William Thomas Belah Gordy made pottery in Alvaton, Georgia and Aberdeen,Georgia from around 1900 to around 1935. His sons were W.J. Gordy and D.X. Gordy.
Trained by uncles Jasper and Henry Bishop in Georgia's Jugtown (not an incorporated place), left to form a partnership with E.L. Stork (in 1907 until 1909 if I read correctly).
Mainly used Albany Slip in Alvaton between 1918 and 1935, some also salt glazed on top of the Albany.
Some online references say WTB Gordy started Georgia Art Pottery in Alvaton and moved it to Aberdeen, but I it was actually his son W.J. Gordy. Careful reading from the end of page 174 to page 176 of Brothers in Clay will unravel this: WTB Gordy moves to Primrose in 1935 to focus on artistic wear; WJ Gordy leaves home to become a "tramp potter" once he marries starting with working for Jim Reid in Acworth, then eventually settling down in Cartersville in 1935 where he started Georgia Art Pottery; DX Gordy took over WTB Gordy's shop at Primrose in 1955 after WTB Gordy's death. You will read online that most of the pieces between 1935 and 1955 were made by W.J. Gordy when his younger brother D.X. Gordy took over, but DX took over a different operation in a different city. The awkward wording on the linked web page about Georgia Art Pottery also makes it sound as though DX was W.J.'s son but it includes a nice series of example pics: https://www.cajunc.com/pottery-marks#georgia-art I must say, apart from the occasional inaccuracy that is in no greater percentage than any pottery or other online reference site, cajunc.com is a great site with a lot of great information; it and other online references (like this one) are a good start for a lot of topics, but should never be your last.
Bill Gordy Interview Snippet regarding his father (WTB) being a perfectionist, and also his mother cooking biscuits in the wood fire kiln: https://www.knowitall.org/audio/bill-gordy-remembers-kilns-and-biscuits-digital-traditions
Did mostly utilitarian stuff, but also did some artistic stuff. His wife decorated some pieces. Some things marked as by him were not done by him. See Burrison's book for details.
Dead Tree References: John A Burrison's Brothers In Clay