Upson County GaArchives Obituaries.....E. L. McCarty January 31 1986 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy L. Fletcher dorothy010@ameritech.net August 24, 2003, 10:53 am Virginia Crilley Funeral services for E. L. McCarty, 91, of Jackson Ave., were held Sunday, Feb. 2, at 2:00 in the Chapel of Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home. Dr. Harold Smith officiated and burial was in Southview Cemetery. Mr. McCarty died Jan. 31 in Upson County Hospital. He was a native of Macon County, Ga., He entered the grocery business in Ideal, Ga. in 1924 and opened McCarty's Service Grocery in Thomaston in 1929 as the owner and operator, building a store for the business in 1937. He retired in 1972 at the age of 77. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. He was a vereran of WW1 and a member of Pete Thurston Post 81 of the American Legion. Survivors include two sons: Marion McCarty of Thomaston, and Lewis McCarty of Lake City, FL; two sisters; Mrs. Dallas Kelley of Montezuma and Mrs. Pearl Lott of Ft. Myers,FL, a brother, Thomas McCarty of Mansfield, Ohio. Seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb