Doris Jane “Janie” McCorkle, 86, of Front Royal, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center in Winchester.
A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Maddox Funeral Home with Sammy Campbell officiating. Interment will follow in Shenandoah Memorial Park in Winchester.
Mrs. McCorkle was born March 31, 1935 in Rockingham County, Virginia, daughter of the late William W. and Sally Catherine Smith Joseph. She retired from Warren Memorial Hospital after 23 years of service as an operating room nurse. Doris began her career there on the very first day of the opening of Lynn Care Center. She was a member of Marlow Heights Baptist Church and worked with the nursery there for many years. She was a faithful wife, mother and grandmother who was loved by so many.
Doris is preceded in death by her son, Jerry W. McCorkle; brothers, Bill Joseph, Roy Lee Joseph, Paul Joseph, and Vernon Joseph and sisters Lillian Woody, Betty Thompson, Maxine Grogg, Nellie Harding, and Norma “Duckie” Joseph.
Surviving are her loving and devoted husband of 71 years Raymond Miller McCorkle; son Ken McCorkle, daughters, Karen Sue Cole and Lorie Ann Thurston; sisters Sue Knupp and Ruby Ray, both of Rockingham County, Virginia; grandsons, Aaron McCorkle, Joseph McCorkle, Bradley Marcey, Jerry W. McCorkle II, Jeremy McCorkle, Johnathan Cole and Joshua Cole; granddaughters, Desiree Marcey, Jenny McCorkle, and Stephanie Lillard; great grandsons, Elijah McCorkle, Julian Marcey, and Brayden Marcey; great granddaughters, Emaley McCorkle, Haley McCorkle, Jasmine Schuler, Breanna Marcey, Madelyn Lillard, Makayla Lillard, Cierra Cole and Lydia Cole; great great grandson, Liam Furr and great great granddaughter, Azelea James.
In Addition she was survived by those she adopted as her own, Donald Cline of Front Royal, Joy Baker of Bristow, Virginia, Toni Reuter of Senoia, Georgia and Janell Haley of Stafford Virginia.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Marlow Baptist Church, 517 Braxton Road, Front Royal, Virginia 22630 or to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601.
The Heart of Her Home and the Keeper of our hearts. A great Lady most faithful to her family. A mother to me and dedicated grandmother to my children. I am a better person for her influence in my life. I shall forever hold her in my heart.
Love you so much nana everything I do is for you ❤️ Going to the top
Remembering Nana is bitter sweet, since she’s gone. My life has been so blessed because she was my my grandmother, God surely gave me a most wonderful gift when I was born .” I’m so grateful I got to call her Nana,words could never describe all that she was and meant to me, she was SPECTACULAR and lives within my heart !”
Words cannot express the impact your Mom left on knowing her. From the time I left Super Fresh to when I retired from Walmart,she always made an effort to stop by to say hi..I’ll miss a lot of our chats and of course her smile. RIP my friend.