“For the years 1878-1882 he acted as a member of the McDuffie County board of Education for the Wrightsboro District. In the year 1879 he and his father-in-law William Sheppard Smith, were appointed as Trustees of the Wrightsboro Methodist Church.

“About the year 1882 the family moved into Thomson. They built a home at the corner of Cleveland and Holt streets, There, for the most part, this couple spent the remainder of their lives. In 1883 Hezekiah McCorkle was named a Trustee of Fountain Camp Ground. For four years--1892 to 1896--he served as President of the McDuffie County Board of Education.

“In 1896 the George McDuffie Camp #823 of the United Confederate Veterans was organized. Hezekiah McCorkle was made its first Commander. (This organization lasted two years beyond his deapth in 1920. At that time (1922) their U.C.V. Confederate flag was presented to the Thomson U.D.C. Chapter.) Hezekiah McCorkle would talk entertainingly of his war experiences. This he did, however, with no tinge of bitterness and no trace of dramatizing himself.

“The son of a Methodist preacher, Hezekiah McCorkle was throughout his long life a dedicated Methodist. For fifty years he was a member of the Quarterly Conference; for forty consecutive years he never missed a meeting. He was also for forty years a Steward, during which period he was for a number of these years Chairman of the Board of Thomson Methodist Church. He was active in the Thomson Lodge of the Masonic Order. Through the years he served the Masons in several official capacities.

“Always a model fruit grower and vegetable gardener, in his last years he acquired a new interest--flower gardening. In this his green thumb also did not fail. With the typical McCorkle trait of longevity, he died i his eight-seventh year--mind clear, faith steadfast to the end e had no particlary disease. Simply, the machine had worn out. He is buried on the H. McCorkle Square, Thomson Cemetery, grave marked.”

-- Timmons-McCorkle genealogy, p. 73