Friday, June 02 2006 @ 07:11 AM PDT Contributed by: chriscullum Views: 1070
08:35 AM CDT on Thursday, May 18, 2006
By JOE SIMNACHER / The Dallas Morning News
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Charles Gillespie "Charlie" Cullum
Charles Gillespie "Charlie" Cullum, the quiet catalyst in Dallas' business, civic, cultural and religious affairs, died Tuesday of complications from cancer at his Dallas home. He was 89.
He and his late older brother, Robert "Bob" Cullum, co-founded the Tom Thumb food stores. They built a billion-dollar business from five bankrupt Toro's grocery stores that the family took over to cover a $200,000 bad debt in 1948.