Obit for McCollum, Troy - Oklahoma County OK

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Amarillo Globe News 23 Apr 1997

Troy McCollum

Troy McCollum, 80, of Amarillo, a former Edmonson resident, died Monday, 
April 20, 1997.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Edmonson First Baptist Church with the 
Rev. Carter Frey, minister of education and administration at First 

Baptist Church of Rosenberg, officiating. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial 
Gardens at Plainview by Lemons Funeral Home of Plainview.
Mr. McCollum was born and raised in Tolbert. He attended school at Kings 
High and graduated from Quanah High School in 1936. He farmed in Hardeman 
County.

He married Ruth Vivian Jackson in 1940 at Oklahoma City. After marrying, he 
lived in Oklahoma City.

He served in the Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945. After being 
discharged, he returned to Oklahoma City and worked as a refrigeration 
engineer. In 1955, he moved to the Mayfield community to farm.

In 1957, Mr. McCollum moved to Edmonson. He retired in 1980. He moved to 
Amarillo in 1990. He was a member of the Edmonson Baptist Church and 
served as a deacon for 49 years. He also was chairman of the deacons.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Linda Frey of Rosenberg; two sons, 
Mike McCollum of Tulia and Bruce McCollum of Lubbock; a brother, Roy 
McCollum of Hale Center; two sisters, Edna Jones of Ralls and Juanita 
Williams of Lubbock; and seven grandchildren.


The family requests memorials be to the Edmonson First Baptist Church, the 
Parkinson Foundation or the Departments of Veterans Affairs Nursing Home 
in Amarillo.

The family will meet at the church at noon today. The casket will be open 
from 1 p.m. until service time at the church.
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