NAME: HELEN RUTH (ESTES) COLLUM, AGE 86, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 31, 1918 AT LEHIGH, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES MONROE AND MARY EVELYN (MOATS) ESTES. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2004 AT HER ATOKA RESIDENCE. AGE: 86 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: HELEN ATTENDED AND GRADUATED SCHOOL AT LEHIGH, OK. MARRIED: ROY D. COLLUM ON FEBRUARY 4, 1939 AT ATOKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE RED ROSE GARDEN CLUB, GOD'S GOLDEN JUBILEE, AND W.M.U. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: ROY COLLUM OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: TONI RUTH COLLUM OF BLOOMINGTON, ID. VICTORIA RUTH WISDOM OF TULSA, OK. SONS: MILTON COLLUM AND WIFE MARGE OF LAKEWOOD, CO. J. D. COLLUM OF ATOKA, OK. LEE WAYNE COLLUM AND WIFE MARY OF WEST PALM BEACH, FL. GRANDCHILDREN: JASON, JOSHUA, ANGELA, DANIEL, LINCOLN, LANDON, AND VICTOR. 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: HAROLD ESTES AND WIFE MARGARET OF LEHIGH, OK. JOE ESTES OF TUTTLE, OK. SISTERS: VIRGINIA RICHARD OF STONEWALL, OK. REBA EDDINGS AND HUSBAND CLIFFORD OF COALGATE, OK. JUNE ELLIOTT OF HUGO, OK. MARY ANN YOTHER AND HUSBAND JULIAN OF COALGATE, OK. NORMA MAYNES OF STREETMAN, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES MONROE AND MARY EVELYN (MOATS) ESTES. SON: TERRY RAY COLLUM IN 1976. BROTHERS: BERNICE (ON MARCH 3, 1995), CHESTER, AND PAUL (ON AUGUST 16, 1995) ESTES. SISTERS: DORIS HOWARD AND TENNIE MAE PALMER.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOE CHAPIN. CASKETBEARERS: SCOTT EDDINGS, LARRY EDDINGS, MARVIN ESTES, HERMAN PARKER, CLINTON PALMER, GERALD MAGAR.