Larry Lane Colley

(VALLEY) Larry Lane “Bub” Colley, 77, of Valley died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at his home.

Surviving are his wife, Barbara Carmack Colley of Valley; three children, Barry L. (Lynne) Colley of Birmingham, Julie (Donald) Thompson of Wedowee and Jody L. (Tonya) Colley of Valley; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Harry L. Colley and Richard T. Colley of Valley; a sister, Patsy Geeter of Riverdale, Ga.; and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be at First Baptist Church of Shawmut on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 4 p.m. EST. Burial will be in Fairfax Cemetery. The Revs. Chuck Anderson and Roger Hammett will officiate.

Mr. Colley was born May 22, 1932, in Langdale, son of the late Homer Lee and Ruby Bailey Colley. He had been a resident of Wedowee from 1960 until 2007. He attended Shawmut and Valley High School and was a former employee of the Shawmut and Fairfax Mills. He married on July 1, 1950. On Mary 1, 1960, he began work for the State of Alabama Game and Fish Division. From January 1991 until 1995, he served as the sheriff of Randolph County. He was an avid gardener, private pilot, hunter, fisherman, and loved singing and begin a prankster. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Shawmut and the Charles Oliver Sunday School Class.

Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to First Baptist Church of Shawmut in his memory. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6:30 until 9 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley.

Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home, Valley.