1/4 Clark and Anne pose with new friends, their second visit to the Big Corriher Thanksgiving.

Jesus said, “Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” — Mark 3:35

By Susan Shinn Turner

For the Salisbury Post

In hosting the biennial Thanksgiving Day gathering for the family of Harvey Pressley Corriher Sr. and Cora Overcash Corriher since 2009, Clark and Anne Corriher took to heart the words of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark.

Everyone is their sister and brother.

But Thursday’s event was the last one they’re hosting.

Now Harvey and Cora had eight children, mind you. Clark, 66, started out with 31 first cousins.

Still, he and Anne, 65, started inviting others to join them over the years. Anne’s mother, Becky Drye — Clark always affectionally called her Grand

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