Georgia C. Weatherhead

Georgia Katherine Cort Weatherhead (age 93) died of natural causes on August 5, 2022 in Greenspring Village retirement community in Springfield, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband Milton Nye Weatherhead, Jr, on July 28, 2006. She is survived by her two sons Milton Nye Weatherhead III and Charles Paul Weatherhead; their wives; four grandchildren; and one great grandchild. Georgia was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to her father US Army Lieutenant Hugh Cort and mother Mildred Allen Cort. As an “Army Brat”, Georgia spent a lot of her early years living in US Army posts across the United States. During World War II, Georgia and her mother Mildred spent much of their time in San Antonio, Texas, while her father served in both the European and Pacific Theaters. After the war, Georgia joined her parents in occupied Japan. Fortunately, her father was stationed in Kyoto, Japan, which was largely untouched by the war actions. At 17 years old, Georgia served as a school teacher in Kyoto to the children of the US officers stationed in that area. That was the beginning of a long career in teaching upon her return to the US. Upon her return from Japan, Georgia went to Pomona College to finish her college education. She was a synchronized swimmer on Pomona’s swim team. In 1950, her father was stationed at the Pentagon at which time Georgia met a local boy from Alexandria, Virginia – Milton Nye Weatherhead, Jr. – who was attending Princeton University. Soon after they met, they were married, and had their first child Milton III on July 2, 1952. In two years, a second child was born Charles Paul on October 14, 1954. Milt, Jr, started a long career with the AC Spark Plug Division of General Motors, and the family moved to Burton, Michigan in 1960. As the boys grew older, Georgia was able to restart her teaching career in the Bentley school system. At first she served as a substitute teacher, and then as a full-time teacher. In 1970, Milton Jr, relocated with AC Spark Plug to Northern Virginia, where Georgia had teaching assignments in Vienna and Reston. In addition to teaching grade school, Georgia also volunteered to assist Vietnamese emigres who were just starting to come to Northern Virginia; and president of the local Atari Club which was one of the pioneering computer software companies that were catching on fast across the country. Georgia retired from teaching in 2000. Georgia and Milton were among the first residents of the Greenspring Village (GSV) retirement community in 2000. Even though they were both retired, they stayed very active in the community and with their grandchildren. Both enjoyed taking Smithsonian tours, especially with Ed Bearss. Both served as docents for the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum. Milton volunteered helping GSV residents with income tax returns. Georgia was active in developing Greenspring Village as its very own voting district. One of her favorite activities was volunteering at the National Zoo where she recorded the activities of Golden Lion Tamarins and Octopi. She also volunteered to help GSV residents with social networking at their computer centers. Georgia is survived by the oldest son Milton Nye Weatherhead III, his wife Morag, and children Milton IV and Anne Weatherhead, Chelsea and Travis Erkenbrack, Caroline and Matt Smith. Georgia is also survived by her second son Charles Paul Weatherhead, his wife Kathryn, and daughter Lauren and Devin Gist. Lauren just gave birth to Georgia’s first great granddaughter Remi Gist.

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Georgia C. Weatherhead

August 13, 1929 - August 5, 2022