In Memory

Nancy Hannah (Corriher)

Nancy Hannah (Corriher)

 Nancy Hannah Corriher, 78, passed away after a period of declining health on February 11, 2021
 at Arbor Acres Retirement Community, where she lived for the last three and a half years. She
 was born in Salisbury, NC in 1942 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Madison Covington Hannah, Jr. She
 graduated from Boyden High School in Salisbury, NC as an Honor graduate in 1960. She attended
 Mars Hill Junior College (at that time) from 1960 - 1962. She then transferred to Women's College
 in Greensboro, NC, which became the University of North Carolina at Greensboro prior to her
 graduation in 1964 where she majored in French. She moved to Winston-Salem and began her
 long career of teaching in the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools, where she retired after 28
 years. After her second year teaching, she was one of 20 teachers who received the RJ Reynolds
 Tobacco Scholarship for summer study wherever they chose. Nancy attended the Sorbonne,
 University of Paris, where she was also able to travel to many countries of Europe and lived with a
 French family. Nancy was able to travel to many countries during her life. She enjoyed returning
 to France and Spain with her daughter, Caroline. Nancy loved learning and teaching, as well as
 reading and writing. She leaves behind a beloved daughter, Caroline Hannah Corriher
 Stresemann (Doug) of Raleigh, NC, whom she adored. She also adored her first child Matthew
 Creighton Corriher, who brightened the lives of many others on earth before he went to heaven in
 2014. Nancy was a member of Bethania Moravian Church in Bethania, NC, very close to her
 home where she lived for 48 years and where both of her children were baptized. She was a
 devoted Christian, Baptist, and Moravian. The family wishes to thank the wonderful staff at Arbor
 Acres for their compassionate care and support, especially during the last year. A private service
 will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to: The
 Enrichment Center, 1006 S. Marshall Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, where the lives of many
 special people in Winston-Salem continue to be enriched or to the Residents' Assistance Fund at
 Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community at 1240 Arbor Road, Winston-Salem NC
 27104.