Rev. Walter Irvin Corner, 71 of Lewisburg, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center.

Born on September 16, 1946 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late Charles Lee Corner and Mary Ellen Barrett Corner.

Rev. Corner was ordained through the Appalachian Conference of the IPHC. He was a minister of The Pentecostal Holiness Church, having served at churches in Fayetteville, WV, Covington, VA, and Organ Cave, WV.

He was the director of the food bank at the White Sulphur Springs Pentecostal Holiness Church.

He was a U. S. Air Force veteran.

Other than his parents, he is preceded in death by a sister, Mary Lee Shrader.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Joan Rock Corner; daughter, Denise L. Honaker and husband, Michael of Lewisburg and their children, Andrew L. Honaker and Payton G. Honaker; daughter, Carole Gore and husband, Jim of Virginia; a son, Mark W. Marrs and family of Lewisburg; God-daughters; Sarah Beth Marsolek and family of Virginia, Danielle M. Cadd and family of Virginia, Patricia L. Kirkwood & husband of Virginia;; niece, Nancy Cregger and family; nephews, Mark, Lee, John, Junior Cregger, and David Byrd and families.

He will be missed by many friends and loved ones.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at the Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg with Pastor Gene Sizemore officiating. Burial with military honors by the U. S. Air Force will follow in the Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery in Organ Cave, WV.

Friends may call from 12:00 noon until time of the service at the funeral home.

The Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.