Obituaries

Stanley Paul Smith

Stanley Paul Smith passed away on Oct. 27, 2022. He is survived by his loving wife Mary “Binky” Smith of Long Creek. The Clayton Tribune November 3, 2022

Margaret Jeri Meggett McCall

Margaret Jeri Meggett McCall, age 80, of Lakemont, Ga., passed away on Oct. 13, 2022. Jeri, as all knew her, was born on Jan. 27, 1942, in Stuart, Fla., to the late James Whitmarsh Meggett and the late Margaret Hazel Clements.

Robert Lemuel (Lem) Sumner

Robert Lemuel (Lem) Sumner, 82, of Buford, Ga., passed away peacefully in his home on Oct. 26, 2022, in the company of his loving family, after a long and heroic battle with cancer and Parkinson’s disease. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Gayle Miller Sumner, originally from Atlanta, Ga.

Grace Ella Abercrombie Carlton

Grace Ella Abercrombie Carlton, 102, of Stone Mountain, Ga., passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, at Pruitt Health and Rehab in Lilburn, Ga. Graveside service were held at noon on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, at Pinecrest Memory Gardens with Rev. Ken Anderson officiating.

Robert Leon Smith Bickford

away on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, at the age of 76. He was born in Clayton, Ga., to Anabel Bleckley Donaldson and Robert Lucas Bickford. Bob is survived by his sisters Anna Donaldson of Oldsmar, Fla., and Candace Wagner of Covington, Ga. He also is survived by his beloved uncle Dr.

Euel Wade

Euel Wade, 85 of Lakemont passed away peacefully Sunday, Oct. 23, at his home on Seed Lake. Euel was born in Fulton County, Georgia, on June 8, 1937. He grew up in Jackson, Georgia and graduated from Jackson High School in 1955.

Robert Crandall Holt

Robert Crandall Holt died at his home Oct. 18, 2022. He is survived by his wife Linda Dodson Holt; son Samuel Holt; granddaughter Grace Holt; stepsisters Lysbeth Bainbridge (Steve Ramberg), and Sarah Bainbridge Akridge (Chip); and many wonderful nieces and nephews.

Sherry McCullough Dollar

Funeral services for Sherry McCullough Dollar, 59, of Piedmont were Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, at noon at Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. Michael Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery in Fort Payne.

Laura Haywood Gurley

Laura Haywood Gurley died at her home in Lakemont on Oct. 22, 2022, after a brief illness. A native of Atlanta and a sixth-generation Georgian, Mrs. Gurley was a graduate of Ridgeview High School and of the University of Georgia. She was born Oct.

Edith Blanche Sis Dixon

Edith Blanche Sis Dixon, 91, of Clayton, Ga., passed away peacefully with family by her side on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. She was born on Dec. 8, 1930, in Rabun County to the late Mick and Laura Coleman. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold Dixon who passed away in 2000.