- Date Of Birth: February 9, 1939
- Date Of Death: July 26, 2016
- State: Georgia
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.
