Phil Corker, the father of U.S. Sen. and former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker, died Friday evening, a local funeral home announced. He was 85.
The elder Corker, a native of Springfield, S.C., was an engineer and U.S. Air Force veteran who retired from DuPont’s Chattanooga plant and later worked in his son’s construction company, Bencor
Visitation will be 12:30 p.m. Monday at Signal Crest United Methodist Church. Memorial services will follow at 2 p.m. Monday.
See Sunday’s Times Free Press for complete information.