Dale McCord

Rev. Dale McCord, age 86, of Sautee Nacoochee, went home to be with our Lord on Monday, July 18, 2011 following a short illness.

Rev. McCord was born in Bethesda, Tennessee on April 26, 1925, to the late Calvin G. and Mary Millard McCord. He was preceded in death by his brother, Ernest McCord. Rev. McCord attended the First Presbyterian Church of Clarkesville, Georgia. He was a veteran of World War II having served his country proudly. Rev. McCord was a graduate of Bob Jones University and Columbia Theological Seminary. He served Presbyterian Churches from 1955 through 1990, having served in Boyd, Alabama, Cuthbert, Georgia, Lexington, Jackson and Newton, Mississippi.

Survivors include his wife, Marie Allen McCord, Sautee-Nacoochee, GA; sons and daughters-in-law, David and Pam McCord, Clinton, MS and John and Karen McCord, Madison, MS; brothers, Rodney G. McCord, Mineola, TX, William M. McCord, Kissimmee, FL, and Richard L. McCord, Murfreesboro, TN; two grandchildren, John D. McCord and William L. McCord.

Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 21, 2011, at the First Presbyterian Church in Clarkesville, GA with Rev. Lisa Graves officiating. Interment will follow in the Nacoochee Methodist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, GA.

Those wishing to send condolences to the McCord family may do so by visiting www.whitfieldfuneralhomes.com.

Arrangements are in the care of Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, Georgia.
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