Max Guess

Mr. Max "Hoakie" Guess, 81 of Oakman, GA, passed into Gods loving embrace on Monday evening, June 26, 2017, at his home after a difficult struggle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family. Preceding him in death are his parents, Mike and Alyce Leah Owens Guess; his brothers, Jack Guess and Tommy Guess; and sisters, Gwen Penley, Iris (Jimmy) Hartley, and Faye Martin.
The youngest son of Mike "Beady" Guess and Alyce Leah Owens, Max was born and raised in Oakman, alongside his seven siblings. His mother was a homemaker, and his father was a woodsman and farmer. Max took up both of his fathers trades; with Hubert Langley, he built the Dalton Pulp Wood Company, and with his wife of 55 years, Dianne Corteau Guess, he built the Guess Brothers Timber Company, and a homestead where they raised cattle and children. He was a veteran, serving his country in the United States Army.
Dianne and their three children, Dixie Guess of Calhoun, Tad Guess of Ranger, and Chad Guess and his wife Jessy of Ranger, survive him. Other survivors include his grandchildren, Crystal and Nic Alday, Jack and Lizzie Guess, Logan Guess, Maggie Guess, and Shelbie Guess; his daughters-in-law, Jessica Guess and Melanie King; and his two sisters, Christine Stone of Oakman, and Phoebe Sullivan of Sylverena, MS. Four great-granddogs, Max, Baby, Phyrne, and Loki; and several nieces, nephews, and Melanie King also survive.
Hoakie was a larger than life sort of man, and one of a kind at that. He will be missed beyond the measure of words, as will his smoked trout and laughter.
Services to honor the life of Mr. Max "Hoakie" Guess will be held Thursday, June 29th at 3:00 PM from the chapel of Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home, with Rev. Jether Cochran and Crystal Rose Alday officiating. Military honors will be rendered by the US Army Honor Guard. Honorary pallbearers will include Nic Alday, Jack Guess, Logan Guess, Melanie King, Noah Johnson, and Corey Penley.
The Guess family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, June 28th from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
The family requests flowers be omitted, and memorial contributions be made to the Coulter Hampton Foundation, c/o Sandy Cook, Treasurer, 9078 Red Bud Road, Ranger, GA 30734, or online at www.coulterhampton.org.
Condolences may be left at www.maxbrannonandsons.com. Funeral services for Mr. Max "Hoakie" Guess are under the care and direction of Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home of Calhoun.