NAME: ROY D. COLLUM, AGE 91, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 31, 1914 AT STRINGTOWN TO DREWIE AUGUSTA AND MILLIE ELLEN (TANKERSLY) COLLUM. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2006 AT HIS HOME IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 91 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM LEHIGH HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935. HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION FROM EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY, TAHLEQUAH IN 1946 AND HIS MASTERS OF TEACHING FROM NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1960. MARRIED: HELEN RUTH ESTES ON FEBRUARY 14, 1939 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: ROY WORKED IN CIVIL SERVICE AS AN AIRCRAFT INSPECTOR FOR THE NAVY DURING WWII AND TAUGHT 6TH GRADE SCIENCE AT OWASSO SCHOOL OVER 30 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1980. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ATOKA. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE AARP AND OKLAHOMA RETIRED EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: MILTON ROY COLLUM AND WIFE MARGIE OF LAKEWOOD, CO. J. D. COLLUM OF ATOKA, OK. LEE WAYNE COLLUM AND WIFE MARY OF WEST PALM BEACH, FL. TONI RUTH COLLUM OF BLOOMINGTON, ID. VICTORIA RUTH WISDOM OF TULSA, OK. SISTER: VIVA LEE SETTLEMIRE OF CALIFORNIA. 7 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DREWIE AND MILLIE COLLUM. WIFE: HELEN ON OCTOBER 10, 2004. SON: TERRY RAY COLLUM. BROTHER IN-LAW: BUD SETTLEMIRE.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2006 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOE CHAPIN PLACE OF INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY BENEFIELD, LESLIE COLLUM, MARVIN ESTES, ROBERT PETE JONES, JERRY BETTIS, SCOTT EDDINGS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS) MONROE ALLEN, CALVIN CLEVELAND, WILLIE COGBURN, LON FINK, BILL MALONE, EVERETT MCGHEE, HOWARD SOUTHERN, JOE STRICKLIN, CLARENCE VIEUX, BROWN WYRICK, OLEN CURRY.