John Richard McCollum, 39, passed away on September 29, 2017 at his home in Eden.

The family will have a private memorial service at a later date.

John Richard McCollum was born on September 5, 1978, to Susan Jones McCollum and John Denny McCollum at U.S. Naval Hospital in Orlando, Florida. He was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by his family.

He is survived by his mother, Susan Jones McCollum; father, John Denny McCollum; sister, Stephanie McCollum Topbas (Sercan); brother, Zachary C.C. McCollum; nephew, Koraycan Topbas; niece, Azra Topbas; two aunts, Ann Jones Walker (Jimmy), and Dorothy Watts; Fiancé, Ashley Noll; and his special dog, Pablo.

Preceding him in death are his grandmothers, Nora Dickinson and Mary Humphrey Jones; grandfathers, John Taylor McCollum and Albert Lannis Jones; and great-grandmother, Verlie Vipperman.

Online condolences can be made to www.fairfuneralhome.com