Linda Faye Coley

July 22, 1941 - January 10, 2014

Funeral services for Linda Faye Coley, 72, will be Monday, January 13, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. Gary Black and the Rev. Corey Burns officiating. Burial will follow at Nances Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 11.30 - 1:00 p.m. Mrs. Coley passed away Friday, January, 10, 2014 at BMC Princeton in Birmingham. Survivors include her husband of 55 years, John Billy Coley, Sr. of Alexandria; daughter, Kathy Bowden (Aaron) of Ohatchee; son, Johnny Coley (Tujuana) of Piedmont; grandchildren, Jamie Leigh Dover, Jenna Bowden, April Iliff and Billie Jo Burns (Corey); great-grandchildren, Colten Dover, Taylor Dover and Bailey Burns; sisters, Anita Hanvey (Buddy) and Brenda Christopher all of Piedmont; brother, Dean Christopher (Teresa) of Piedmont; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Mrs. Coley was a resident of Alexandria and was a former resident of Piedmont. She attended the First Presbyterian Church in Piedmont and was a former employee of Springs Industries and the City of Piedmont School System where she worked in the Frances E. Willard cafeteria. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and enjoyed spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by a grandson, a great-grandson, her parents, Gilford "Blackie" and Helen Christopher. Flowers may be sent or memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Piedmont.