Howard E. McCollough, son of the late Francis McCollough and Hattie Sheehy McCollough, was born on October 17, 1923 near Dexter and departed this life in the Westwood Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center at Poplar Buff on May 3, 2011 at the age of 87.

Mr. McCollough attended the Corinth General Baptist near Puxico, was a farmer and a resident of Dudley.

He was united in marriage to Verline Ferguson on October 18, 1942 near Dexter. Mrs. McCollough survives of the home near Dudley.

Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Howard “BUD” McCollough and wife Pat of Dudley: by one daughter, Dorothy Tankersley and husband Jerry of Wappapello: by one brother, Kenneth McCollough of Dexter: by one sister, Ruth Ann McCollough of Dexter: by eleven grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Delvis McCollough: by three brothers, John McCollough, Alfred McCollough and Bud McCollough: by two sisters, Dorothy Mathews and Joy Agnes McCollough.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 5 -8 p.m., Thursday, May 5, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Friday, May 6, 2011 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Justin Cook officiating. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter in charge of arrangements.