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Alumni and Friends Gala set at East Georgia State College
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Updated: Sep 20, 2017, 1:48 PM
Published: Sep 20, 2017, 1:49 PM

East Georgia State College will hold its second Alumni and Friends Gala, “A Night Under the Stars,” on Saturday, Oct. 7 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Sudie A. Fulford Community Learning Center.

This event, sponsored by the EGSC Alumni Association, will celebrate the college’s past friends, attendees and graduates, whether from Emanuel County Junior College, East Georgia College or East Georgia State College.

The event will feature food, fellowship and a silent auction.

Attire for the evening is to be semiformal (cocktail dress, little black dress, or dressy skirts and tops for women and dark business suits with ties for men).

The cost to attend is $25 per individual and $40 per couple. Contact Development Coordinator Marsha Moore at 478-289-2193 or mdmoore@ega.edu with any questions. Sponsorship opportunities are available and tickets can be purchased online at http://ww.ega.edu/alumnigala.
Effingham Step-Grandmother Gets Life for Crocker Children Murders
Crocker Case
Elwyn Crocker Jr. and Mary Crocker were discovered buried behind their family’s home in Effingham County in 2018.
Updated: Sep 16, 2025, 6:41 PM
Published: Sep 16, 2025, 6:42 PM

GUYTON, Ga. — The step-grandmother of two Effingham County children whose bodies were found buried in the family’s backyard has pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Kim Wright admitted to multiple charges, including two counts of malice murder, aggravated sexual battery, cruelty to children, concealing a death and false imprisonment.

The case drew national attention in December 2018, when investigators acting on a tip discovered the bodies of 14-year-old Mary Crocker and her brother, Elwyn Crocker Jr., who had disappeared two years earlier at age 14. Authorities later revealed the children suffered severe abuse, including beatings, confinement and neglect.

Wright is the fourth of five defendants in the case to plead guilty. Her son, Mark Anthony Wright; her daughter, Candice Crocker; and Candice’s boyfriend, Roy Prater, are all serving life without parole. The children’s father, Elwyn Crocker Sr., is the only suspect who has not entered a plea.