Funeral On Jan 15 For Mother Who Died After Fatal House Fire

KINGSTON, GA — The funeral service will be on Monday for the woman who died two weeks after a fatal house fire killed her two sons and injured her husband in Bartow County. Friends and family will say farewell to Glenda Nell Croy, 68, at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15 at South Canton Funeral Home.

Internment will be held at Old Macedonia Cemetery, Croy's obituary notes. Croy died on Jan. 12, two weeks after she was hospitalized after the fire destroyed the home she shared with her husband, David, and two sons, Jeffrey, 39, and Scottie Croy, 42.

Bartow County firefighters were dispatched around 1:29 a.m. Dec. 29 to the call of the fire at 24 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Kingston. They arrived on the scene to find the single story house with "moderate fire and heavy smoke showing," Bartow County Fire Department Division Chief David Levey told Patch.

While beginning its initial attack on the fire, crews came upon an elderly man and woman who escaped the house fire. They told firefighters that their two sons were still inside the home. Firefighters performed a search and removed the brothers from the house.

EMS officials attempted to revive both victims, but they were unsuccessful. The Georgia Insurance Commissioner's Office determined to be accidental and possibly caused by an electrical malfunction, spokesperson Glenn Allen previously told Patch.

The brothers' parents, David and Glenda Croy, were transported to area hospitals where they were treated. David Croy was treated and released from Floyd Medical Center while Glenda remained at WellStar Cobb Hospital until her passing. The Croy brothers were laid to rest on Jan. 10.

The GoFundMe page was established to help the family through this difficult time. Now with Glenda Croy's passing, organizers are hoping to raise $10,000 to help with expenses related to her funeral. As of Monday morning, $6,089 had been donated by the community.

According to her obituary, Croy is survived by husband, David; sons, Richard (Brandi) Croy and Wayne (Carla) Payne; brothers, Larry (Sybil) Payne and Terry (Maryann) Payne; sister, Janice (Jerry) Ghorley; grandchildren, Cierra Jayden Payne, Jacob Croy, Dale Croy, Hannah Croy; special friends, Alvin and Maryann; and several nieces, nephews and friends.

If you want to help the family during this difficult time, please consider making a donation to the GoFundMe page or to South Canton Funeral Home.

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