 | CLINTON JACKSON COLEY |
The following biographical sketch was compiled at the time of induction into the Academy in 1974.
C. J. Coley is president and a director of the Alexander City Bank and Chairman and chief executive
officer of the People's Bank of Carrville in East Tallassee. For fourteen years he was Judge of
Probate of Tallapoosa County.
As an amateur historian, Judge Coley has been interested in the local history of his vicinity as well
as of the state. He was one of the prime movers in the establishment of the Horseshoe Bend National
Military Park. He currently serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Department
of Archives and History, and is a past president of the Alabama Historical Association. He served
on the Alabama Sesquicentennial Commission and as chairman of the Alexander City Centennial
Celebration.
Judge Coley's interest in education is evidenced by the fact that he serves as a member of the
Advisory Board of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and on the Board of Trustees of
Lyman Ward Military Academy. He was appointed a member of the President of the United States'
Alabama Advisory Committee on Public Education and was one of the original members of the
Alabama Commission on Higher Education.
Realizing the importance of youth to the state, he has been active in the Boy Scouts, serving as
president of the Tuckabatchee Area Council Boy Scouts of America and as first president of the 4-H
Club Foundation, Inc.
Updated: March 13, 2007