MR. JOHN MARLIN CRANE, age 60, of Gore-Subligna Road-Summerville, Georgia passed away Friday morning in a Rome hospital. A son of the late John Roy and Dorothy Pierce Crane, Mr. Crane a loving husband, father, and was affectionately known as PoP Pa by his grandchildren. He was born in Floyd County on July 30, 1950, a member and Sunday School Teacher of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, and was retired from AT&T.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce Hawkins Crane; children and spouses- Ben & Anamaria Crane of White, GA., Matt & Christina Crane of Rome, Tasha & Lester Jenkins of Cartersville, and Kaela Hayes of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Grandchildren- John Lucas Crane, Connor Crane, Brady Jenkins & Emery Jenkins.
Funeral services will be Sunday (November 21, 2010) at 2:00 P.M. from the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Bryant officiating, interment in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Greg Shaw, Jack Owings, Jeff Owings, Danny Ray Mathis, Robert Mathis, Lee Reed, Ray Davis and Jimmy Barron. Honorary Pallbearers will be Gene Gilbreath, Jimmy Cooper, Frank Fowler, Hunter Burden, Quentin Smith, Mike Mason, Walt Brock, Gene Kendrick, Calvin Brown, Jerry Mixon, Glenda Williams, Linda Scoggins and Wylene Gillespie. Visitation will be Saturday evening from 6:00 until 9:00 P.M. at the Funeral Home.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.