 brothers raised on the Collier Farm until he ventured off to College at NC State. He made his family proud when he began work at First Colony Farms as a laborer and worked his way up to President of the Company.
He then went on to be the farm manager for 3 prisons in North Carolina that eventually took him to Walla Walla Washington state where he managed a farming corporation. He returned to NC and became the manager of another large farming corporation as well as starting a Christian radio station in Burlington, NC.
He was also a very talented race car driver (Collier family passion) and in 1990 he sat on pole for the Florida 200 at Daytona International Speedway with a still standing track record of 166.553 mph for that series [NASCAR Dash Series].
See full obituary at Wrenn, Clarke, and Hagan Funeral Home.
