Dr. Lonnie George McCormick, 79, of Huntsville passed away on Sunday. He was born in 1937 to Carl and Valanta McCormick in Kirbytown, Alabama, and grew up in Manchester, Tennessee. He attended Tennessee Tech University, and graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in 1961. He interned at the University of Tennessee and completed a Radiology residency at Baptist Hospital in Memphis. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1966 until 1968. He practiced radiology in Huntsville from 1968 to 2013. Dr. McCormick served as the president of the Madison County Medical Society and president of the Huntsville Academy of Medicine. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon, and a former member of the Huntsville Museum of Art Foundation. His outside interests included art and horticulture.
He is survived by Susie, his wife of 32 years, daughters Kellye McCormick and Anna Hornsby (John), sons Grant McCormick (Beth) and Patrick McCormick, granddaughters Savannah McCormick and Laura Fallon (Ben), step-grandson Dawson Crow, great granddaughter Lyla Fallon, and a large extended family.
Following a private family burial, a memorial service will be held on Wednesday, August 24th, at 2 o’clock at the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Huntsville with the Reverend Dr. Darryl Goldman officiating.
Lonnie was a loving husband and father, and will be remembered for his wit, wisdom, compassion and generosity. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to First Presbyterian Church (300 Gates Avenue Huntsville, Alabama 35801) or the McCormick Art Scholarship (UAH Office of Development 301 Sparkman Drive SKH 3rd Floor Huntsville, Alabama 35899).
