Ernest Boyd Collins and his wife Floretta Brown Collins have recently created the Prairieview A&M Collins-Brown Endowment, which can be awarded to students who attended Newton Collins Elementary, are graduating from Del Valle High School, and want to attend Prairieview A&M in Prairieview, Texas. To apply, students need to complete this scholarship application. Students who are awarded the scholarship will receive $2,500 each semester to help pay for the cost of tuition.
Floretta Brown Collins, Ernest Collins, and their daughter on December 12, 2022 in the Newton Collins Library after the interview with Ernest Collins for the Newton Collins Archive.
Ernest Boyd Collins and Floretta Brown Collins recently had an auditorium named after them at Prairieview A&M.