Mr. Colley was united in marriage on July 10, 1954, in Dixon to Cleta Mae Alexander and to this union three children were born. Mr. Colley was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, infant Larry Colley, Edward Colley and Harold Colley; and one sister, Norma Marlene Bigelow.
Mr. Colley was a veteran of the United States Navy and the Army & Air Force Reserves. He was baptized in 1946 while attending the United Methodist Church and later moved his membership to the First Christian Church, Dixon. He was a member of the Dixon Lions Club and received his Emergency Medical Technician Certification from the University of Missouri, Columbia in June 1977 and had worked as a firefighter at Ft. Leonard Wood for 30 years, retiring in 1986, having attained the rank of Assistant Fire Chief. He enjoyed farming, golfing and hunting.
Those left to mourn the passing of Mr. Colley include: his wife, Mrs. Cleta Colley, Bella Vista, Arkansas; one son and daughter-in-law, Herbert H. (Jr.) and Denise Colley, Bella Vista, Arkansas; two daughters and one son-in-law, Sandra DuPriest, Cordova, Tennessee; Cindra and Arthur Shinabargar, Lee’s Summit, Missouri; one brother, James Ray Colley, Bolivar; two sisters, Mary Ellen Bunch, Carson City, Nevada and Betty Lou Truax, Crawfordsville, Indiana; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and many other relatives and friends.
Visitation for Mr. Colley will be held from 6 – 8 p.m., Friday, June 26, 2009 in the Long-Gilbert Funeral Home, Dixon.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 27, 2009, in the Long-Gilbert Funeral home, Dixon with Pastor Duane Mitchell officiating. Interment with full military honors will be in the Dixon Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society.
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