Betty Koonce Suggs

Mrs. Betty Koonce Suggs, 79, of McDonough, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Suggs was born July 19, 1937, in Walker County, daughter of the late Cecil and Trudy Ramey Koonce. Before making her home in McDonough in 2004, she lived in Calhoun for more than 30 years, where she owned and operated several restaurants. She was Baptist by faith, loved to cook, and enjoyed listening to gospel music and playing bingo. Survivors include her daughters, Esther Bolt and her husband Johnny of Five Points, AL, Tammy Johnston and her husband Thyrone of McDonough; sons, Robert Earl Stitcher of LaGrange, Homer Buford Stitcher, Jr. of McDonough; 9 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Homer Buford Stitcher, Sr. and Sam Suggs; brothers, Lewis Koonce and Johnny Koonce; sister, Janelle Yarbrough; and great-grandchild, Skyler Ian McKeen. The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 12, at Northside Baptist Church in LaGrange. The Reverend Donald Boyd will officiate and interment will be in the Stitcher Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 9 Wednesday night and at Northside Baptist Church from 12 until 2 Thursday afternoon. Claude A .McKibben and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.