Corwin Everett Sperry, age 93, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Emory University Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Kansas, he and his first wife Irene moved to Decatur, Georgia in 2000. She preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie, his son, Kris Sperry, M.D., of Senoia, Georgia and his daughter, Brenda, of Lawrence. The oldest of four children, he is also survived by his three siblings, including Theo Hatch of Lexington, Kentucky, J. Bryan Sperry of Pittsburg, Kansas and Kenneth Sperry of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Funeral services will be at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home on Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. The family will receive friends one hour prior the service. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas.
