Pooler-Mr. Robert Duane "Coach" Talley, 65 died Saturday afternoon, June 5, 2010 at St.
Joseph's Hospital.

Born in Corinth, Mississippi, to the late Robert Leonard Talley and Eloise Rigby Talley,
he was a Catholic and a devoted husband, father and grandfather. Mr. Talley was a coach
and teacher at Mercer Middle School for 30 years. He was an avid 1967 alumnus of
Mississippi State University and enjoyed traveling.

He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Romanda Harvey Talley; daughter, Chenoa Talley
Jacobs and her husband, Bob Jacobs and two grandchildren, Wren and Reid, all of
Nashville, TN; sister, Elinor Sue Talley Coleman and her husband, Dennis Scott Coleman
of Kossuth, MS; brother, Ted Eugene Talley and his wife, Kathy Talley of Rogersville,
AL; one sister-in-law, Sandra Harvey Hawkins and her husband, Dr. Robert N. Hawkins
of Greenville, SC; one brother-in-law, Tolson James Harvey and his wife Barbara Harvey
of Mt. Olive, MS and several nieces, nephews and great nieces and great nephews.

The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday at Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Church at 501 South Coastal Highway in Port Wentworth, with a Rosary Vigil at
7 p.m.

The funeral mass will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Church. A graveside funeral will take place at Oddfellows Cemetery in Starkville, MS on
Friday, June 11, 2010.

Remembrances may be given to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000,
Memphis, TN 38148 or to the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Building Fund, P.O.
Box 4056, Port Wentworth, GA 31407.

Thomas C. Strickland
& Sons Funeral Homes
West Chatham Chapel
901 W. Hwy 80
Pooler, GA 31322
(912) 748-2444