Verline McCollough, daughter of the late George Granville Ferguson and Ethel Aldred Ferguson was born on April 8, 1924 in Bloomfield and passed away on March 22, 2014 at her residence in Dudley at the age of 89.

Mrs. McCollough was a home-maker and a member of the Sugar Tree General Baptist Church.

On October 18, 1942 she was united in marriage to Howard McCollough in Dexter.  Mr. McCollough preceded her in death on May 3, 2011.

She is survived by one son, Howard “Bud” McCollough Jr. and wife Pat of Dudley; by one daughter, Dorothy Tankersley of Wappapello; by one half-brother, Dicky Joe Ferguson; by three sisters, Patty Lynn, Peggy Lynn and Betty Tipton all of Michigan; by eleven grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband and parents she was preceded in death by one son, Delvis McCollough and by two sisters, Gladys Pauline Miller and Jenny Sue Jarrell.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, March 24, 2014 from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.

Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Justin Cook officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.