Robert Thomas Trammell, Sr.

Robert Thomas Trammell,77, of Luthersville died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Harbor Grace Hospice in Atlanta, following a hemorrhagic stroke he suffered at home in Luthersville. Mr. Trammell was born in Coweta County, near Luthersville, on February 9, 1939, to the late James Young Trammell, Sr. and Carney Jane Hunter Trammell. He attended school in Luthersville for 10 years and graduated from Newnan High School in 1957. He earned the baccalaureate degree Magna Cum Laude from Mercer University, a master’s degree from the University of Florida, and a doctorate degree from Auburn University. He began his professorial career at Truett-McConnell College, where he met his future wife, Menlia Faye Moss. He was subsequently on the faculty for several years at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton. In 1969, he went to Macon College (now Middle Georgia State University) as Head of the Faculty of English. In 1970, he was named Chair of the Humanities Division, and in 1977 he became the Academic Dean of the college. He served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs there for 22 years. Under his leadership, an award-winning Honors Program and three baccalaureate programs were established. Mr. Trammell retired in 1998 in order to return home to Luthersville to care for his mother, who had Alzheimer’s Disease. In January 1999, Mr. Trammell became mayor of Luthersville, a position he held until his death. He was a proud ambassador for the city, maintaining Luthersville as a good place to live. A member of Central Baptist Church in Newnan, he was President of the Myrtle Arnall Mann Sunday school class. He had also served as a deacon at Luthersville Baptist; First Baptist, Macon; and Central Baptist, Newnan. The funeral service will be on Saturday, July 30, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Central Baptist Church, Newnan with Dr. Winford Hendrix, Rev. Rhodes Skinner and Rev. Winston Skinner officiating. Interment will follow at the Luthersville City Cemetery. The body will lie in repose for public viewing at City Hall in Luthersville from 1-3pm on Friday, July 29, 2016. Visitation will follow on Friday, July 29, 2016, from 6-8pm at McKoon Funeral Home in Newnan. Survivors include his wife, Menlia Trammell, whom he married December 20, 1970; daughter and son-in-law, Carmen and Jonathan Skaggs of Marietta; son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Jenny Trammell of Luthersville; granddaughters, Mary and Virginia Trammell of Luthersville; grandsons, Nathan and Logan Skaggs of Marietta; sister and brother-in-law, Sara Jane and Walter Skinner of Moreland; brother and sister-in-law, Young and Linda Trammell of Conyers; nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Georgia Chapter, 41 Perimeter Center East, Suite 550, Atlanta, Georgia, 30346 (www.alz.org/georgia/) or the Meriwether Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy, Box 576, Luthersville, Georgia, 30251. Online condolences may be expressed at www.mckoon.com. McKoon Funeral Home 770-253-4580.

Robert Thomas Trammell, Sr.

February 9, 1939 - July 26, 2016