Funeral services for Bennie (Richards) Collum, 85, of Garden City, Alabama will be 1 O'clock P.M. Friday March 13, 2020 at Hanceville Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Trueman Davis will be officiating with burial at Garden City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 O'clock A.M. to 1 O'clock P.M. on Friday prior to the service at Hanceville Funeral Home.

Mrs. Collum was born November 3, 1934 to the late Ernest L. Richards and Florence (Garren) Richards in Nectar, Blount County, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gordon Collum; two sisters, Vollie Mae Richards Waldrop, and Imogene Richards Mayo; and four brothers, K.C. Richards, Lesley Richards, J.V. Richards and Cecil Richards.

Mr. and Mrs. Collum were married on January 14, 1953. They were married 57 years prior to Mr. Collum's death.

Survivors are sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Kathleen (Collum) and Jim Phillips of Blount County, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jimmy and Barbara Collum of Oneonta, Alabama; sixteen nieces and nephews; a host of great nieces and nephews; and very special friends, Cathy and Harold Smith.

Pallbearers will be Donnie Richards, Fred Richards, Sammy Waldrop, Harold Smith, Gene Price and Greg Barksdale.

Mrs. Collum worked for the Cullman County School System for nineteen years. Fourteen years as the Hanceville High School Store Manager.

The family would like to thank the special caregivers who stayed in her home and cared for her during her illness.