Dolly Corker

OUR PRECIOUS MOTHER, DOLLY RUTH CORKER DAUGHTER OF THE LATE REVEREND WILLIS LINDER AND IRENE SLOANE-LINDER WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 12, 1943 IN QUITMAN GEORGIA. SHE ENTERED INTO ETERNAL PEACE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2019 AT ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON HOSPITAL IN HAMILTON, NEW JERSEY WITH HER LOVING DAUGHTER ANGELA M. CORKER BESIDE HER WHO NEVER LEFT HER SIDE. DOLLY WAS EDUCATED IN THE QUITMAN, GEORGIA PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. SHE RETIRED FROM THE TRENTON PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL. DOLLY, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS COOKIE OR MOTHER CORKER, WAS A RESIDENT OF TRENTON FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND ENJOYED HER LIFE TO THE FULLEST AMONGST FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WAS THE BEST MOTHER TO HER CHILDREN, VERY GRACEFUL AND THE EPITOME OF A LADY. HER HOBBY WAS SHOPPING. SHE WORE THE BEST OF CLOTHING, SHOES, FURS AND JEWELRY. SHE ALSO ENJOYED ATTENDING CHURCH AT NOTHING BUT THE WORD DELIVERANCE CHURCH IN FLORENCE, NEW JERSEY WHERE SHE WAS ON THE MOTHER’S BOARD. DOLLY INTRODUCED HER CHILDREN TO THE LORD AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. SHE WAS ALWAYS SINGING AND PLAYING GOSPEL SONGS AROUND THE HOUSE. ONE OF HER FAVORITE SONGS IS ‘JESUS YOU’VE BEEN GOOD TO ME’ BY THE GOSPEL KEYNOTES. DOLLY ENJOYED AND LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. HER DAUGHTER, PAMELA CORKER-WADE’S FAMILY WOULD MAKE SURE SHE TRAVELED WITH THEM NEAR ARE FAR OR ALONE TO VISIT HER FAMILY IN QUITMAN, GEORGIA. ALSO, ALL OF DOLLY’S FRIENDS WOULD KNOW TO CONTACT PAM’S HOME IF THEY COULD NOT REACH DOLLY AT HER HOME. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN DOLLY WAS RECEIVING MORE INCOMING CALLS AT PAM’S HOME THAN PAM’S FAMILY. HER DAUGHTER ANGELA WOULD TAKE HER OUT FOR SEAFOOD DINNER’S. HER SON GREGORY COULD ALWAYS MAKE HER LAUGH AND HER SON RANDY WAS ALWAYS TELLING HER HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATED THE LIFE SHE PROVIDED FOR HER CHILDREN. DOLLY WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE TRENTON COMMUNITY. SHE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR VOTING. SHE VOLUNTEERED FOR YEARS WITH THE MERCER COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS. DOLLY ALSO WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. DOLLY WAS A TRUE FRIEND, BEST FRIEND, 2ND MOTHER, MENTOR, GOD MOTHER AND AN AUNT TO MANY PEOPLE SHE CAME IN CONTACT WITH. DOLLY TOUCHED MANY PEOPLE AND WAS TRULY LOVED BY MANY PEOPLE. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, HER LATE HUSBAND, HER SISTER (LAURA ANN LINDER), DOLLY WAS PREDECEASED BY HER TWO SONS, DARRELL E. CORKER SR. AND WALTER GRANT CORKER JR. WHOM SHE LOVED DEARLY. DOLLY LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES, TWO DAUGHTERS, PAMELA CORKER-WADE OF FLORENCE AND ANGELA M. CORKER OF WILLINGBORO; TWO SONS, RANDALL CORKER OF ATLANTA, GA AND GREGORY CORKER OF TRENTON; FOUR SISTERS, ANNIE SPENCER OF QUITMAN, GA, ESTHER GOSIER OF QUITMAN, GA, MARTHA JONES OF VALDOSTA, GA AND NICOLE LINDER OF ADEL, GEORGAI; THREE

Dolly Corker

February 12, 1943 - January 15, 2019