McCOLLUM, James W. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

COVINGTON (CNS) — James W. McCollum, 41, a farmer of Covington Route 3, died unexpectedly at 2:30 p.m. yesterday (Feb. 14, 1968) at home. Death has been attributed to a heart attack. The son of Manford and Inez Kelley McCollum, he was born March 30, 1926 at Crawfordsville, Ind. Mr. McCollum was married March 23, 1946 to Wyogene Davidson who survives. Others surviving are his mother, Yeddo; a daughter, Mrs. Linda Holt, Covington Route 3; a son, Charles (Chuck) McCollum, at home, and a grandchild. A 1944 graduate of Wallace High, he was a farmer. Mr. McCollum was a member of the Osborne Prairie Christian Church, Boswell Conservation Club, Boswell American Legion, American Hereford Association and the Covington Athletic Booster Club. A member of the Fountain County Farm Bureau, he was president of Fountain County Tractor Pulling Association and an adult leader of the 4-H Club in Wabash Township. He served with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific from 1944-1946. An outdoorsman, Mr. McCollum was an avid hunter, fisherman and trap shooter. Friends will be received at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home, Covington after 6 p.m. today and Friday afternoon and evening. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Scott Comrie officiating. Burial will be in Osborne Prairie Cemetery.  --typed by Walt W