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Mr. Wesley B. Colclough, Jr. Retired Department Manager, Sears and Roebuck AUGUSTA, Ga.- Entered into rest Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003 at his residence, Mr. Wesley B. Colclough, Jr., 83, husband of Mrs. Eugenia Burgamy Colclough. Graveside services were at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at Westover Memorial Park with the Rev. Gregg Hatfield officiating. Mr. Colclough was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta. He retired from Sears and Roebuck as a department manager. Mr. Colclough was a veteran of WW II having served in the U.S. Army Air Corp. He was a member of the Trinity on the Hill United Methodist Church. Additional survivors include two sons, Wesley Benjamin Colclough, III and his wife, Carol, of Thomson, and Carlton Burgamy Colclough of Augusta; three daughters, Cathryn Colclough Burke and her husband, Pete, of Lincolnton, Carlene Colclough Pilgrim, of Thomson, Roxane Colclough Keeney and her husband, Burt, of Lexington, S.C.; one sister, Elizabeth Hill, of Evans; 10 grandchildren, Wes Colclough, Niki Williams, Casey Colclough, Tye Colclough, Ricky Crowe, Leigh Myhand, Chrissy Rhoden, Bethany Keeney, David Pilgrim, Jr., Abigail Keeney, and four great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the St. Joseph Hospice, 2260 Wrightsboro Rd., Augusta, Ga. or to the Leukemia Foundation, 2625 Cumberland Pkwy., Suite # 205, Augusta, Ga., 30339. Pallbearers were Carlton Colclough, Leonard Hill, Wes Colclough, Casey Colclough, Tye Colclough, Ricky Crowe, and David Pilgrim, Jr. Honorary pallbearers were Bill Thompson, Charlie Brown, Burt Keeney, Pete Burke, Reginald Hill, Dr. Robert Johnson. Platt's Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Web posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2003