When we moved in from the outback to the village of Mauchline in the late 1940s. Joe Corrie was living with a married sister some 100yds. from our new house, unfortunately I cannot remember the married name of his sister but will check with some of my own sisters to see if they remember. Robert Wilson lived in Ayr so may have been aquaint with Corrie when he lived in Ayrshire, hence the song mentioned by Guest above.
My recollection of Corrie was of a gaunt greyfaced man who did not communicate with the surrounding neighbours.