Biography of Fred N McCollum Sr, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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FORREST CITY TIMES HERALD- PUBLISHER-1954-In Oct., 1943, Mr. Fred N. McCollum
Sr., who had been publishing the Monroe County Sun in Clarendon, came to Forrest
City to purchase the Times-Herald Publishing Company, located on North Front
Street, from Mr. John T. Durst. In the ten years he has run the paper, it has
achieved an outstanding record of sound growth and expansion, unsurpassed
anywhere in the state. It was re-located, in 1948, to the present Garland Street
location across from the Stevens Funeral Home, in the building owned and
constructed by William Alderson. Mr. McCollum was born at Greenbriar, Ark., the
son of Dr. I. N. McCollum of Conway and the late Mrs. Myrtle (Phillips)
McCollum, he was graduated from Conway High School. After attending the Univ. of
Arkansas, he received a B. A. Degree at Arkansas State Teachers College. He was
coach and science teacher at Lonoke before being employed in the commercial
department of the Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. 's branch office in Clarendon. Later
he sold Ford automobiles in Clarendon, for St. Francis Motor Co., until 1924,
when he bought the weekly Monroe County Sun and thus embarked on a career in
publishing. On Dec. 16, 1920, he married Miss Varnelle Bonner, daughter of the
late W. T. and Eleanor (Counts) Bonner of Clarendon, and to this union were born
four children. The McCollums have seven grandchildren. In addition to the paper,
Mr. McCollum operates a farm on Hwy 1 North, just south of Colt, and also in
Monroe County.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas