Stone Mountain, Georgia
Martha Carroll Shackelford McCullough
2026
Martha Carroll Shackelford McCullough, 82, of Stone Mountain, Ga., died peacefully Monday, April 13, 2026, at Dogwood Forest Assisted Living in Grayson after a valiant fight against breast cancer. Martha Carroll was born in Steens, Miss., in 1943 to Mildred and Carey Shackelford. She was their first child, but her father did not meet her until she was a toddler because he was serving in combat in Italy during World War II. Martha Carroll graduated from Mississippi State College for Women, married her childhood sweetheart James Loyd, and moved to Georgia to become a teacher in 1966. She worked her entire career in DeKalb County, starting at Walker High School. She then took time off to...























