Services for Emma Nell "Big Ma" Garnto, age 92 of Rockledge, will be held at 3:00 PM Monday, December 23 2013 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Rev. Larry Waldrep, Rev. Barry Peavy, and Mrs. Nell Garrett will officiate. Burial will follow at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Garnto was a lifelong resident of Laurens County. She was the daughter of the late George Sterling and Virginia Smith Sterling. She was a member of the Resurrection Assembly of God. She passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2013. Survivors include her daughter, Emma Lou Garrett, of Adrian; two sons, Albert Sterling Garnto, of Valdosta and Kelvin Foskey of East Dublin, two sister-in-laws, Avis Sterling of East Dublin and Evelyn Shepard of Chester, ten grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren and a number of great-great- grandchildren. Nick Griffith, Kelvin Foskey Jr., Cory Bentz, Clint Thigpin, Dalton Persinger, and Brendon Hancock will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM until service time at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home.