The town was founded prior to the Civil War by George C. Collier, who established a trading post and saloon. First called Collier's Store, the town changed its name around 1854 to honor James M. Brundidge, a prominent citizen and founder of the local Masonic lodge. During the Civil War, men from Pike County joined Company F, the Brundidge Guards, of the 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry.
Yes, the word emotion is a word for a feeling or state; a word for  a thing.    Examples of nouns that represent emotions are love, hate, envy,  fear, worry, etc.
Most collective nouns in everyday speech are mundane and are not specific to one specific kind, such as the word group, which may apply to people in the phrase a group of people, but may also correctly refer to dogs in the phrase a group of dogs.ther collective nouns are specific to one kind, especially terms of venery, which are words for specific groups of animals.