Thomas L. Colyer, son of the late Ben H. Colyer and Vernie Monroe Colyer was born May 22, 1934 in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on December 12, 2016 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri at the age of 82.

Mr. Colyer was a member of the Seymour Baptist Church and served in the Air Force for 22 years serving in the Korean War and Vietnam war. On December 22, 1954, he was united in marriage to Barbara Fuller in Bloomfield.  Mrs. Colyer resides at the Sikeston Convalescent Center.

He is survived by his wife; by three daughters, Gayla McCallister of Dexter, Sarah Judith (Judy) Crawford, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Danica Gray of Monticello, Arkansas; by one sister, Lois Watson of Barnhart, Missouri; by seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by one brother, Ben Colyer and one sister, Evadean Troxell.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home on Thursday, December 15, 2016 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. 

Services will be conducted on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 2:00 PM with Rev. Jay Adrain officiating. 

Interment will follow at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri.

In lieu of flowers, the family would like donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908 or Memorial of your choice.

Arrangements made by Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri.