A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 2:00pm in Parkhill Cemetery at Chapel of Pines Mausoleum with Dr. Jimmy Elder officiating.
James B. McCollum was born in 1931 in Climax, Georgia to the late Ernestine and J. P. McCollum. He grew up in Bainbridge, Ga.
He earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees at Georgia Tech and was commissioned into the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Yarnall.
He married Faye Wright on June 11, 1961 in Carrollton, Ga.
Initially employed at Southwire, he moved to New Orleans and graduated from Tulane University with a Ph.D. in economics. He became a professor at Georgia Tech and later joined a Troy State University program where he taught college courses to military personnel in England, Germany, and Italy.
In 1976, Dr. McCollum joined the faculty at Columbus College. He carefully tailored his economics lectures to help students understand this complex subject. He served as interim dean of the business school for a year and won the Faculty Service Award in 1986. He continued to serve as head of the economics department until he retired.
Dr. McCollum was a lifelong learner who enjoyed reading about technology, math, history, nutrition, and more.
A dear husband, father, and brother, Dr. McCollum will be greatly missed by his family. He was preceded in death by his wife, Faye McCollum.
He leaves his loving daughter and son-in-law, Shawn and Stephen Worth; brother, John McCollum; and other relatives to cherish his loving memory.
