Ike T. Mccollum

Ike T. McCollum, 84, McArthur, Ohio entered into the gates of Heaven Sunday, March 2, 2008 at Holzer Medical Center, Jackson. He was born May 20, 1923 in Winchester, Indiana, son of the late Volley and Volecy Mullins McCollum. He was a retired auto mechanic and a WW II U.S. Army Veteran.

Ike is survived by three sons and four daughters: Larry (Ivy) McCollum, Londonderry, Ohio; Randy (Louise) McCollum, Harpswell, Maine; Delbert (Sherri) McCollum, Jackson, Ohio; Shirley (Albert) Smith, Ewington, Ohio; Judy Canter, Wellston, Ohio; Carolyn Franke, Tiffin, Ohio and Bonnie Cowger, Jackson, Ohio; seventeen grandchildren: Bryan, Ian, Andrew and A.J. McCollum; Ryan and Jarred Canter; Derek Nathan and Chelsie Cowger; Shannon (Billy) Witt; Danelle (Shannon) Bare; David (Missy) and Daryl (Toni) Smith; Denise (Warren) Clark; Patty Stewart; Ryan Rhoden and Tara (Shane) Gilliland; seventeen great-grandchildren, one brother and three sisters: Bee McCollum, Kentucky; Mae Lamb, Zaleski; Dorothy Wynn, Conway, Kentucky and Francis Allen, Berea, Kentucky; daughter-in-law, Katrina McCollum McGhee, Meigs, County, Ohio.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two sons: Bobby Ray and Gary Herbert McCollum; his first wife and mother of his children, Bessie P. Griffin McCollum and second wife Mabel V. Inboden McCollum; two brothers, Harley and John McCollum and one sister, Susie Phillips.

Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 PM Friday March 7, 2008 in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, Ohio with Pastor Denver McCarty officiating. Burial will follow in Vinton Memorial Park with Full Military Graveside Rites conducted by McArthur VFW Post 5299. Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton on Thursday 2:00-4:00 and 6:00-8:00 PM.