James Edward Colbert, son of the late JH Colbert and Willie Martin Carr, was born on June 30, 1940, in Pemiscot County, Braggadocio, Missouri and departed this life on March 20, 2025, at his residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 84 years.

Mr. Colbert was a former truck driver, and he was a member of Lighthouse Christian Church in Dexter. He enjoyed fishing, collecting coins, working in their yard and garden, and piddling with wood – building birdhouses, and he loved traveling with his wife.

On February 14, 1998, in Dexter, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Brenda Yvonne Buchanan. Mrs. Colbert preceded him in death on March 15, 2025.

He is survived by his daughters, Gerianne Twomey and husband Jason of Jacksonville, North Carolina, Julie Twomey and husband Jamie of Dexter, Missouri, and Sheri Burns and husband Randy of Ozark, Missouri; by his sons, Jimmy Colbert of Fredericktown, Missouri, Rick Shipman and wife Barbie of Dexter, Missouri, and Bobby Shipman and wife Rhonda of Bloomfield, Missouri; by his brother, Tom Colbert of Council Bluffs, Iowa; by his sister, Linda Faye Wagner of Texas; and by nineteen grandchildren, Courtnie Greer, Dalton Twomey, Brandon Twomey, Donnie Twomey, Lexie Twomey, Anna Meales, Whittney Rust, Brittney Duncan, Haylee Minks, Sajah Ballard, Daniel Twomey, Kady Ballard, Jimmy Colbert, Kayla Burns, Bud Shipman, Grace Featherston, Kenna Shipman, Brent Shipman, and Cody Shipman; and by twenty great grandchildren.

Other than by his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by his daughters, Rhonda Lee Colbert and Darla Shipman, and by four sisters, Joanne James, Ruby Dinning, Kaye Colbert, and Juanita Darby.

Visitation will be held at Lighthouse Christian Church in Dexter on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.