Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Collum, Daniel W., 1942 

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World War Veteran Dies in Hospital 

  Daniel Woodie Collum, 47, of Suffolk, a veteran of World War I, died in the 
Veterans Hospital at Kecoughtan, Va., after an illness of five months.  His 
death occurred at 7:50 p.m. yesterday. 

  Collum, a saw filer employed at Norfolk, was injured in the war when a 
torpedo struck the U.S.S. Mt. Vernon, a troopship on which he was stationed. 
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emily Legare Collum, three daughters, 
Mildred, Hazel, and Margaret Collum, a sister, Mrs. Florence Bordeaux and a 
brother, J. Thomas Collum, of Wrightsville, N.C.  Several nieces and nephews 
also survive. 

  He was a member of the Suffolk Christian Church, and the Twentieth Century 
Baracca Class. 

  The body was taken to the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral home.  Arrangements 
for the services were to be completed later. 

  Mr. and Mrs. Herman K. Legare, brother and sister-in-law to Mrs. Collum, 
arrived today from Dundalk, Md., to attend the services. 


Daniel Woodie COLLUM, of Suffolk, Norfolk saw filer, veteran of WW-I, 
b. 29 Oct 1895, Town Creek, Brunswick Co., NC, 
d. 1 Jun 1942, Kecoughtan, Elizabeth City Co. (now City of Hampton), 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 203*), Suffolk, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 20, No. 62, Tues., June 2, 1942, p. 8 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

Birthplace &c. from D.Cert. 13576 (Kecoughtan #130) 

His widow (1902 - 1976) 2m. James E. POWER, 1 Jun 1951, in Los Angeles, CA. 
   She is buried in National Memorial Park, West Falls Church, Fairfax Co. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #30683314) 

His parents, John C. & Viola (ROBBINS) COLLUM, are buried in Cheerful Hope 
   Baptist Church Cemetery, Delco, Columbus Co., NC. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #83671943) 


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