Obit of Margaret Collums (c452) - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 24 Sep 2003 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== The Chickasha Express-Star 16 September 2003 MARGARET TERRELL COLLUMS Graveside services for Margaret Collums will be held at 11 a.m., Sept. 17, 2003, at Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Collums died Sept. 12, 2003, in Casper, Wyoming. Margaret, 101 years old, was born June 16, 1902, in Chickasha, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Her parents were James C. and Clara Whiteman Terrell. Margaret married Garner G. Collums May 30, 1922, in Chickasha. He predeceased her in July 1962. In 1942, Mr. Collums received a direct commission in the U. S. Army Air Corps, and Margaret worked in the USO during World War 11 after he was transferred to China. She served in the USO in San Diego, Chicago and Shreveport, LA. Margaret attended Emery University in Atlanta, GA, and was initiated into Alpha Chi Omega sorority in 1921. She returned to Chickasha and graduated from Oklahoma College for Women with a degree in music. After WW II she taught school in Norman Public Schools and started the University Travel Service, the first Travel Service in Norman. As a Travel Agent, she traveled extensively and took several round-the-world cruises. She lived the last 10 years of her life in Casper, Wyoming. Survivors are her son: James D. Collums, Casper, WY; grandsons: Gary G. Collums and James S. Collums, Casper, WY; granddaughter: Christi C. Doyle, Las Vegas, NV; and seven great grandchildren. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html