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OKLAHOMA CAPITOL -- Shirley Crum, a 27-year veteran of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, will assume administration of the OKDHS Human Services Center in Mayes County.
“Shirley’s experience makes her a great resource for Mayes County,” said Judy Wyatt, Area V director. “Her leadership will facilitate OKDHS efforts to meet the local human services needs.”
During the last five years with OKDHS, Crum served as an assistant county director for Muskogee County. She began her career with the Department in 1976 as a Social Services worker in Muskogee County, and later became a Family Support Services supervisor in 1988.
“The OKDHS staff in Mayes County cares deeply about the well-being of the citizens,” Crum said. “They work well together and take great pride in what they do.”
Crum graduated from Muskogee High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, with majors in journalism and English.
Crum has two children, Donald, a student at NSU, and Margaret, a nurse living in Muskogee. She also has two stepchildren, Tracy Lynch, of Fort Gibson, and Donna Slawson, of Little Rock, Ark. Her husband Don works for the Veteran’s Administration.
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