Gloria C. Emory, age 76, of Carrollton, Georgia passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Gloria Emory spent six and a half years in the Army Nurse Corps-one of those years in Vietnam-and was awarded two Bronze Stars for meritorious service in Vietnam and the Army Commendation Medal from Fort Benning. Her son, Benjamin Dorsey Emory, was born on November 6, 1973 and the Emory family moved to Carrollton, GA in September 1976. Born at Fort McPherson, she and her sister (Darlene Townsend) moved a lot in their earlier years as their father was in the military. Gloria received a degree in nursing at Georgia State University early in life and then later went on to receive her Masters in Psychology at West Georgia College. She later became a certified nursing service administrator at Tanner Medical Center, Carrollton and later served Tanner Medical Center as Vice President and the COO from September 1976 to April, 2001. Her accomplishments include being the recipient of a Business and Professional Women (BPW) scholarship from the Forest Park Club, which helped her to begin her professional education at the Crawford Long Hospital School of Nursing, receiving her diploma in 1965. She has served in hospitals at Fort McPherson, Walter Reed, and Fort Benning, and the Third Surgical Hospital in Don Tam, Vietnam. She taught at Crawford Long School of Nursing and at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton she was an innovator of the Gateway Program, Women's Center and nursing scholarship program. She helped create the Georgia Nurses Association District No. 26. In 1987, she was honored as a Woman of Achievement by the Business and Professional Women of Carrollton for outstanding service in her career. She was a wonderful person and will be missed. She is survived by her husband, Eburn Dorsey Emory, Jr., her son Benjamin Dorsey Emory, and her sister, Darlene Townsend. A graveside memorial service will be held Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 2 p.m. at West Georgia Memorial Park with American Legion Post#143 providing military honors. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Best Friends Animal Society in Atlanta, 4874 S Atlanta Rd. SE, Atlanta, GA 30339. Messages of condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.almonfuneralhome.com. Almon Funeral Home of Carrollton has charge of arrangements.