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Colene

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MWirwicki:
Yes, that's right, Pat.  Once you got to know her... 

Tomilee does.  Her daughter's name is Audra Simmons and is on FB.  Colene lived in Sneedville, TN.  Christian Sells Funeral home in Rogersville, TN is handling arrangements. 

Hawkdancer:
Sad news, indeed!  I didn’t know her but she must have been an outstanding person.  A salute to a veteran, and her skills will be missed!
 Hawkdancer

chamookman:
RIP Colene !

Pappy:
Thanks Matt, :(  I have known her for years and a finer person would be hard to find. She was one of the most giving people you will ever find and could do anything. She was in the Marine's and also was a pilot for Eastern air lines, she had epilepsy and said she found out when she tore the wing off a jet  on the run way, they didn't like that so they retired her. She ran a shoe repair shop in east TN. the same little town Dolly is from and knew her well. She will be missed greatly, also her 3 leg dog Jack, she called him Tripod most of the time. :) Very funny girl and would keep you laughing all day if you stayed around her. :)
 Pappy

Eric Krewson:
Dang, I didn't know, Colene was a my friend and I feel a great loss, she was one of a kind and the most intellectually brilliant woman I ever met in spite of her humble nature. If you got her going she could quote great literary works of 14th and 15th century authors verbatim, her memory was incredible. She presented herself in two court cases because as she said" I know more about the law than the lawyers I spoke to", she won both.

Colene was a Marine cargo pilot during the Vietnam war, later a commercial pilot.

She had a bit of blarney in her so occasionally she might exaggerate a story or two. She told me she had won great sums of money shooting international trap as well as shooting pool.

Her generosity was legendary, she told me she kept several extra vehicles to loan or give to people in her neighborhood who were down on their luck and had lost theirs.

Colene was abandoned as a child and was raised in an orphanage in Ga and still excelled in life.

Here is Colene with a teardrop camper she made herself to travel to tournaments. Being an epileptic she wasn't supposed to drive but did cautiously, she might take 8 hours to make a 3 hour trip, stopping to rest frequently to make sure she didn't have a seizure.

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