Peter Thomas Cora

Funeral Services for Peter "Pete" Thomas Cora, 62 years old of Greenville, who passed away at
his home in Greenville, on January 30, 2026, after a multiyear battle with cancer, will be held
at Mortimer Funeral Home on Tuesday February 3, 2026 at 11 am. Visitation will be at 10 a.m.
Brother Arthur Scott of Temple Baptist Church will be officiating. Burial will be at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens in Greenville.
Pallbearers will be Alan Hodges, Burney Boney, Charlie Jennings, Keith Kendall, Bobby Burton,
Jerry Kattawar, Jr., Timothy Stone and Seth Spratlin
Honorary pall bearers will be Claude Renfroe, Daryl Stapp, David Sykes, Terry
Bates, Buddy Lepri, and Mike Henry.
Pete was born in Greenville, Mississippi on April 23, 1963, the son of George Lamar Cora and
Rutha Inez Hill Cora. He attended and graduated from Greenville High School in 1981.
Pete worked as a route salesman for Budweiser, Hostess, Pepsi Co., and most recently Coca-
Cola /Clark Beverage.
Pete was a self-taught guitarist and avid outdoorsman. He had a love for blues music and
greater love for game and wildlife.
As a hunter, he was a life-time member of Lake Lee Hunting Club, of which his father, George,
was a founding member. Each November, Pete reveled in joining his cousins, the Kattawars, for
their annual family Thanksgiving hunt and competition in North Mississippi. His cousins, in his
memory, mounted Pete's last trophy deer at the family lodge. His hunting box has also been
memorialized.
He also was a long-term member of the Mississippi River Anglers Association, Delta Anglers
Bass Club, and Greenville Bassmasters. As a fisherman, he established an exemplary and
notorious record. He held numerous, often repeat, individual and team annual club
championships and angler tournament championships at Lakes Ferguson, Washington, and
Chicot.
In the final days of his fight with cancer, Pete accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Inez.
He is survived by his son, George Christopher "Chris" Cora (Sabrina) and grandson, Jonah
Thomas Cora, of Prattville, AL; his partner, Nicole Clark of Greenville, MS; his two sisters,
Sharon Cora Farish (James) of Indianola, MS and Brenda Cora Stone (Randy) of Greenville,
MS. He is also survived by nieces Stephanie Grissette (Eric) of Rogers, AR; Chrissy Farish of
Indianola, MS, Stacy Farish Crocker (Michael) of Brandon, MS and nephew Timothy Stone
(Michaela) of Leland, MS. He also leaves a host of family, friends, and colleagues to cherish his
memory.