Joe Croley

Joe Croley The funeral for Joe Wiley Croley, 86, of Athens will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Sardis Springs Baptist Church with Jack Bailey, Jerry Newby and Tim Keenum officiating. The body will lie in state from 10-11 a.m. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery.Visitation is from 3-6 p.m. today at McConnell Funeral Home.He died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at Athens-Limestone Hospital.Mr. Croley was born July 12, 1923, in Giles County, Tenn., to F. Marvin Croley and M. Hattie Boyd Croley. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He also was a member of Sardis Springs Baptist Church where he was a deacon and Sunday school teacher.He was a farmer and retired from Monsanto in Decatur.Mr. Croley was preceded in death by his parents, and his first wife, Ruth Woodfin Croley.Survivors include his wife, Soloma Townsend Dollins; sons, Larry J. Croley and wife Gloria, and Barry Wiley Croley, all of Athens; sisters, Mira Ramsey of Donleson, Tenn., Bettie Moyers, Edith Gooch, Marvilene Hargrove, Rena Turner, and Sandra Wales, all of Athens, Frances Brooks of Battletown, Ky., and Barbara Davis of Coco Beach, Fla.; brothers, Rowe Croley and Kenneth Croley, both of Athens, Aubrey Croley of Blakely, Ga., and Andy Croley of Ft. Washington, MD. grandchildren are Larry Shane Croley, April Dawn Croley, Monya Starr Kirkland, and Sean Cameron Croley; step-grandchild, Destiny Rose Valdez; and great-grandchild, Haleigh Grace Croley.Pallbearers will be Glenn Moyers, Shayne Croley, David Hargrove, Stephen Croley, Terry Dollins, Bryan Turner, Billy Hargrove and Kevin Wales.Make memorials to Hospice of Limestone County.