Background
Corley, Florence Fleming was born on January 6, 1933 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Daughter of William Cornelius and Sarah Virginia (Sibley) Fleming.
Corley, Florence Fleming was born on January 6, 1933 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Daughter of William Cornelius and Sarah Virginia (Sibley) Fleming.
Bachelor, Agnes Scott College, 1954; Master of Arts, Emory University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia State University, 1985.
Alumnae representative, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, 1955;
history teacher, The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, 1968-1988;
history teacher, The Walker School, Marietta, Georgia, 1989;
history instructor, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, Georgia, 1989-1991;
assistant professor of history, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, Georgia, 1991-1998;
retired, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, Georgia, 1998. United States history consultant The College Board, New York City, since 1978. Reader, table leaderEdnl.
Testing Svc., Princeton, New Jersey, since 1975.
Sixth grade and adult teacher First Presbyterian Church, Marietta, since 1960, elder, since 1990. Active United States history contest Daughters of the American Revolution, Marietta, since 1991. Consultant Girls club of Cobb/Marietta 1981.
Member Georgia National Registry Review Board, since 1994, chairman 1996-1997. Member Cobb Landmarks and History Society (charter board directors, co-president 1985-1986, 87-88), Atlanta History Society, Atlanta Civil War Round Table, Society Civil War Historians, Georgia Association Historians, Georgia History Society, Southern Association Women Historians, Southern History Association, Southern Garden History Society, Richmond County History Association, Presbyterian History Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta.
Married James Weaver Corley, Junior, December 29, 1955. Children: Florence Hart Corley Johnson, James Weaver Corley III, Mary Anne Corley Herbert, Sarah VirginiaCorley, William Thomas Corley.