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Hubert Stringer
August 17, 2011Eleanor Falterman Talbot
August 19, 2011Nancy Cherie McCollum, 58, was a native of Atlanta, Ga., and resident of Houma, La., died at 7:43 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011.
Ms. McCollum was an eccentric humanitarian who believed in honesty and love. She was a woman who mastered the art of thought and rejected arrogance. She loved her children and grandchildren to the point of exhaustion.
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She is survived by her sons, Brandon and Peter Bourg Jr.; daughters, Cynthia Bourg and Alicia (Sammy) Verret; stepmother, Judy McCollum; brothers, Rodney (Ruth) and Joe McCollum Jr.; sister, Sandra (Daniel) Bean; and nine grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Helen McCollum; and sister, Robin Britt. (Chauvin)