Sarah Margaret Cornish
Sarah Margaret Cornish
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Margaret enjoyed fishing, was a devoted homemaker, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. Her greatest joy in life was her family, and she took pride in caring for and supporting each of them through the years.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Carlton Rayburn Cornish, her son, Carlton Truman Cornish, her sister, Shirley Purvis, her brother, Lafe Owens, Jr., her granddaughter, Tabitha Brooke Stephens, and three great-grandsons, Aiden Blanford, James Colton Hagan, and Isaac Robert Nalley.
She is survived by seven children, Kathy (Jerry) Hagan and Debra (Gary) Morrow, both of Lawrenceburg, Alda Morris of Chaplin, Tammy (Jeffrey) Isham of Mackville, Pamela (Chris) Stephens, Ezra (Larissa) Cornish, and Floyd (Ashley) Cornish, all of Chaplin. She also leaves behind 19 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren.
She will be deeply missed and forever remembered by her family and all who loved her.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Margaret Cornish will be 11:00 am Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at the Houghlin Funeral Home in Bloomfield. Interment will be in Highview Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 9:00 am until time of the funeral service. The Houghlin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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