Bill "Bill" Colson

Proceeded in death by mother, Hazel Caldwell Colson; father, George Malcom Colson; step-mother, Ethel Lee Colson; and sister, Betty Ann Mitchell.

Bill graduated from Peabody Demonstration School in 1960 and worked for the Tennessean and Nashville Banner papers for 20 years. He has been an Auctioneer and Realtor for 40 years and began Bill Colson Auction and Realty Company in 1974. Bill started Nashville’s first public Auto Auction and has sold everything from real estate and autos to fighting chickens. He served on the Tennessee Auctioneer Commission, the Tennessee Auctioneers Association, National Auctioneers Association, and Middle Tennessee Auctioneers Group. Bill was inducted into Tennessee Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame in 2000. He was a member of McWhitersville Masonic Lodge #375, York Rite, 32nd Degree Scottish Rite, and of Al Menah Shriners.

Bill is survived by wife of 53 years Katherine Little Colson; sons, Walter (Susan) Colson and Marc (Nikki) Colson; daughter, Kimberly K. Colson; brother, Bobby Colson; grandchildren, Kate Colson, Abbie ( Austin) Knobloch, Jet (Kayla) Colson, Austin Colson, Riley Colson, Jillian Colson, Grant Colson; and great- granddaughter, Thea Colson and last, but not least his faithful four-legged companion, Ella.

Visitation will be held at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home on Monday, September 21, 2015 from five o’clock to eight o’clock in the evening and on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 from one-thirty until service time at two-thirty.

Pallbearers to include Amon Ringemann, Feller Brown, Walter Hunt, Jerry Gregory, John Ewing, and Paul Jones. Honorary Pallbearers to include Tennessee Auctioneers Association.