Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....McCorkle, Robert Lee "Bobby" April 27, 2023
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Way-Watson Funeral Home BVGA Posted Apr 2023
Robert L. McCorkle
December 13, 1942 — April 27, 2023
Buena Vista, GA

Robert L. McCorkle
Mr. Robert Lee “Bobby” McCorkle, 80, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away Thursday, 
April 27, 2023, at Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside Hospital. Funeral 
services will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at Mt. Pisgah 
Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Dennis Johnson and Elder Roger McDonald 
officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Serving as pallbearers 
will be Jimmy Hudson, Vance McCorkle, John McCorkle, Harry Gowan, Paul Davis, 
and Curt Welch.

Mr. McCorkle was born December 13, 1942, in Buena Vista, GA to Riner Paul 
McCorkle and Mollie Ivey McCorkle. He was the owner and operator of McCorkle 
Farms for 40 years in both Georgia and Illinois and he only used John Deere 
equipment. Mr. McCorkle enjoyed sharing his crops with friends and family and 
was a genuinely nice person. He was a member of Mt. Pisgah Primitive Baptist 
Church and Mt. Paran Primitive Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon for 
both. Mr. McCorkle was a member of the Lion’s Club and enjoyed fishing, quail 
hunting and after his retirement, woodworking and gardening.  In addition to his 
parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers Jesse R. McCorkle and Joe T. 
McCorkle, and C. R. McCorkle, by two sisters, Louise Pisarri, Marianne Hudson 
and by an infant sister, Janice McCorkle.

He is survived by his wife, Doris M. McCorkle, of Buena Vista, GA; by a son, 
Jason McCorkle of Centralia, IL; two daughters and sons-in-law, Dawn Ferguson 
(Gary) of Venice, FL, and Jill Jones (Justin) of Zionville, IN; by two sisters, 
Elizabeth Lehman, and Rena Difilipo; a sister-in-law, Pauline McCorkle all of 
Buena Vista, GA; and by three grandchildren, Sidney McCorkle, Grant Burgess, and 
Sarah Howell. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Memorials may be made to Mt. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church, c/o Elizabeth 
Lehman, 57 Fiddler’s Lane, Buena Vista, GA, 31803.

Way-Watson Funeral Home of Buena Vista, GA, has been entrusted with the 
arrangements.



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