Taliaferro-Richmond County GaArchives Obituaries.....Colclough, Wesley B.  August 22, 1954
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The Augusta Chronicle, August 23, 1954
W. B. Colclough
   W. B. Colclough, 66, of 1725 Starnes St., died yesterday at a local hospital 
after a lengthy illness.  Funeral services will be held at Woodlawn Methodist 
Church today at 6 p.m.  The Rev. Ralph Shea will officiate.  Interment will be 
in Westover Memorial Park. 
   Mr. Colclough, a native of Crawfordville, Ga., had resided in Augusta 40 
years.  He retired as a bus driver when the Georgia Power Co. operated the bus 
line here.  He was a member of Woodlawn Methodist Church, member of the 
Brotherhood Bible Class, member of Webbs Lodge F. and A.M., and Scottish Rite.  
He was the son of the late William T .Colclough and Mollie Elizabeth West.
   Pallbearers will be Harry Stead, L. F. Furtick, G. E. Mitchell, E. H. Bean, 
A. G. Rhoden and J. T. Edenfield.  Honorary pallbearers will be members of the 
Brotherhood Bible Class, retired busdrivers and mechanics of The Georgia Power 
Company.
   Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Corrie L. Colclough; son W. B. Colclough Jr. of 
Augusta; daughter, Mrs. Clifford L. Hill of Augusta; six grandchildren, one 
brother, J. O. Colclough of Crawfordville; four sisters, Mrs. Hattie Pearle 
Harris of College Park, Ga., Mrs. Clarence Harrison of Crawfordville, Mrs. 
Mozele Tuggle of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Lizzie Lee Miller of Chicago, Ill.  



Additional Comments:
Wesley B. Colclough was born February 25, 1888, Taliaferro Co., GA, died August 
22, 1954, Augusta. GA, son of William Thomas “Tom” Colclough and Mary “Mollie” 
West.  He was married, date unknown, to Corrie Leonard, daughter of Simeon C. 
Leonard and Margaret “Maggie” Brake. 
SOURCES:  
1900 Census, Taliaferro Co., GA
World War I Draft Registration Card
Georgia Death Index
Obituary of Mrs. Maggie Leonard, 1929



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