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Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by the mother of his children Helen B. Colley.
He is survived by two loving children, Teddy Colley and Cam Colley (Roger Dale Caudill), both of Pikeville; four grandchildren: Rachel (Matt) Dotson of Pikeville, Colley Stevens from Orlando, Fla., Elizabeth Stevens from Washington, D.C., and Mitchell Colley from Lexington; and one great-grandson, Huxley Scott Dotson from Pikeville.
T. T. was in the Navy from 1944-45. He graduated from Transylvania Class of 1955 with a degree in Business Administration. He taught school at Virgie High School in 1955 and Pikeville High School in 1956.
T. T. was the owner and operator of Colley Block Company for 35 years. He owned and operated several coal companies. He was a member of the Kentucky Legislature from 1959 - 1963. He served as Pike County Property Valuation Administrator for 16 years.
He served on the Board of Pike County Housing Authority for seven years, Breaks Interstate Park for six years, Hiwassee College in Madisonville, Tenn., for four years and Pikeville Medical Center from Dec. 4, 1990 until his death. He was an active member of the Democratic Party, and a member of the Pikeville United Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held Friday, April 17, at J.W. Call Funeral Home. Interment followed in York Mausoleum, Johnson Memorial Park.
Margaret Collins Nunemaker, 97, of Pikeville, died April 16. Funeral: April 18, Coal Run Church of Christ. Burial: Davidson Memorial Gardens
Betty Tibbs Cochran, 93, of Pikeville, died April 18. Funeral: April 20, Coal Run Church of Christ. Burial: Johnson Memorial Park
Joe Steve Ramsey, 62, of Pikeville, died April 18. Funeral: April 23. Burial: Annie E. Young Cemetery, East Shelbiana
Harold L. Cooley, 71, of Prestonsburg, died April 19. Funeral: April 22. Burial: Hall Cemetery, Allen
Joe Steve Ramsey, 62, husband of Janice Adkins Ramsey of Pikeville, died April 18. Funeral: April 23. Burial: Annie E. Young Cemetery
Gladys Johnson, 89, of Virgie, died April 13. Funeral: April 17. Burial: Annie E. Young Cemetery, East Shelbiana
Anna J. Reed, 75, of Pikeville, died April 18. Funeral: April 22. Burial: Johnson Memorial Park
Norma Dimeck Stanley, 77, of Raccoon, died April 16. Funeral: April 19. Burial: Ratliff's Cemetery at Elkhorn Creek
Alexandra "Sandy" Tackett, 69, of Beaver, died April 19. Funeral: April 22. Burial: Newman Cemetery, Hi Hat
Kathryn Johnson, 88, of Bevinsville, died April 15. Funeral: April 19, Left Beaver Old Regular Baptist Church, Garth. Burial: Buckingham Cemetery, Bevinsville
James Edward Helmondollar, 66, of Emma, died April 17. Funeral: April 20. Burial: Gethsemane Gardens, Prestonsburg
Stephen R. Wright, 64, of Prestonsburg, died April 14. Funeral: April 17. Burial: Isaac Family Cemetery, Martin
Carol Reynolds, 63, of Craynor, died April 14. Funeral: April 16. Burial: Newsome Cemetery, Craynor
Audrey P. Yates, 84, wife of Joe Yates of Wheelwright, died April 11. Visitation: April 15 at Wheelwright First Baptist Church. Memorial donations: Floyd County Animal Shelter
Ethel Slone Blackburn, 89, of Pikeville, died April 14. Funeral: April 18. Burial: Annie E. Young Cemetery
Grace Karen McCoy Fields, 76, wife of Arnold "Jim" Fields of Grayson, died April 14. Funeral: April 17. Burial: Mountain View Memory Gardens
Charlotte Jean Oney Stanley, 73, of Williamson, W.Va., died April 15. Funeral: April 18 at R.E. Rogers funeral Home. Burial: Curry-Bowling Cemetery, Turkey Creek.
Christopher Douglas Abshire, 34, of Zebulon, died April 18. Funeral: April 22. Burial: Alley Cemetery, Ransom
Lonnie Slone, Jr., 61, of Pikeville, died April 5. A memorial service will be scheduled for a later date
Velva Prater Cooley, 89, of Hueysville, died April 14. Funeral: April 17. Burial: John Wess Prater Cemetery, Hueysville
Lloyd G. Hall, 80, of Prestonsburg, husband of Amanda Hall, died April 19. Funeral: April 23. Burial: Gethsemane Gardens, Prestonsburg
Hershel Spradlin, 88, of Stanville, died April 13. Funeral: April 18. Burial: Davidson Memorial Gardens, Ivel
Mary "Peggy" Hamilton, 82, of Williamson, W.Va., died April 19. Funeral: April 24 at 11 a.m. at East Williamson Baptist Church. Burial: Mountain View memory Gardens at Maher, W.Va., with Belfry DAV Chapter 141 conducting military rites.
Henrietta Hunt, 52, of Mouthcard, died April 17. Funeral: April 22. Burial: Jackson Rowe Cemetery, Feds Creek