Mr. Jimmy Lee Colbert, age 71, of Calhoun, GA died Monday, June 24, 2013 at

Gordon Hospital.

 

Mr. Colbert was born July 8, 1941 in Summerville, GA, the son of Jessie Lee Dooley

Colbert Penland, and the late James Douglas Colbert.  He was self-employed in construction.

 Mr. Colbert was a member of NorthPointe Church and a veteran of the United States Army.

He was a loving father and grandfather.

 

Survivors include his wife, Janet Smith Colbert; son and daughter-in-law, Derek

and Jennifer Colbert; mother, Jessie Penland; sisters, Peggy Campbell and Paulette Owens;

brother, Doug Colbert; grandchildren, Bentley Colbert, Brayden Colbert, Blair Wilkey, and

Bailey Wilkey; and a number of nieces and nephews.

 

Funeral services will be held at 7:00 p. m. Thursday, June 27, 2013 at NorthPointe Church in

Adairsville, GA with Rev. G J Chandler and Rev. Fred Painter officiating.  Interment will be

at 11:00 A.M. Friday in the Green Hills Memory Gardens.

 

Pallbearers will be John Groover, Allen Myers, Ronald Everett, Roy Newberry, Michael Bryson,

Tim Bryson, and Frank Vineyard.  Terry Smithson will serve as an honorary pallbearer.

 

Mr. Colbert will be in state and the family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 p. m.

Thursday at NorthPointe Church in Adairsville, GA.

 

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully ask that memorial contributions be made to

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

 

Mason Funeral Home is directing.