Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
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...
David Ellis Sikes
Feb 16, 2022
Mr. David E. Sikes, 61, of Hogansville, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Hospice LaGrange. Born August 11, 1960, in Tallahassee, Florida, Mr. Sikes was a veteran of service in the U. S. Army, serving in Germany, and was employed as a foreman for Sikes Underground. He loved to hunt and fish, enjoyed woodworking, and was an avid University...
Sandra Gail Clark
Feb 11, 2022
Sandra Gail Clark, 68, of LaGrange, passed away Friday, February 11, 2022, at her home. Ms. Clark was born August 25, 1953, in LaGrange, daughter of the late William T. Clark and Sara Nell Childs Clark Kraemer. A 1971 graduate of Troup High School, she was a member of Baptist Tabernacle and was employed for a number of years by...
Edgar D. Shoup
Feb 7, 2022
God saw he was getting tired and a cure was not to be So He put his arms around him and whispered "Come with Me." With tear-filled eyes we watched him suffer and fade away. Although we loved him deeply, we could not make him stay. A golden heart stopped beating hard-working hands put to rest God broke our hearts...
Diana Lynn Engle
Feb 7, 2022
Mrs. Diana Lynn Engle, 56, of Luthersville, passed away Monday, February 7, 2022, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Engle was born August 18, 1965, in Atlanta and lived in this area most of her life. A member of Southside Baptist Church in Moreland, she had been employed as a waitress, and loved everyone and enjoyed serving all those around her. Survivors...
Tammy Dennis Barrett
Feb 6, 2022
Mrs. Tammy Lynn Dennis Barrett, 60, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, February 6, 2022, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Barrett was born March 12, 1965, in LaGrange, daughter of the late Norman and Ailene Bowen Dennis. A lifelong resident of LaGrange, she was Baptist by faith. Survivors include her daughter, Ashley Starling of LaGrange; brothers, Tracy Dennis of...
Eugene Powers
Feb 5, 2022
Rev. Eugene Powers, 84, of Hogansville, passed away Saturday, February 5, 2022, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Rev. Powers was born December 22, 1937, in Newnan, son of the late Frank and Pauline Payton Powers. A veteran of service in the U.S. Army, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from LaGrange College and worked as a dairyman, as...
Franklin C. "Chip" Wilson, Jr.
Feb 4, 2022
Chip Wilson grew up in a neighborhood of loving families who raised their children on Hillside Drive in Gainesville, Georgia. He rode with his pediatrician "Dr. Ben" (Gilbert) and the "Hilltop kids" to Candler Street School and walked home from school in the afternoons. Chip earned his Eagle Scout Award as a member of Troop 16, First Methodist Church and...
Tony Monroe Hudgins
Feb 2, 2022
Mr. Tony M. Hudgins, 68, of Gay, passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at his home. Mr. Hudgins was born October 11, 1953, in Gainesville, son of the late Carl Monroe Hudgins and Charlotte Duron Hudgins. Baptist by faith, he was a retired truck driver and loved to travel with his late wife, who was his driving partner. He also...
Tonya Michelle James
Jan 29, 2022
Mrs. Tonya Michelle James, 47, of Luthersville, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2022, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mrs. James was born June 17, 1974, in Newnan and lived in Meriwether County most of her life. She earned an Associate degree in early childhood education and worked many years for the Meriwether Headstart Program. She loved being with and caring for...
