Wade H Cramer, Jr

Mr. Wade H. Cramer, age 73, of Walden Road, Sandersville passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2023.  A funeral service to celebrate his life will be held on Friday, October 27th at 2:00 p.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville.  Reverend Lee Lacey will officiate.  Alan Frost, Scott Glenn, Joe Kitchens, Stephen Hardee, Matt Hartley, and Phillip Oliver will serve as pallbearers.

Wade was born in Athens and reared in Deepstep, the son of the late Wade Hampton Cramer Sr. and the late Melissa Giles Cramer.  He always cherished his Deepstep roots.  He graduated with the 1968 Class of Washington County High School where he excelled in football, basketball, and track.  He accepted basketball scholarship at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus where he obtained an associate degree.  Wade returned home to Washington County, where he began a forty year career in the Kaolin industry with Thiele Kaolin retiring as a production Forman.  He was a lifelong avid fisherman and also enjoyed hunting.  The love of his life was his grandchildren, and he would rather spend time with his family above anything else.

Survivors include his loving wife, Brenda Hendrix Cramer; sons, Lance Wade Cramer and his wife Callie of Grovetown and Justin Hardee Cramer and his wife Megan of Sandersville; grandchildren, Peyton Cramer, Madison Cramer and Lyric Cramer and brothers, Jeffrey Cramer Sr. and his wife Carole of Deepstep, Clifford Cramer and his wife Angela of Deepstep and Rusty Cramer and his wife Diane of Brunswick.

The Cramer family will receive friends Thursday from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville.

Donations may be made to First Baptist Church, Children's Educational Renovation Fund, 316 Mathis Circle, Sandersville, GA. 31082.

Please leave an online condolence at www.mayandsmithfuneraldirectors.com

May and Smith Funeral Directors is in charge of these arrangements.