Helen Elizabeth McCorvey

Helen Elizabeth Kiser McCorvey died at age 87. She is preceded in death by her husband Paul G. McCorvey, her son Christopher B. McCorvey, her brother Mark H. Kiser, III, and her parents, Mark H. Kiser, Jr., and Catherine C. Glover Kiser. She is survived by her son, Mike E. McCorvey and his wife Elizabeth and family of Jacksonville, Florida, and her grandchildren, Christian B. McCorvey and his wife Corrine of Jacksonville, Florida and Leyna M. Hulett, her husband, Caleb T. Hulett, and her great grandson, William G. Hulett, of Vienna, Georgia. She is further survived by her sister, June M. Kiser Jackson and her husband Howard Jackson, of Manchester, Georgia, niece Cathy Maddox and family of Warm Springs, Georgia, niece Angela Burke and family of Warm Springs, Georgia, and nephew Kevin Jackson and family of Grovetown, Georgia, sister-in-law Ann Kiser, nephews Mark Kiser IV and family, Keith Kiser and family and niece Stacey Kiser all of Live Oak, Florida. Helen was born July 17, 1938, in Charleston, South Carolina and moved to Albany, Georgia in 1954. She graduated from Albany High School (1956) and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Belmont University with a major in English (1960). Helen and Paul were inducted into the Belmont Tower Society in February 2011. Helen and Paul got married on August 14, 1960. Helen taught at Worth County HS, Albany HS, Westover HS and Deerfield-Windsor School until 1983. Helen then became Public Information Director for the Dougherty Co. School System, for 17 years retiring in 2001. Helen taught for 25 years in the classroom in the fields of English and Humanities and was named Teacher of the Year eight times. She had yearbooks dedicated to her at Worth County HS, Westover HS, and Deerfield-Windsor School. She received numerous Awards of Excellence from the Georgia School Public Relations Association and the Georgia Department of Education for district publications and school community projects. She served as President of the Georgia School Public Relations Association in 1990 and in 1996. She received the Distinguished Service Award and the National School Public Relations Association's Award of Honor in 1997. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society, PSI Chapter. She served on the Board of Directors for the Albany Sports Hall of Fame, Partnerships for Excellence in Education, and Albany Easter Seals. Helen was a Pine Mountain, Georgia, Regional Library Trustee. Helen and Paul moved to Manchester, Georgia, after her retirement. Helen was very active in the Manchester Women's Club and was named the Georgia Federation of Women's Club Sixth District Woman of the Year in 2008. She served as the Manchester Club's president from 2010-2012.

Helen's passions were gardening, reading, spending time with family and friends, and love for her low country native Charleston, South Carolina. She was best known for her ever present smile, her drive to do her best at whatever job she undertook and her consistent consideration for the feelings of others. Her remains will be interred in the family plot at Live Oak Cemetery, Walterboro, South Carolina, at a private service. Helen longed to see her Savior, her beloved husband, family and friends.