Published: August 28, 2008 01:50 am            

Marcia A. Zimmerman Scott McCullom

Marcia A. McCullom, 67, died Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, at the Golden Living Center of Chase County in Cottonwood Falls, Kan. A celebration of life service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008 at the Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home with the Rev. Melody Kimbrel officiating. Interment will follow at Prairie Grove Cemetery in rural Cottonwood Falls.

The daughter of W. Keith and Rella McClean Zimmerman, Marsha A. Zimmerman was born June 26, 1941, in Strong City, Kan. She graduated from Chase County High School in 1959. She and Gary Scott were married and later divorced. She married Mac McCullom on Nov. 10, 1984 in Cottonwood Falls, Kan.

She previously owned, operated and managed the Flint Hills Truck Stop and Marcia’s Gathering Place in Strong City. She and Mac owned and operated an ATV Park in Jacksonville, Texas, which is a wooded area for outdoor recreation such as riding 4-wheelers, rock climbing, horse riding trail rides, etc. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary in Palestine and the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter in Cottonwood Falls. She was a homemaker and avid Sports Mom.

She is survived by her husband, Mac, of the home in rural Cottonwood Falls; a son, Jay Scott of rural Cottonwood Falls; two daughters, Julie DeLong of Emporia Kan. and Shelly Reyer of rural Cottonwood Falls; a brother, Steve Zimmerman of Wichita, Kan.; three sisters, Susan Gailey, Pamela Brammell and Brenda Nelson of Strong City; nine grandchildren; and one great grandson.

The family will meet with friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday.

Condolences and messages to the family may be left at www.brown-bennett-alexander.com. Memorial contributions to the Chase Children’s Services (preschool) or the Chase County 4-H Council may be sent in care of Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home, 201 Cherry, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845.

        

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