Sheriff Thomas Wiley Camp

Sheriff Camp was my maternal great-grandfather. He died many years before I was born, and I only vaguely remember my great grandmother (Emma Lula Duggan Camp), but my Grandmother (Mrs. Annie Sara Camp Johnston), was the best grandmother in the whole wide world!

She raised me, telling me stories of them and taking me to different parts of what eventually became Fulton County, which was steeped in history. The bell from the ferry at Rivertown, hung on a pole in her yard for the entirety of my life.

I would have loved to have known you, as I think your son, Ben, must have been much like you. He was something else! Much like my father, who’s own father was a Clayton County Sheriff’s Deputy.

We have carried on teaching my children (which are his great-great grandchildren), who he was and the role that their great-great grandmother took on after his death. We look forward to telling their children of our family history as well.

Thank you for your service Sir.
May you rest in Paradise.

Saralyn Ponder
Great Grandaughter

November 26, 2023