Martha Jane Colley
1925 - 2012 (86 years)-
Name Martha Jane Colley [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 18 Mar 1925 Saltville, Washington, Virginia, USA 
[2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Female Name Martha J Colley [4] Residence Williamson, W. VA, Vansant, VA. [5] Residence 1930 Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia, USA [2] StreetAddress: Mitchell Branch of Mate Creek; Age: 5; Attended School: No; Enumeration District: 0015; RegistrationDistrict: 0015; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter Residence 1950 Tug River, Mingo, West Virginia, USA [4] StreetAddress: Right Hand Side Road Lick Caur; Age: 25; ApartmentNumber: On Rd; Enumeration District: 30-44; IsEmployed: No; LiveOnFarm: No; SeekingWork: No; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; WorkedLastWeek: No; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Marital Status: Married Death 25 Jan 2012 High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA [5] Burial 28 Jan 2012 Big Rock, Buchanan, Virginia, USA [5] - Age: 86
Person ID I26551 Woodworth Ancestry Last Modified 21 Jan 2026
Father Thomas Wilson Colley, b. 20 Dec 1891, Washington County, Virginia, USA d. 31 Dec 1927, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA (Age 36 years) Relationship natural Mother Loisise Farris, b. 21 Jul 1894, Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, USA d. 12 Mar 1974, Vansant, Buchanan, Virginia, USA (Age 79 years) Relationship natural Family ID F8225 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Living Children 1. Jerry Varney [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. Brenda Price [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 3. Living 4. Living + 5. Living Family ID F18417 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Jan 2026
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Birth - 18 Mar 1925 - Saltville, Washington, Virginia, USA 
Death - 25 Jan 2012 - High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S371] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101173191.
Record for Harold Mitchell Varney
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9279&h=12652570&indiv=try - [S631] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Magnolia, Mingo, West Virginia; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 2342281.
Record for Louise Colley
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6224&h=100642877&indiv=try - [S372] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2014, Delayed Birth Records, 1854-1911, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, VA, USA; Virginia, Births, 1912-1923.
Record for Martha Jane Colley
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9277&h=700558&indiv=try - [S1185] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Tug River, Mingo, West Virginia; Roll: 3088; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 30-44.
Record for Ernest Varney
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=35794632&indiv=try - [S385] Ancestry.com, U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2015, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Publication Date: 26/ Jan/ 2012; Publication Place: Bluefield, West Virginia, USA; URL: http://bdtonline.com/obituaries/x431311042/Martha-Jane-Colley-Varney.
Record for Martha Jane Colley Varney
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7545&h=93886611&indiv=try
- [S371] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101173191.