Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home

Dec 21, 2022

Mrs. Sheila Denise Feltman, 71, of Newnan, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at her home.

Mrs. Feltman was born May 10, 1951, in Newnan, daughter of the late Cecil Winford Allen and Mary Kathryn Laub Cheeves. A lifelong resident of Coweta County, she was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. She loved...

Dec 19, 2022

Mrs. Murbes Smith Shepherd, of LaGrange, passed away Monday, December 19, 2022.

Mrs. Shepherd was born February 9, 1928, in Atlanta, daughter of the late Arthur Thomas Smith and Mary Helen "Mamie" Smith. A graduate of LaGrange College, she earned a Master of Education degree from Auburn University and served as an educator in the LaGrange School...

Dec 15, 2022

Mrs. Mary Carr Jabaley, 78, of LaGrange, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2022, at Hospice LaGrange.

Mrs. Jabaley was born August 17, 1944, in LaGrange, daughter of the late Zachary and Arrie Rollins Carr. A former resident of Grantville, she owned and operated Kountry Kitchen Restaurant in LaGrange for twenty years and not only loved her family...

Dec 12, 2022

Mr. Stephen Darryl Parten, 60 of Greenville, GA, went to be with God December 12, 2022, at his home.

Steve, born January 4th, 1962, in Warm Springs, GA, was the son of late Jack and Mary Alice Gilson Parten. He was a resident of Meriwether County for 12 years, worked 19 years as a Coweta County Deputy...

Dec 12, 2022

Mrs. Donna J. Cason, 73, of Hogansville, passed away Monday, December 12, 2022, at her home.

Mrs. Cason was born December 8, 1949, in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, daughter of the late Cory Carlton Slocum and Virginia Roberts Slocum. A former resident of the Atlanta area, she was a homemaker and loved caring for her home and...

Dec 10, 2022

Mrs. Jean McCullough Harrison, 71, of Franklin, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton.

Mrs. Harrison was born January 19, 1951, in Newnan, daughter of the late Melvin McCullough, Jr. and Evelyn Garrett McCullough. A resident of Coweta County most of her life, she was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in...

Dec 7, 2022

Mrs. Sybil Kee Hancock, 83, of Moreland, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at her home.

Mrs. Hancock was born August 19, 1939, in Meriwether County, daughter of the late Harvey and Lillie Rowe Kee. A resident of Moreland most of her life, she was Methodist by faith and loved flower gardening and taking care of her...

Dec 6, 2022

William Michael "Mickey" Crawford, Sr, 74, died December 6, 2022 and Linda Burch Crawford died December 7, 2022 at their residence in Albany.

Mickey was born on February 10, 1948 in LaGrange, to Frank and Mildred Crawford. He grew up in Hogansville,  and graduated from Hogansville High School. Mickey attended and graduated from Auburn University in 1971...

Dec 4, 2022

Mr. Bruce O'Neal, 71, of Senoia, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2022, at his home.

Mr. O'Neal was born December 22, 1950, in Meriwether County, son of the late Louie O'Neal and Vera Mae Crews O'Neal Hunter. A resident of Meriwether County most of his life, he was a self-employed cabinet builder and had also been employed...

Dec 4, 2022

Mr. Evander Lowry, 82, of Luthersville, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2022, at his home.

Mr. Lowry was born July 6, 1940, in Union Chapel, NC, son of the late Alamander and Addie Wilkins Lowry. A resident of Georgia for more than fifty years, he was employed in road and bridge construction and at the General Motors...

Nov 30, 2022

Mrs. Mary L. Sullivan, 66, of Sonora, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday November 30, 2022 at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

Mrs. Sullivan was born December 12, 1955, in Hogansville, daughter of the late James Ralph Matthews and Betty Odom Matthews. She had been employed as a waitress.

In addition to her parents, she was...

Nov 29, 2022

Gary Stanley Davis, 82, passed away peacefully at his home in Talbot County, Georgia, on November 29, 2022, after a brief battle with lung cancer. Born on April 13, 1940, in East Point, Georgia, he was the son of the late John Henry Davis Sr. and Lois Estelle Davidson Davis.

The first in his family to earn...

Nov 29, 2022

Mr. Fred Higgins, 84, of Hogansville, passed away, Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at his home.

Mr. Higgins was born November 1, 1938, in the Lone Oak Community of Meriwether County, son of the late William Grady Higgins and Bertha Velma Lee Higgins. A veteran of service in the U.S. Army, he retired from United Airlines after 39...

Nov 28, 2022

Mrs. Delores Ann Martin Arrington, 73, of LaGrange, passed away Monday, November 28, 2022, at her home.

Mrs. Arrington was born August 23, 1949, in Atlanta, daughter of the late James A. Martin, Sr. and Elizabeth Pearson Martin. She spent her early years in LaGrange, earned her Bachelor of Nursing degree from LaGrange College, and worked as...

Nov 28, 2022

Mr. John Ransom Cathey, 84, of Monroe, passed away Monday, November 28, 2022, at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle.

Mr. Cathey was born on June 6, 1938, in Asheville, North Carolina, son of the late John Mack Cathey and Ethel Mae King Cathey. He earned a Masters degree in education from Virginia Tech, began as a technical...

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...