Gladys Irene McCollum, 93 of Amarillo passed away March 25, 2014. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 28, 2014 at Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel with Rick Bartlett officiating. Interment will be at Llano Cemetery by Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell. Gladys was born December 26, 1920 in Canadian and was raised there in Briscoe County. She married Howard McCollum on May 29, 1946. Gladys was retired from the Amarillo Globe News. Her hobbies included music, fishing, hunting and camping. Above all, her family was her main focus and she was a loving and devoted mother and wife. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her and loved her. Gladys was preceded in death by her husband, Howard McCollum in 2005 and by her parents. Gladys is survived by her sons, Max McCollum and wife Julie of Amarillo, Danny McCollum and wife Teresa of Borger and Tom McCollum and wife Pat of Hewitt, Texas; she is also survived by 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.