He was born in Bedford County, Sept. 21, 1888, and was the son of the late John Tolley and Virginia May Tolley.
He was a member of the Thornspring United Methodist Church and was Past Master of the Virginia May Masonic Lodge #38 of Radford.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Clyde (Frances), Morehead of Norfolk; three sons, J.E. Tolley of Christiansburg, E.G. (Peg) Tolley of Princeton, W.Va., Ralph A. Tolley of Pulaski; two step-sons, Arnold M. Bland, L. D. Bland, both of Louisville, Ky; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hurst of Pulaski; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granchild.
Funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Stevens Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Harold Russell officiating. Burial will follow in the Thornspring Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at Stevens Funeral Home in Pulaski. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Thornspring United Methodist Church.
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He was born in Bedford County, Sept. 21, 1888, and was the son of the late John Tolley and Virginia May Tolley.
He was a member of the Thornspring United Methodist Church and was Past Master of the Virginia May Masonic Lodge #38 of Radford.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Clyde (Frances), Morehead of Norfolk; three sons, J.E. Tolley of Christiansburg, E.G. (Peg) Tolley of Princeton, W.Va., Ralph A. Tolley of Pulaski; two step-sons, Arnold M. Bland, L. D. Bland, both of Louisville, Ky; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hurst of Pulaski; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granchild.
Funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Stevens Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Harold Russell officiating. Burial will follow in the Thornspring Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at Stevens Funeral Home in Pulaski. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Thornspring United Methodist Church.
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Family Members
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Edward Lesley Tolley
1875–1912
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William Thomas Tolley Sr
1879–1949
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Eva Alexandria Tolley Brown
1889–1986
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Minor Kabler Tolley
1890–1906
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Joseph Robert Tolley
1892–1975
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John Wyatt Tolley Sr
1894–1976
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Morton Estel Tolley
1898–1932
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Elizabeth Frances Tolley Hurst
1898–1989
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Mary Leftwich Tolley Oliver
1899–1974
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