I moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas at the end of 1953 with my parents and we attended the Park Hill church of Christ.  I became friends with Harold Turner who was friends with Nub.  Nub was a mild manner energetic boy who loved sports especially baseball.    He knew the names of almost all the major league baseball players and all the stats. I had never met anyone who knew more about baseball than Nub…Baseball was his first love.
Nub liked to clown around.  As an example when we were teen-agers when we meet man or boy on the street we would say hi Sam how are you doing , it’s been a long time or something like that.  We got a lot of weird reactions.  
I found Nub to be someone that I could always confined with and get sincere fed back.  We talked about girls a lot.  Nub was shy around girls.
I got Nub in trouble now and then.  I talked him into boating down some rapids in a boat which turned over and we got stuck in the middle of a stream with rushing water all around us.  I talked him into going cave exploring and we got lost in the cave for 9 hours.
Nub’s grades in high school were mostly Cs but when he took the SAT test he was in the top 5% of his class.  He did not boost about it.  He did not even tell his mother.
Nub was a Baptist in his teen years but attended Park Hill church of Christ on Wednesday nights. After he married Marty, Harold Turner converted him and Marty.  He was always devoted to the Lord and he became a mighty worker in the Lord’s Kingdom, not as a well know preached but as a worker who taught the truth and provided preaching to congregations who could not afford one.    
Nub was truly one of a kind and I know he is with the Lord now but I wish he was still on this earth.  I believe he was like Paul the apostle , for him to live would have been gain for Christ and for him to die was his gain.


I have been a lifelong friend of Nub's for sixty nine years.  We grew up together in the Bailey Hill neighborhood.  He was a good husband, an  excellent father, an exceptional grandfather and a wonderful great-grandfather.  He was a fan of the Razorbacks and the Dodgers and loved to talk sports.. He had a kind and compassionate heart.  He will be missed by all who knew him.  Judy and I will miss our Monday night dinners with Nub and Marty.

Granddaddy, I love you so much. I was so lucky to have you in my life and my children's lives. You were just the best. I so wish we had you just a little longer. But I know how much you loved God and I know you are with him. I miss you more than words can say. Thank you for being my granddaddy.

My Daddy was an amazing man.  A devout Christian, a loving husband, a wonderful dad, grandaddy, great-grandfather and even a doting pet owner.  He loved God 24/7 and was an inspirational teacher of the Word.  He was so funny, extremely smart, and a huge Hog fan.  I was very blessed to have my parents as they were and are the most amazing people I know.  I love you Daddy with all my heart and there is a void there that will never be filled.  It hurts but I know he's in Heaven with lived ones from the past and his goal everyday was to go to Heaven.  But we miss him with all our hearts.  I love and miss you so, so much Daddy.

A true disciple of Christ and child of God, faithful till the end. Nub was such a great example to us all and demonstrated to us by word and deed what it means to follow Christ. He was truly a champion of faith. I will miss him and long to see him again some day in eternity. Enjoy your rest brother, Heaven is yours.
May God be with Marty and the family in the coming days.  Only He can ease the pain of your loss. We have all been truly blessed to have known Charles Loum !

He was the kindest, gentlest person I know. I am so incredibly lucky to have been his granddaughter. I will miss him every single day. I love you Granddaddy. So so much.

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Mr. Loum is survived by his wife Marty Loum of Greenwood; one daughter, Cherie Michelle Stewart of Mulberry; two brothers, Terry Loum of Fort Smith and Michael Loum of North Little Rock; two granddaughters, Amber Reid of Greenwood and Candace McCollum of Mulberry and four great grandchildren.

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Charles Dale Loum

October 19, 1939 – March 16, 2018

McConnell Funeral Home

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