Reverend Colbert Croft

A Powerful Life.
Reverend Colbert Croft, 72, of Valdosta, died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at South Georgia Medical Center. He was born on May 4, 1941 in Berlin, GA to the late Arley William (Ira) Croft and Josephine Griffin Croft. He led a life dedicated and destined to serve the Lord and love people. A passionate and powerful man who changed lives by introducing them to Jesus, the life saver. His life was a life of proclaiming the cross and blood of the Savior thru songs and sermons. Songs such as: "I Can't Even Walk Without You Holding My Hand", "I Believe He Died For Me", "Is That Footsteps That I Hear?" and "The First Million Years".

Words flowed from God thru the pen of a Godly man and the help-mate God gave him so many years ago. When they married, two truly became one. He knew he was on this earth to preach the Word of God and he knew eternity was at stake for so many people. Ministry was not his vocation, it was his life. Lessons have been taught and lives are better because of a man who knew his God-given purpose and used it to build the Kingdom of God.

Colbert loved the Word and he loved sharing Jesus. His departure was what his whole life was about, telling people how to get to heaven. Even in times of physical limitations, like Paul, God was still glorified in his weaknesses. He was a soldier of the Lord and a living example for his family, friends, acquaintances and fellow pastors. He was a man that stood tall for the Lord and never compromised on his beliefs. What God accomplished in the last years of his life only God knows. Well, maybe now he knows too.

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course. I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
2 Timothy 4:6-8 King James Version

Survivors include his wife, Joyce Smith Croft of Valdosta; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Mickey and Bill Watson of Valdosta, Kay and Mike Sikes of Lakeland; one sister-in-law, Mildred Croft; a number of nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews, as well as many sons and daughters who were a product of his ministry. He was preceded in death by five sisters, Doris Walden, Romie Hart, Joyce Horne, Mary Radney Lyles and Corene Walters; and one brother, Ira Gene (Buddy) Croft.

Funeral services will be held at 1pm, Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at the Perimeter Road Baptist Church with Rev. Stanley Luke, Dr. Clyde Stokes, Rev. Jim Schappaugh and Rev. A.M. Anderson officiating. Interment will follow at 3:30 p.m. in the Evergreen Cemetery in Jasper, Florida. The family will receive friends at the Carson McLane Funeral Home on Monday January 6, 2014 from 5 until 7 p.m. Flowers will be accepted or you may make donations to the Croft Evangelistic Team Ministry, P.O. Box 4535, Valdosta, GA 31604 or to the Lighthouse Children's Home, 7771 Mahan Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32309. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanecares.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home.


Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602