Early Life
McCollumn was born to Gertrude and William Jackson in Zuber, Florida. She was the second child and first daughter among her six siblings.
In 1929 McCollum married Sam McCollum and they moved to Nyack, New York. During the five years that they lived there she delivered a son, Sam, Jr. before the couple relocated to Fort Myers, Florida. It was there that Sam's brother Buck had amassed considerable wealth managing a Bolita gambling business.
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