Harry Chester Corley (1923 - 2003)

Born 19 Dec 1923 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States

Husband of Priscilla Margaret (Eades) Oliphant — married 20 Nov 1943 (to 1953) in Indiana, United States

Died 9 Jun 2003 at age 79 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Texas, United States

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Biography

Harry Chester Corley, 79, of Shelbyville, died Monday, June 9, 2003, at the home of his step daughter, whom he raised.

Born Dec. 19, 1923, in Shelbyville, he was the son of Chester Corley and Alice (Herndon) Corley Dake. Harry married Priscilla Margaret Eades, the widow of William Leffler. As Harry was under twenty-one years of age, his mother Alice Dake had to give her written approval for him to marry; he was nineteen. One child Peggy of this union, with Harry and Priscilla divorcing in 1953. He married 2nd, Sarah Jane Morford on Sept. 23, 1954.

Other survivors include one son,(Harry Chester,Jr) Chip (wife, DeeAnna) Corley of St. Paul, 2 grandchildren, Scott Corley, Alex Corley. A step daughter P.J. (husband, Mac) McAnelly of Fountaintown; a daughter Peggy (husband Ray Bostic), 5 grandchildren, William Stroup, Cheryl Cash, Stephanie Lovins, Priscilla Stroup, and Sheila Andrews; three great grandchildren, Mariah, Makenzie and Jacob; three brothers, Robert Corley, Carl R. Corley and Norman "Butch" Corley, all of Shelbyville; two sisters, Doris Lasalle of Detroit, Mich., and Mary (husband, Leon) Richart of Florida.

He also was preceded in death by two brothers, George Corley and Maurice Corley; and two sisters, Frances Taylor and an infant.

Mr. Corley was employed as a trim and finish carpenter, retiring in 1985.

He served in the United States Coast Guard.

Mr. Corley was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, had been a member of Local No. 2108 and was a former member of the American Legion and Eagles.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at Carmony-Ewing Broadway Street Funeral Home, 232 W. Broadway St.

Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Interment will be at Forest Hill Cemetery, with military graveside services conducted by local service organizations.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4BV-CHQ : accessed 29 November 2020), Harry Corley in household of Chester Corley, Shelbyville, Shelby, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 7B, line 58, family 156, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 628; FHL microfilm 2,340,363.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1B9-7ZJ : 26 May 2020), Harry Corley in household of Alice Corley, Ward 4, Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 73-6, sheet 13A, line 38, family 289, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1094.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF87-18L : 10 December 2017), Harry Chester Corley and Priscilla Margaret Leffler, 20 Nov 1943; citing Shelby, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005206340

• "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8C9-KFP : 1 January 2015), Harry Chester Corley in entry for Peggy Lorea Corley, 17 Jan 1949; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J18S-5M4 : 25 November 2020), Harry Corley, 09 Jun 2003; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 November 2020), memorial page for Harry C Corley (19 Dec 1923–9 Jun 2003), Find a Grave Memorial no. 14076047, citing Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, USA .