Searching for information on ancestors of Newton Mack Ganas of Lanier County, Georgia. Especially interested in family of Irene Griffis Ganas; Mary Mettie Ganas Penny and John E. Penny; as well as Jonathan Ed Ganas and Nannie Goolsby Ganas.

Here is a brief family line and those I seek:

Joel Newton Ganas, my maternal grandfather; Born November 10, 1870; Died August 7, 1952
• Wife: Irene Griffis; Born August 30, 1910; Died March 2, 1974
• Children (2): Joe Mack Ganas; Born May 10, 1932; Died June 2000 AND Sarah Elizabeth Ganas; Born July 23, 1934; Died August 14, 1990

Newton Mack Ganas, my maternal great-grandfather; Born November 9, 1843 in Lakeland, Georgia
• Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Williams; Born 1850
• Children (6):
o Joel Newton (married Irene Griffis)
o Benjamin Franklin Ganas (never married)
o Jane Ganas (never married), Died 1947
o Mary Mettie Ganas (married John E. Penny); Died 1962
o Van Remus Ganas (never married), Died 1959
o Jonathan Ed Ganas (married Nannie Goolsby)

If you have any information, please e-mail me at E.ElizabethMcLaughlin@gmail.com.