Ruth H. Covin

MRS. RUTH H. COVIN Mrs. Ruth Hutchinson Covin, 95, of Hogansville, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at her home. A memorial service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 5, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. The Reverend Willow Heim will officiate and interment will be in Myrtle Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 until 2 Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Covin was born March 15, 1916, in Haralson, daughter of the late James Atticus Hutchinson and the late Mary Fox Camp Hutchinson. A former resident and school teacher in Moreland, she had lived in Hogansville since 1963, and retired from the Hogansville School System after teaching 36 years. She was a graduate of Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville, and received her B.A. and M.Ed. from West Georgia College in Carrollton. She was a member of Hogansville First United Methodist Church, and was a former member and chairman of the Hogansville School Board. Survivors include her daughter and son in-law, Mary Fox and Mike Fowler of Anderson, SC; son and daughter in-law, David and Carol Covin of Manassas, VA; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Elmer (Fox) Covin; her daughter, Laura Covin; five sisters; and two brothers. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 333, Hogansville, GA 30230. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visitation: from 1 until 2 Sunday afternoon, February 5th, at Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home Services: 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 5th, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home Interment: Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Hogansville