Rachel Elizabeth Sartin Crocker, age 88 of Lula, Georgia passed away on Friday, September 28, 2012 following an extended illness.
Born in Hart County, Georgia on March 23, 1924, she was a daughter of the late John Calvin & Bessie Pearl Kelly Sartin. Mrs. Crocker was a homemaker and a member of the Mt. Sinai Congregational Holiness Church. She enjoyed crocheting and giving to friends. Mrs. Crocker considered her children and grandchildren as her greatest accomplishments, often saying, "I just love them all alike." In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin S. Crocker, son, Stanley Wayne Crocker, brother, EM Sartin, sisters, Louise Sartin, Mary Frances Jamerson, Beatrice Echols, Willie Mae Phillips, and Dorothy Scales.
Survivors include her sons and daughter-in-laws, Swayne & Willie Mae Crocker, Ronnie & Nancy Crocker, all of Cornelia, daughters and son-in-laws, Evalene & Lewis Davidson, Alto, GA; Brenda & Arthur Arrowood, Gainesville, GA; Magalene & Samuel Pruitt, Jasper, GA; daughter-in-law, Jeanette Duncan Crocker, Lula, GA; brother, Billy Sartin, brother and sister-in-law, Alton & Jean Sartin, all of Greenwood, SC; sister-in-law, Cara Mae Edison, Dacula, GA; 12 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren, and a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Funeral services are scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 30, 2012 from the Chapel of McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home with Rev. Deron Crocker, Rev. Tracy Davidson, and Rev Todd Pruitt officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Sinai Congregational Holiness Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Flowers are accepted or memorial donations may be made in memory of Mrs. Crocker to the United Hospice, 700 South Enota Street, Suite 202 Gainesville, GA. 30501 or to the Gideons International, Habersham South Camp, P.O. Box 195, Baldwin, GA. 30511.
An online guest register is available for the Crocker family and may be viewed at www.mcgaheegriffinandstewart.com
McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home of Cornelia, Georgia (706) 778-8668 is in charge of arrangements.
