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Barbara McCollum
Barbara A. McCollum, 63, of Granite City, Ill., born Sept. 10, 1949, in St. Louis, Mo., passed away at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City, Ill.
Mrs. McCollum enjoyed her days of fishing, gardening, cooking and tending to her house and was always caring for others. She will be remembered for the love and special times she shared with her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her father, Charles Polley; stepfather, Frank Midkiff; brother, Kenny Polley; sister, Carol Barnhill; father-in-law, Alston McCollum; and sister-in-law, Dathol Wilson.
Surviving are her husband, Alton R. McCollum, whom she married on Dec. 23, 1967, in St. Louis, Mo.; her mother, Ruth, nee Vann, Midkiff of St. Charles, Mo.; one son and his girlfriend, Harold Ray McCollum and Michelle Mendel of St. Louis, Mo.; two brothers, Mark Midkiff and Eddy Polley of St. Charles, Mo.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Sue and Sonny Atkins of Hazelwood, Mo., and Ellen and Jim Durham of Orchard Farms, Mo.; mother-in-law, Wilma McCollum of Union City, Tenn.; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Michael Barnhill of Farmington, Mo., Mona Polley of Farmington, Mo., Tomas and Carol McCollum of Union City, Tenn.; many nieces; nephews; other extended family and friends.
Memorials may be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and may be accepted at the funeral home. www.irwinchapel.com.
Visitation: Friends may call in celebration of her life from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at Irwin Chapel, 3960 Maryville Road in Granite City, Ill.
Funeral: Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at the funeral chapel with the Rev. Charles West officiating. Burial will be at St. John Cemetery on Maryville Road in Granite City, Ill.
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HELLO BAABY, LITTLE LATE BUT HAPPY NEW YEAR - LOVE YOU ALTON
January 6, 2016
HELLO BABY, WELL ON DEC. 23 WILL BE OUR 48 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU. -ALTON
ALTON MCCOLLUM
December 22, 2015
HELLO BABY -HAPPY BIRTHDAY 66 TODAY. RAY WILL BE OVER LATER AND WE WILL GO OUT TO EAT DINNER. MISS YOU LOVE YOU, ALTON.
September 10, 2015
HELLO BABY, I WILL BE IN TN. MOTHER'S DAY. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M THINKING OF YOU. LOVE YOU ALWAYS ALTON
May 6, 2015
HELLO BABY, MISS YOU TODAY IS EASTER SUNDAY. RAY AND MICHELL WILL BE OVER TODAY, WE WILL GO OUT FOR EASTER DINNER. LOVE YOU,ALTON
April 5, 2015
HI BABY, WISHING YOU A HAPPY VALENTINE DAY. IT'S NOT THE SAME WITH OUT YOU. I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU, I ALWAYS WILL LOVE YOU BABY. LOVE YOU,ALTON WWBTAS.
February 14, 2015
HI BABY, IT'S 12:13 A.M. 01/01/2015 HAPPY NEW TO YOU. MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU.LOVE- ALTON
ALTON MCCOLLUM
January 1, 2015
HI BABY DOLL, MISS YOU IT WILL BE TWO YEARS TOMORROW 12/29/2014 AT 2:OO P:M. WHEN YOU PASSED,IT DON'T GET ANY BETTER LIKE PEOPLE SAY. LOVE YOU ALTON.
ALTON MCCOLLUM
December 28, 2014
HI BABY, MERRY CHRISTMAS I WILL GOING TO SEE MOM TOMORROW ON THE 25th. I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO YOU BEFORE I LEAVE. MISS YOU AN LOVE YOU.-ALTON
ALTON MCCOLLUM
December 24, 2014
HELLO BABY, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 47 YEARS TODAY TUES. 12/23/2014. RAY WILL BE OVER ABOUT 4:00 WE ARE GOING OUT TO EAT. LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU,ALTON
December 23, 2014
HELLO BABY DOLL, RAY AND MICHELLE TOOK ME OUT FOR DINNER AT RAVANELLI'S. IT WAS AN EARLY ANNIVERSARY DINNER, RAY WILL BE OVER ON THE 23. LOVE YOU ALTON
ALTON MCCOLLUM
December 21, 2014
HELLO BABY MISS YOU I WANT TO BE WITH YOU,CAN YOU HELP ME. LOVE YOU AND ALWAYS WILL. LOVE ALTON
ALTON MCCOLLUM
September 23, 2014
HI BABY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEPT. 10 2014(65) I WANT TO BE WITH YOU CAN YOU HELP ME. MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU.-ALTON
ALTON MCCOLLUM
September 9, 2014
HI BABY-LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU. IT IS STILL VERY LONESOME WITH OUT YOU. ALTON
August 16, 2014
TODAY 12/29/2013 HAS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE YOU PASSED. I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU AND ALWAYS WILL. -ALTON
December 29, 2013
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY-12/23/13 46 YEARS. MISS YOU LOVE YOU.-ALTON
December 22, 2013
MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU BABY.-ALTON
September 29, 2013
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEP. 10 2013 (64) WISH YOU WERE HERE WITH ME. LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU. ALTON
ALTON MCCOLLUM
September 5, 2013
MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU ALWAY'S WILL.
ALTON MCCOLLUM
July 30, 2013
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