Mary Lou "LuLu" Jobe McCollum

Funeral services will be at 11 AM Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Alamance Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member, with interment to follow in the church cemetery.

She was retired from the US Postal Service. In her youth, LuLu enjoyed playing softball, cards and bowling. She was a history buff and especially studied World War II. She also liked hummingbirds and watching westerns.

LuLu was preceded in death by her parents, Roy Eugene and Rose Johnson Jobe; brothers, Roy Eugene Jobe, Jr. and Harvey Green Jobe; sister, Mildred Jobe Tickle; and her husband of fifty years, Ruffin Alexander McCollum.

Mrs. McCollum is survived by her step-daughter, Patricia McCollum Walters of Greensboro; step-son, Charles Edward McCollum and wife JoAnne of Georgia; grandchildren, Tamara D. Moreno (Mario), Natasha Craig (Jerry), Charles Edward McCollum Jr., Joseph Alex McCollum, and Larri M. Riley (Dennis); eleven great grandchildren, eight great-great grandchildren including a special bond with Zachary Carter, Adam Walters and great granddaughter and caregiver, Miranda Carter (David).

Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, POB 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 or to Disabled American Veterans, POB 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Friday at Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home N. Elm chapel. On line condolences may be made to www.hanslineberryfuneralhomes.com