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Birth	:	4 Jul 1939 Tennessee, USA
Death	:	28 Dec 2017 Georgetown, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
Burial	:	Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.1533012, -84.8824997
Description	:	Hershel Sumpter Colley, 78, of Georgetown, passed away Thursday, December 28, 2017 at his home. He graduated from Charleston High School where he played on the basketball team. Hershel previously owned and operated Colley Radiator Shop in Cleveland. He served six years in the National Guard, where he rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant and was awarded the Marksmanship Badge Rifle. He was an avid boater who won many boating awards, including the 1960 National Outboard Pleasure Craft Championship. He also won numerous awards during his participation in drag strip auto racing. Hershel enjoyed playing and... Read More	Hershel Sumpter Colley, 78, of Georgetown, passed away Thursday, December 28, 2017 at his home. He graduated from Charleston High School where he played on the basketball team. Hershel previously owned and operated Colley Radiator Shop in Cleveland. He served six years in the National Guard, where he rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant and was awarded the Marksmanship Badge Rifle. He was an avid boater who won many boating awards, including the 1960 National Outboard Pleasure Craft Championship. He also won numerous awards during his participation in drag strip auto racing. Hershel enjoyed playing and singing country and bluegrass music and he hosted music jams in his home for friends and family. He was an enthusiastic spectator of basketball and football throughout his life and often attended local high school games and followed college football, especially the UT Volunteers. During his retirement, he was known to his friends as a master mechanic who could repair a wide variety of equipment, most of which he repaired for free. He was preceded in death by his parents, Sumpter and Sara Colley; sisters, Veheda Ledford, Mildred Drake, and Mary Frances York; brother in-law, Ralph York, and infant son, Jimmy Aaron Colley. He is survived by one nephew Roger L. York, of Cleveland; two nieces and their husbands, Sandra York Benton and husband, David, and Teresa Ledford Stephenson and husband, Jerry, all of Cleveland; brother-in-law, Alphus Ledford; great nephew, Brian Woody and wife, Ashlea Woody and one great-great niece, Riley Woody, all of Cleveland. He is also survived by a large number of new and long-term friends. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, January 1, 2018 in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with the Reverend Guinn Green officiating. Interment will follow in Fort Hill Cemetery with Leon Ledford, Crawford Burns, Jr., Lamar Harden, T.A. Hicks, David Ledford and Justin Ledford serving as pallbearers. Jimmy Evans, Buddy Hicks, and Brian Woody will serve as honorary pallbearers.

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Hershel Sumpter Colley's memorial is located at: Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, USA.
When did Hershel Sumpter Colley death?
Hershel Sumpter Colley death on 28 Dec 2017 in Georgetown, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
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Latitude: 35.1533012
Longitude: -84.8824997

Family Members:

Parent

Sumpter Colley

(1901 - 1987)

Sarah Lawson Colley

(1904 - 1992)

Siblings

Mary Frances Colley York

(1933 - 2017)

Mildred Colley Drake

(1944 - 2011)

Children

Jimmy Aaron Colley

(1963 - 1963)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Fort Hill Cemetery
Cleveland, Bradley County, USA
Coordinate: 35.1533012, -84.8824997

2. Hilcrest Memorial Gardens
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Coordinate: 35.1464005, -84.8869019

3. Saint Lukes Episcopal Church Cemetery
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4. First Lutheran Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1795800, -84.8608000

5. Fletcher Cemetery
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6. Saint Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church Columbari
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Coordinate: 35.1877280, -84.8729320

7. Prospect Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1755981, -84.9199982

8. Murray Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1763050, -84.9201210

9. Unity Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1753006, -84.8424988

10. Clingan Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1998825, -84.8899307

11. Triplett Cemetery
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12. Hayes Shed & Michigan Avenue Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1639000, -84.8211000

13. Macedonia Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1253014, -84.8289032

14. Beaty Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.2047005, -84.9083023

15. Price Chapel Cemetery
Cleveland, Bradley County, USA
Coordinate: 35.1543999, -84.9516983

16. Macedonia Baptist Cemetery
Cleveland, Bradley County, USA
Coordinate: 35.1143990, -84.8317032

17. Goodner Cemetery
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Coordinate: 35.1694300, -84.9493300

18. Karr Cemetery
Bradley County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2108002, -84.8839035

19. Mount Olive Cemetery
Prospect, Bradley County, USA
Coordinate: 35.1889000, -84.9385986

20. Johns Cemetery
Bradley County, USA
Coordinate: 35.0938988, -84.9077988

21. Bethel Cemetery
Bradley County, USA
Coordinate: 35.1116982, -84.9439011

22. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
Cleveland, Bradley County, USA
Coordinate: 35.1114349, -84.9440401

23. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Bradley County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2181015, -84.8638992

24. Ramsey Cemetery
Cleveland, Bradley County, USA
Coordinate: 35.1907997, -84.8110962