James Hogan Colley, 74, of Charleston was born Oct. 11, 1932, in Cameron to Lee Colley and Alice Stroud Colley. They left Oklahoma and went to Lathrope, Calif. There he met and married Claudine "Bobbie" Fautt. He was stationed in San Francisco when the Army which he was a sergeant first class medic sent him to Korea. When he returned he and "Bobbie," his nickname for his wife, served at the Presidio, had three of their four children, then was told he was going to Frankfort, Germany. This time his family went with him. When he returned from Germany, he took his family to Fort Smith where he was stationed at Fort Chaffee for a total of nine years. He and Bobbie had another son and their family was complete. They settled in Fort Smith where he owned and operated two full-service gas stations for several years. He took a job with Public Relations Institute out of Gastonia, N.C., traveling five states. He sold Bibles, The Book of Life Series and The Master Library Series. When he decided to get "off the road," he farmed and worked at Wal-Mart. He always said his greatest asset was his family whom he loved dearly. His wife, Bobbie, passed away May 27, 2001.

He will be much missed by his four children, Kathi Stubblefield and husband Gary of Branch, Janna Beason and husband Danny of Russellville, Steven Colley and wife Teresa of Alma, and Tim Colley and wife Carrie of Fort Smith. His grandchildren, Josh Stubblefield, Amber Speer, Corey Beason, Tabatha Payne, Steven Colley Jr., James Colley, Keenan Colley, Zachary Colley, Whitney Colley, Kimberly, Matthew and Dean. Great-grandchildren, Marshall and Mylee Speer, Taylor, Justin, Paige and Maddie Beason, Bricen, Brock, Austin, Jacob, Destiny, Robert, and Jeannie Jo. Two sisters, Mary Parker of Branch and Mitzie of Hawaii.

Service was at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007, at the Brotherton Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Charleston with burial at Stroud Cemetery southwest of Greenwood under the direction of Brotherton Brothers Funeral Home of Charleston.

Pallbearers were Corey Beason, Josh Stubblefield, James Colley, Keenan Colley, Zachary Colley, Kevin Speer. Honorary pallbearers were Butch Neissl, Roy Russell Jr., Ernie Evans, Chuck Johnson, Dean Davis, Marvin Sorey and William McComb.

Family visited with friends and relatives beginning at 1 p.m. prior to the funeral service at the funeral home.