Marion-Floyd County GaArchives Obituaries.....McCorkle, Mrs. Willie George Hice October 14, 2007
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Tante Funeral Home   October 2007
Williegeorge Hice McCorkle, age 82, of Rome, Georgia died Sunday, October 14, 
2007 at Floyd Medical Center following a brief illness.

A graveside service was held Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. at New 
Providence Baptist Church Cemetery in Buena Vista, Georgia with Reverend David 
Chapman officiating. 

Mrs. McCorkle was born September 14, 1929 in Cherry Log, Georgia, seventh of 
the nine children of the late Charles Brownlow and Alice Emma Searcy Hice.  
She was preceded in death by her sons, Dr. David Benson McCorkle, Jr. in 
October of 1994 and Kenneth Hice McCorkle in April of 2007.  She graduated 
from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education 
in 1947.  She married David Benson McCorkle on June 6, 1948.  They lived in 
Oregon, Mississippi and Augusta, Georgia before moving to Rome in 1970.  Known 
to family and friends as George, Mrs. McCorkle was an avid golfer and a long 
time volunteer at Floyd Medical Center.  She was the founding First Lady of 
Floyd College until 1990.

Mrs. McCorkle is survived by her husband of 59 years, David Benson McCorkle, 
Sr.; two daughters Mery Lynn McCorkle of Los Angeles, California and Sari 
McCorkle of Atlanta, Georgia; a sister Janie Broome of Blackshear, Georgia; 
and two brothers Joseph Spurgeon Hice and wife Phyllis of Miami, Florida and 
Charles Searcy Hice and wife Betty of Helen, Georgia. 

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests that memorial 
contributions be made to New Providence Baptist Church, P.O. Box 532, Buena 
Vista, GA 31803.

Tante Funeral Home of Buena Vista and Daniel’s Funeral Home of Rome were in 
charge of arrangements.

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