Marvin Colbert

FuneralSaturday September 1, 201210:00 amMudd-Veach Funeral Home (Bowling Green)VisitationFriday August 31, 20124:00 pm - 8:00 pmMudd-Veach Funeral Home (Bowling Green) Video TributeMarvin Colbert, 91 of Curryville passed away at Lynn’s Heritage House in Louisiana on Wednesday August 29, 2012. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday September 1, 2012 at Mudd-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green with John Veach officiating. Burial will be in the Curryville Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday from 4:00 – 8:00 P.M. at the Mudd-Veach Funeral Home. Mr. Colbert was born on September 10, 1920 in Ashley, the son of William Yeaman and Nellie Elizabeth Lindsay Colbert. He married Anna Gene Clark on March 16, 1940 in Columbia and she preceded him in death on February 19, 2008. Surviving family include two sons Billy Gene Colbert and wife Linda of Curryville and Ronnie Wayne Colbert and wife Sharon of Hannibal; grandchildren Kelly M. Grote and husband Doug of Bowling Green, Kara G. Brewer and husband Jason of Hannibal, Megan E. Colbert of Cotter, Ark., Ronda K. Peasel and husband Price of Mesa, AZ., Jason C. Colbert and wife Tanya of St. Louis; great grandchildren Anna Madison and Brenan Quinn Grote, Carter Allen, Lily Gene and Carson Henry Brewer, Braden and Austin Peasel and Kane Colbert; brother Floyd A. Colbert of O’Fallon; many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by parents and sister Jewel Arendall . Marvin owned a small farm outside of Curryville from 1950 to 1972 and also owned and operated Marvin Colbert Trucking. He also worked for 10 years at Hercules in Louisiana. After this time he and Anna sold the farm and moved into Curryville. He then bought his own over the road truck and drove for Oliver Trucking, TDC and Neal Beatty Logging for several years before retiring. After retirement Marvin worked for the City of Curryville, read water meters and maintained the lagoon system. He enjoyed mowing and took care of the Curryville City Park, Curryville and Mt. Air Cemeteries and many neighbors. He had owned his own plane and was a pilot. He enjoyed flying radio controlled planes with his sons and going to air shows. Marvin was a Christian by faith and in his youth was a member of the Louisville Christian Church. Pallbearers will be Jason Colbert, Jason Brewer, Larry Catlett, Doug Colbert, Ellis Feith and Bill Dickinson. Honorary Pallbearers will be Danny Lewis, Gene Lewis, Doug Grote, Price Peasel, Reid Wilson and Brad Dickinson. Memorials may be made to the Pike County Home Health and Hospice, Curryville or Mt. Air Cemeteries or the Hannibal Nutritional Center.