Carol Diane Griffin Lane, age 81, of Carrollton, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at Tanner Medical Center.

Born on January 10, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Owen Griffin and Clarice Miles Griffin. Carol enjoyed a long career with Sony Music before her retirement and was a faithful member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.

Carol lived with a generous and selfless heart, always willing to make sacrifices for the people she loved. Her family was the center of her life, and she found her greatest joy in caring for them, supporting them and spending time with those she held most dear. Her kindness, devotion and quiet strength will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

She is survived by her children, Phelisha Rena Webb and her husband, Ronny, Jeffrey Scott Lane and his wife, Stacy, and Larry Shaun Lane; her grandchildren, Skye Duncan, Justin Lane, Elizabeth Musick, Cortney Webb, Alyssa Lane, and Chant Webb; her great-grandchildren, Serenity Duncan, Caiden Duncan, Rylan Duncan, Walker Lane, Harper Lane, Halston Lane, Autumn Sines, Addilyn Musick, Luna Webb, Liam Kalenowski, Alison Kalenowski, and Levi Kalenowski; her sister, Sandy Griffin; and her brothers and sister-in-law, Dennis & Becky Griffin and Tim Griffin.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Larry Lane, and her brother, Richard Griffin.

A funeral service to honor and celebrate Carol's life will be held at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church on Thursday, August 20, 2026, at 11:00 AM, with Dr. John Pennington and Karman Mesch officiating. Music will be rendered by Becky Griffin and Bobby Wimberly. Interment will follow in Carroll Memory Gardens, with Colt Duncan, Justin Lane, Cortney Webb, Caiden Duncan, Chant Webb, and Walker Lane serving as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends at Martin & Hightower Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM, and at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church on Thursday, August 20, 2026, from 10:00 AM until service hour.

Messages of condolence may be shared with the family at www.martin-hightower.com. Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel is honored to serve the Lane family.