Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home

Nov 27, 2022

Mrs. Shirley O'Neal McCarty, 87, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2022, at her home.

Mrs. McCarty was born September 13, 1935 in Grantville, daughter of the late Harold and Zilla Farr O'Neal. Before making her home in LaGrange, she lived in many locations during her late husband's twenty-year military career. She retired from BellSouth and...

Nov 25, 2022

Joel Warren "Joey" Duffey, 50, of Blairsville, passed away Friday, November 25, 2022, at Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Braselton.

Mr. Duffey was born June 10, 1972, in Albany and lived in LaGrange most of his life before making his home in Blairsville ten years ago. He had been employed as an electrician and enjoyed...

Nov 24, 2022

Mr. Gregory Mark Rice, 60, of LaGrange, passed away Thursday, November 24, 2022, at Hospice LaGrange.

Mr. Rice was born January 22, 1962, in LaGrange, son of the late Doil Rice and Annie Elizabeth Coker Rice. A veteran of service in the Georgia Army National Guard, he was employed for a number of years by Botex Manufacturing...

Nov 23, 2022

Mr. Richard L. "Rickey" Banks, 64, of the Lone Oak Community of Meriwether County, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital.

Mr. Banks was born April 3, 1958, in Ft. Benning, son of the late Lewis Banks and Johnnie Mae Elder Banks Melton. A multi-faceted entrepreneur, he owned and operated Highway 29 Grocery for...

Nov 23, 2022

Mrs. Marie Hanners Johnson, 69, of Bluffton, South Carolina and formerly of Hogansville, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at her home.

Mrs. Johnson was born December 9, 1952, in LaGrange, daughter of the late Earl J. Hanners and Doris Edwards Hanners. A resident of Hogansville most of her life, she was a 1971 graduate of Hogansville...

Nov 19, 2022

Mr. Vestal W. Thomas, 79, of LaGrange, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2022, at Sacred Journey Hospice in Newnan.

Mr. Thomas was born October 29, 1943, in LaGrange, son of the late Horace Wortham Thomas and Pauline Denham Thomas Butler. A resident of Las Vegas, Nv for a number of years, he retired from the Retail Clerks...

Nov 19, 2022

Mr. Charles Morris Graham, Sr. 81, of Jonesboro, passed away, Saturday, November 19, 2022, at Piedmont Henry Hospital.

Mr. Graham was born May 13, 1941, in Coweta County, son of the late William Glenn Graham and Zelna Bass Graham. A resident of Jonesboro for many years, he served as vice-president of DeKalb Exchange Bank in Decatur before...

Nov 19, 2022

Mr. Frank V. MacNear, 72, of Hogansville, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2022, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center.

Mr. MacNear was born September 8, 1950, in Newburg, New York, son of the late Frederick and Mary Jones MacNear. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran of service in the Vietnam War, he was a member of the American...

Nov 18, 2022

Mr. David Noel Henderson, 61, of Newnan, passed away Friday, November 18, 2022, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital.

Mr. Henderson was born March 3, 1961, in Atlanta, son of the late James Thomas Henderson and Evelyn Vaudine Hulgan Henderson. Employed for many years as an auto body technician, he was very mechanically inclined and was known to tinker...

Nov 18, 2022

Mr. Michael Henry Stephens, 61, of Forest Park, passed away Friday, November 18, 2022, at Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale.

Mr. Stephens was born August 31, 1961, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, son of the late Doris Stanford Stephens and Carmel T. Stephens. He was raised in Stockbridge, attended Stockbridge High School, and was employed for...

Nov 15, 2022

Mr. Charles L. Gardiner, 80, of LaGrange, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at Hospice LaGrange.

Mr. Gardiner was born September 21, 1942, in Cody, Nebraska, son of the late Ralph Gardiner and Opal Homan Gardiner. A veteran of service in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, he was a former resident of Hapeville and lived...

Nov 6, 2022

Tammy Lynn Pressley, 53, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2022, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center.

Ms. Pressley was born June 28, 1969, in LaGrange and was a lifelong resident of Troup County. She was employed at Milliken and Company for many years and had also worked with her son, Brian, at his business, Southern...

Oct 31, 2022

Mr. William R. "Bill" Burke, 75, of LaGrange, passed away Monday, October 31, 2022, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

Mr. Burke was born January 4, 1947, in LaGrange, son of the late Riley and Frankie Mae Pittenger Burke. A veteran of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, he retired as a respiratory therapist from West Georgia...

Oct 30, 2022

Mrs. Lynn McKee, 75, of Hogansville, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2022, at Hospice LaGrange.

Mrs. McKee was born September 30, 1947, in Alconbury, England, daughter of the late Harold Frederick Groves and Violet Evelyn Crow Groves. Before making her home in the United States, she was employed by the British military as a Major's Secretary. She...

Oct 27, 2022

Mr. Stanley Wade Webb, 62, of Newnan, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2022, at Hospice LaGrange.

Mr. Webb was born July 25, 1960, in Newnan, son of the late James and Annette Pike Webb. A resident of the Newnan and Hogansville area most of his life, he enjoyed his work as a heavy equipment operator for Horton...

Oct 26, 2022

Mattie Louise "LouLou" Gaddy, 73, of Hogansville, passed away peacefully at her home in the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

Preceded in death by her husband, Arnold "Preacher" Gaddy; sons, Bobby Glenn Gaddy and Wesley Wayne Gaddy; and grandson, Lucas Wayne Gaddy, Louise was born May 7, 1949, in Heard County, daughter of the...

Oct 22, 2022

Tina Darlene Smith, 43, of West Point, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2022.

Tina was born November 15, 1978, in LaGrange and lived in Troup County most of her life. She was employed at Commerce Mini Storage in LaGrange and loved to visit Helen and the North Georgia Mountains.

Survivors include her son, Dakota Harley...

Oct 22, 2022

Mr. Charles H. Billingsley, Sr., 77, of Pine Mountain, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2022.

Mr. Billingsley was born December 14, 1944, in West Point, son of the late Sam Nealy Billingsley and Wilma Minter Billingsley. A veteran of service in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, he retired as a facilities manager from Dobbins...

Oct 20, 2022

Mrs. Susan Dalton Martin, 85, of Luthersville, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2022, at her home.

Mrs. Martin was born August 15, 1937, in Newnan, daughter of the late Byrom Young Dalton and Edith Dean Kilgore Dalton. A resident of Meriwether County most of her life, she was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Newnan...

Oct 20, 2022

Barbara Phillips Haynes, 64, of Hogansville, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2022, at her home.

Barbara was born January 20, 1958, in Carrollton, and was Holiness by faith. Her favorite past time was playing in the dirt come spring and she loved shooting pool, dancing, and going to the beach. Barbara worked many places, but really enjoyed...