Extracted from The Port Arthur News (Port Arthur, TX)
Friday, March 15, 1940

DEATH CLAIMS MRS. CORLEY, 63

Resident Here 13 Years Succumbs Unexpectedly

Mrs. Isham T. Corley, 63, of 1900 Stilwell Boulevard, died unexpectedly at her home about 11:40 o'clock this morning, apparently of heart attack.

Here 13 Years

A native of Louisiana, she had lived in Port Arthur 13 years and was a member of the Memorial Baptist church.

Surviving are her husband, three sons, Clyde, I. T. , Jr., and E. T. Corley, all of Port Arthur; eight daughters, Mrs. W. E. Matthews, Mrs. Herbert Smith, Mrs. Glenn Mullenix and Mrs. M. M. Dell, all of Port Arthur, Mrs. Wallace Lee of Church Point, La., Mrs. F. A. Amy of Crowley, La., Mrs. J. P. Darby of DeRidder, La., and Mrs. I. T. Barron of Alexandria, La., and two sisters, Mrs. I. A. Hargis of Pineville, La., and Mrs. J. T. McGrew of Poland, La.

Body to Alexandria

Funeral services for Mrs. Corley will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday in Grammier's chapel. The body then will be taken by motor to Alexandria for services and burial there Sunday afternoon.