- Miss America 1964.
- Was crowned Miss Arkansas 1963.
- Her second husband Gus Franklin Mutscher is a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, having served from 1969-1972. He was one of several Texas politicians indicted in the Sharpstown bank stock fraud scandal.
- Her Miss America scholarship was used to complete her Bachelor degree in 1966, and Masters degree at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in Speech/Drama, Radio/TV/film in 1969.
- Axum first married Michael Alan Buckley and had one child, Lisa.
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