Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Daniel Rowe Braswell
Mar 16, 2022
Mr. Daniel Braswell, 39 of Newnan, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at his home. Daniel was born September 17, 1982 in Thomaston, Alabama. He has been a resident of Newnan for 5 years and worked as an elevator mechanic in Atlanta. Daniel enjoyed fishing, mechanic work, was a Jacksonville Jaguars fan, and was a "huge" Florida Gator fan. Survivors...
Betty Sue Doler Waldon
Mar 16, 2022
MRS. BETTY SUE DOLER WALDON Mrs. Betty Sue Doler Waldon, 67 of Hogansville, passed away Wednesday March 16, 2022, at Hospice LaGrange. Born June 27, 1954 in Newnan, Mrs. Waldon was the daughter of the late Joseph Calhoun Doler and Margaret Smith Doler. She had been a resident of Hogansville for 30 years and lived a fun and colorful life....
Melvin Ray Walker
Mar 15, 2022
MELVIN RAY WALKER Mr. Melvin Ray "Brother" Walker, 65 of LaGrange, passed away Tuesday March 15, 2022 at Hospice LaGrange. Born September 2, 1956 in Buffalo, New York, Mr. Walker was the son of the late Melvin Walker and Inez Crane Kelly. A resident of Troup County for the past 7 years, he lived most of his life in Atlanta...
John Clay Thompkinson
Mar 13, 2022
Mr. John Clay Thompkinson, 72, of Grantville, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2022, at his home. Mr. Thompkinson was born August 29, 1949, in Wilmington, North Carolina, son of the late Earl Joseph Thompkinson and Irma Witten Thompkinson. A resident of Grantville since 1989, he retired as a truck driver from Sherwin-Williams. He loved trying different foods, enjoyed going to...
James Aubrey Massey
Mar 12, 2022
Mr. James Aubrey Massey, 77, of the Rocky Mount Community of Meriwether County, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022, at his home. Mr. Massey was born June 4, 1944, in Meriwether County, son of the late Virgil and Mary Ellen Flournoy Massey. A lifelong resident of Meriwether County, he was Baptist by faith, was a retired iron worker, and a...
Huell E. Stephens
Mar 11, 2022
Mr. Huell Stephens, 84, of Hogansville, passed away Friday, March 11, 2022, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Stephens was born December 6, 1937, in Ephesus, son of the late Mirrie Neal Stephens and Sara Henrietta Williams Stephens. A veteran of service in the U.S. Navy, he lived in Hogansville most of his life and owned and operated Hogansville Farmers Supply and...
Kim Smith Shirah
Mar 9, 2022
Ms. Kim Smith Shirah, 63, of Hogansville, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at her home. Ms. Shirah was born November 6, 1958, in LaGrange, daughter of the late Elizabeth Brown Smith and Arthur E. "Buddy" Smith, Jr. A graduate of LaGrange College, she retired after a long career as a registered nurse, and then began a new career as...
Jeffery Lynn Boswell
Mar 7, 2022
Mr. Jeffery Lynn Boswell, 53, of Milner, passed away Monday, March 7, 2022, at his home. Mr. Boswell was born September 2, 1968, in Calhoun, son of the late Benjamin and Barbara Couch Boswell. A resident of Pike County for a number of years, he was employed as a truck driver, enjoyed playing darts, and loved being with his grandchildren....
Judith Jones Smith
Mar 7, 2022
Mrs. Judith Smith, 80, of Grantville, passed away Monday, March 7, 2022, at the home of her son in Newnan. Mrs. Smith was born April 8, 1941, in Coweta County, daughter of the late James Theron Jones and Amy Williams Jones. A lifelong resident of Coweta County, she was employed as a floral designer for several area florists prior to...
Mary Loyce Rainey
Mar 7, 2022
Mrs. Mary Loyce Banks Rainey, of Grantville, passed away peacefully Monday, March 7, 2022. Mrs. Rainey was born April 26, 1944, in Carroll County, daughter of the late John Wesley Banks and Clara Simpkins Banks. She was Baptist by faith and retired from Piedmont Newnan Hospital. She loved her family and friends and is survived by her three daughters, Tammy...
Grace Laster Cagle
Mar 3, 2022
Mrs. Grace Laster Cagle, 89, of New London, Texas, passed away March 3, 2022, in Kilgore, Texas. She was born March 8, 1932 in Heard County, to Willie Thomas and Geneva Bradley Laster. Mrs. Cagle was a resident of East Texas for most of her life, and worked as a nurse at Henderson Hospital for many years. She loved Country...
Jay'Den Shane Dickson
Feb 24, 2022
Jay'Den Shane Dickson, three-month old son of Brooklyn Dickson and Christian Davis of LaGrange, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. He was born November 15, 2021. In addition to his mother and father, he is survived by his grandparents, Brandi (Dennis) Copeland of LaGrange, Lamar (Maria) Dickson of Sierra Vista, AZ, Jennifer (Crystal) McVey...
Terry Wayne Worley
Feb 23, 2022
Terry W. Worley, 55, of Opelika, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Terry was born September 30, 1966, in Opelika and was a lifelong resident of Opelika. He was employed as a signalman for CSX Transportation for 25 years and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen. Baptist by faith...
Robert Randall "Randy" Cook
Feb 22, 2022
Mr. Robert Randall " Randy" Cook, 72, of Jonesboro, passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin. Mr. Cook was born February 16, 1950, in Atlanta, son of the late William Robert Cook and Anna Morgan Cook. A U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, he was a retired carpenter, having worked in commercial and industrial construction....
Charlie Cecil Aldridge
Feb 22, 2022
Mr. Cecil Aldridge, 93, of LaGrange, passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Aldridge was born January 26, 1929, in Troup County, son of the late Charlie and Nomie Aldridge. A lifelong resident of Troup County, he was employed by Callaway Mills, retired from Milliken and Company, and served as a boiler room operator...
Elizabeth Macneil Diehl
Feb 20, 2022
Mrs. Elizabeth MacNeil Diehl, 71, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2022, at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Mrs. Diehl was born January 22, 1951, in Detroit, Michigan, daughter of the late Bernard Charles MacNeil and Jessie Elizabeth Augustine MacNeil. She was a member of LaGrange Active Life, where she enjoyed being a part of the Knitwits. When her health permitted,...
Doris O'Leary Collins
Feb 20, 2022
Mrs. Doris O'Leary Collins, 92, formerly of Moreland, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2022, at Hollander Senior Living in Monroe. Mrs. Collins was born November 15, 1929, in New Jersey, had lived in Georgia for the past thirty years, and was a member of East Newnan Baptist Church. She retired as a secretary for Allen & Corey Company on Long...
Jane Thomas Crews
Feb 18, 2022
Mrs. Jane Thomas Crews, 78, of Luthersville, passed away Friday, February 18, 2022, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Crews was born November 14, 1943, in Greenville, daughter of the late Joseph and Nadine Garner Thomas. A resident of Jonesboro for many years, she retired from the J.C. Penney Distribution Center in Forest Park and...
James Joseph "Jr" Riddle
Feb 18, 2022
James Joseph "JR" Riddle, 53, of Hogansville, GA passed away Friday, February 18, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Riddle was born July 21, 1968 in Kankakee, Illinois and had lived in Hogansville for a number of years. He was a self-employed contractor. He was a son of James Wesley Riddle and Lois Ann Enke Riddle, who survive. Survivors include his...
Lea F. Martin
Feb 17, 2022
Mrs. Lea F. Martin, 61, of Luthersville, passed away Thursday, February 17, 2022, at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, after a brief battle with cancer. Mrs. Martin was born May 10, 1960, in Homerville, daughter of the late Edward and Wilma Pittman Fender. A resident of Meriwether County most of her life, she had been employed as a payroll accountant and was...
