LaVetta Tatum Corley

Holman-Headland Mortuary

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Date: Feb 24 2014 10:42 AM

OBITUARY

HOLMAN-HEADLAND MORTUARY

HEADLAND, ALABAMA (334) 693-3371 FAX: (334)-693-2711

 

LaVetta  Tatum  Corley

DOTHAN. . .LaVetta Tatum Corley, a resident of Dothan, passed into her eternal home early Sunday afternoon, February 23, 2014, in a Dothan hospital. She was 94.

            Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, February 25, 2014, in the Holman-Headland Mortuary Chapel with Reverend Keener Batchelor and Reverend Jim Corley officiating. Burial will follow in the Pinckard Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 A.M. Tuesday at the mortuary.

            Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the New Life Church, 964 North Park Avenue, Dothan, AL 36303.

            Mrs. Corley was born in West Point, Georgia and lived all her life in Dothan. “Lady LaVetta”, as she was affectionately called by friends, inspired and encouraged others through her poetry and writings over the years; from her Dothan High Class poem of 1934, to her books, A LIFETIME OF RHYME, and A RIGHT PLACE FOR VIOLET. Her local histories and poems in Poetic Destiny Review, and cards and letters were a delight and comfort. She touched many lives during her years as lunchroom worker and manager at Highlands, Rose Hill and Southside Elementary Schools in Dothan. LaVetta was a member of New Life Church. She loved her family, her friends and Jesus. LaVetta ran her race well and left an incredible mark. LaVetta was preceded in death by parents, Earl Menefee Tatum, Sr. and Esther Williams Tatum, her husband, James Cecil Corley, a sister, Virginia Weeks, and two grandchildren, Robbie Kaiser, and Shelley Ziegler.

            Surviving relatives include three daughters, Sybil Corley Pharr (Leonard), Dothan; Mary E. Prosper (Charles), Bacliff, Texas; Virginia Jane Page (Carl), Campbellton, FL; three sons, Reverend Jim Corley (Sue); and Dan Corley (Ronda), all of Dothan; John Ziegler (Dorothy), Montgomery; a brother, Earl Tatum, Jr. (Betty), Chester, VA; fifteen grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

 

HOLMAN-HEADLAND MORTUARY IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-693-3371. You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com.

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