Robert (Jie) McCorkle

Robert E. (Jie) McCorkle, 90, of Buena Vista, GA, died Saturday, August 25, 2012, at his residence.

A graveside funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Union United Methodist Church Cemetery with Reverend David Chapman officiating. Serving as Honorary Pallbearers will be Ryan Lindsey, Chandler Jones, Austin Bell, Vincent Weed, and Jeff Wilkes. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday evening from 6-8 pm.

Mr. McCorkle was born April 18, 1922, in Buena Vista, GA, to William Andrew and Ellie McCorkle. He was Baptist by faith and a lifelong resident of Buena Vista. He had been employed as an inspector with General Motors. An avid coon hunter, he was a member of the Blue Tick Hound Association. He loved fishing and Braves Baseball and enjoyed singing and listening to Gospel music. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Andrew McCorkle, James Eugene McCorkle, and Milton McCorkle and by two sisters, Marion McCorkle Hebert and Mary McCorkle Cunniff.

He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Agnes Weed McCorkle and her daughters and son-in-law, Gayle P. Webb and Vicki P. and Roger Bell, all of Buena Vista, GA. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews and by three grandchildren, Heath Bell, Candice Bell Jones, and Carmen Webb Holloway, and by four great-grandchildren, Ryan Lindsey, Austin Bell, Amber Jones, and Chandler Jones.

Watson-Tante Funeral Home of Buena Vista, Georgia, was in charge of these arrangements.