Malcolm Scott McCorquodale’s Letters to His Daughter Ellen

From an email Malcolm Scott McCorquodale III wrote to Sperry Hunt: “I found the attached documents at my aunt Ellen McCorquodale Martin’s condo. Her father, Malcolm Scott McCorquodale, Sr., wrote these letters to Ellen shortly before he passed away from a heart attack during a hunting trip in West Texas a few weeks later on December 15, 1958.  Reading the letters and knowing the future caused me to have bittersweet feelings. 

Amid this tragedy, there arose joy as my mother Robin Howard Hunt, the daughter of Eugenia and Judge Wilmer Hunt, who had been engaged to my father, Malcolm McCorquodale, Jr, were married on December 27.”

Envelope of Letter 1958-11-18 from Malcolm to his daughter Ellen
Letter 1958-11-19 from Malcolm to his daughter Ellen
Letter 1958-12-11 from Malcolm to his daughter Ellen

A memory of Robin from Mary Mize Hellums

Robin McCorquodale

One of the most endearing qualities of Robin was her vulnerability and her open spirit.

The memory of those qualities is forever cherished in my memory. One of my favorites occurred as we stood in front of the kitchen sink at the ranch after one of our Thanksgiving feasts. She told me about something that she was struggling with and ask me what I thought she should do. From that time on we were dear friends as well as cousins. There was no guile in Robin!