Wilkes-Troup County GaArchives Obituaries.....Colley, Frank Harris October 27, 1932
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Georgia State Archives, Typewritten 1-page manuscript, undated, unsigned
FRANK H. COLLEY PASSES IN WILKES
Distinguished Georgian, Confederate Vet, Succumbs to Fall Injuries
Washington, Ga., October 9th, 1932
Death has claimed Colonel Frank Harris Colley, 84, widely known Georgia 
attorney and Confederate veteran.
Colonel Colley died Friday night at his home here following a fall last week. 
He had been confined to his home since, but his condition had not been 
considered critical until a few hours before the end came.

His home was a former residence of his late wife's distinguished uncle, 
General Robert Toombs. Four children, Major Archie Colley of Athens; Carroll 
D. Colley and Miss Kathleen Colley of Washington; and Mrs. W.K. Boyd of 
Durham, NC, survive. A sister, Mrs. Mortimer Denham, of Eatonton, also 
survives.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at Rest 
Haven Cemetery. The Rev. W.T. Evans, of the Baptist church will officiate.
General Colley was the dean of the Georgia bar. He was commander of the 
eastern division for Georgia of the United Confederate Veterans and commander 
of the J.T. Wingfield Camp, U.C.V. He was chairman of the board of trustees of 
the Mary Willis Library and was made a trustee of the Soldiers Home at the 
time of the consolidation of the state's eleemosynary institutions.

General Colley enlisted in the Confederate Army at the age of 16. After Lee's 
surrender, he resumed his studies at Penfield Academy. He studied law under 
William M. Rees and was admitted to the Washington Bar, practicing here for 60 
years. He served in the House of the Georgia Legislature for three terms and 
in the state senate for one term.

In 1876, he married Miss Kate Toombs, niece of General Robert Toombs. His wife 
died on January 19, this year.

General Colley celebrated his 84th birthday on June last. All members of his 
family were present. To the usual activities of such a day he added a motor 
trip to Thomson, Warrenton, Union Point, concluding his journey at Liberty 
Hall, the former home of his friend, Alexander H. Stephens. He retained his 
mental and physical vigor to the end and was at the office the day he suffered 
the fall which resulted in his death. He had resumed the practice of law early 
this year, after a short rest.


Additional Comments:
Obituary from Georgia State Archives, under the following heading:
1st Battn., Dyson's Co., Ga. Reserve Militia
Biographical sketch (typed) of Frank Harris Colley
See: Civil War Miscellany - Personal Papers
See: Colley, Frank Harris
Drawer 283 - Roll #21

Frank Harris Colley was born 27 June 1848 in Lagrange, Troup County, Georgia, 
to Henry Francis Colley and Isabella Margaret Harris. On 14 September 1876 he 
married Katherine (Kate) Toombs, daughter of Gabriel Toombs and Mary Susan 
Richardson of Washington, Georgia. The sister, Mrs. Mortimer Denahm, is 
Isabella J. Colley.

It is highly likely that Colley's obituary was written by his daughter Marion 
Toombs Colley Boyd, a noted journalist of the New York Post in the early days 
of the 20th century.

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