Larry Cronon

Larry Cronon, 81, of Winterville, Georgia, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2026. He was born on January 31, 1945, to the late Albert and Sindy Coggins Cronon.

Larry was born in the old Calhoun Hospital and grew up in and around Gordon County. He began working as a teenager at Daniel’s Drive-In, where he met a nice older lady he called “Granny.” She introduced him to her daughter, the love of his life Anne Lynch, who he promptly married. He served in the U.S. Army from 1966-1968, maintaining tanks in West Germany. He worked as a maintenance supervisor for World Spinning for his entire career. He was the last employee of the plant where he worked, helping identify, repair, and place the remaining machinery there after it shut down. He loved cars, and could identify the make, model, and year of every older car he saw on the highway. Newer vehicles? He just recommended Toyota. “They make good dependable cars.” He was a brilliant craftsman, carpenter, and mechanic. He could build it, fix it, make it run better, and keep it running clean. He is able now to confess to being the teenager that didn’t get caught when drag-racing on what would become Interstate 75. Sorry, deputies.

He was naturally funny, good-humored, and had a joke or a story ready for any occasion. He had a roaring laugh and managed to be ejected from the Fox Theater as a boy for laughing too loudly in the balcony. He spoke to every baby he saw, and they all smiled back at him. He was a good friend to those who knew him. He was quietly but incredibly generous to everyone he met in need. His greatest loves in life were his wife, his son, his grandsons, and making people smile.

He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law Jim and Charisse Cronon, his brother Harold Cronon, his sister-in-law Ida Cronon, his grandsons Andrew Cronon and Aaron Cronon (Miranda), his great-granddaughters Nora, Ebony, Asia, and Delilah, countless nephews and nieces, and grand-nephews and grand-nieces, and so on. He was preceded in death by his siblings, Eugene Cronon, Homer Cronon, Fred Cronon, Lester Cronon, Clyde Cronon, George Robert Cronon, and Mary Derry Cronon; his sister-in-law Mana Cronon; his nieces Carolyn Cronon Carter and Stephanie Payne; and his nephew Ricky Cronon.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, April 4, 2026, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home.

The funeral service will be held Saturday, April 11, 2026, at 11:00 AM from the Chapel of Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Fain Cemetery.

The Brannon family and staff are honored to serve the family of Larry Cronon.