Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Thelma Lackey Mckeehan
Oct 17, 2021
Mrs. Thelma L. McKeehan, 86, of Grantville, passed away, Sunday, October 17, 2021, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. McKeehan was born April 27, 1935, in LaGrange, daughter of the late Mack and Eunice Bell Lackey. A resident of Grantville since 1967, she was Baptist by faith and was a longtime employee of West Point Pepperell in Grantville. She was a talented...
Cheryl Ann Coward
Oct 17, 2021
Mrs. Cheryl Ann Coward, 65, of Hogansville, passed away Sunday, October 17, 2021, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Coward was born October 1, 1956, in Albuquerque, NM, daughter of the late Walter Vaughan Bussey and Patricia Ball Bussey. A resident of Heard County for a number of years, she was a retired secretary and loved traveling and riding motorcycles. Survivors include...
Elizabeth Cooksey Boone
Oct 16, 2021
Mrs. Elizabeth Cooksey Boone, 90, of Luthersville, passed away Saturday, October 16, 2021, at her home. Mrs. Boone was born May 11, 1931, in Morvin, GA, daughter of the late John Proctor Cooksey and Mamie McMullin Cooksey. A resident of Meriwether County most of her life, she was a member of Luthersville Baptist Church and had assisted her late husband...
Bobby Eugene Norton
Oct 15, 2021
Mr. Bobby E. Norton, 74, of LaGrange, passed away Friday, October 15, 2021, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Born June 18, 1947, in LaGrange, Mr. Norton was a son of the late Ernest Paul Norton and Minnie Elizabeth Gay Norton. He served in the U.S. Army, was a Vietnam War veteran, had been a member of the VFW, and...
Lunette Massey Foster
Oct 11, 2021
Mrs. Lunette Massey Foster, 69 of LaGrange, passed away, Monday October 11, 2021, at Hospice LaGrange. Born September 8, 1952 in Meriwether County, Mrs. Foster was the daughter of the late Virgil Massey and Mary Ellen Flournoy Massey. She was a resident of LaGrange for the past 11 years, was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
Ruth Nelson Martin
Oct 10, 2021
Mrs. Ruth Nelson Martin, 94 of Hogansville, passed away, Sunday October 10, 2021 at Florence Hand Home. Born December 24, 1926 in Troup County, Mrs. Martin was the daughter of the late Alfred Neal Nelson and Lois Turner Nelson. She was a lifelong resident of Hogansville, was very active with the Hogansville Senior Center, and was a lifelong member of...
Faye Moore Trussell
Oct 8, 2021
Mrs. Faye Moore Trussell, 95, of Fairburn, passed away Friday, October 8, 2021, at Christian City Rehabilitation Center in Union City Mrs. Trussell was born on a farm in Heard County to Johnnie and Pearl Wilson Moore on October 26, 1925. She graduated from Hogansville High School in 1942, earned a Bachelors degree in elementary education from Georgia State College...
Kristie Ann Skipper
Oct 7, 2021
Mrs. Kristie Ann Skipper, 40, of Pine Mountain, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Hospice LaGrange. Kristie was born April 30, 1981, in LaGrange and lived in Troup County most of her life. She was employed at F.D. Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain and attended First Pentecostal Church in Huguley, AL. She enjoyed flower gardening and traveling, but...
James C. "Buster" Courtney
Oct 7, 2021
James C. "Buster" Courtney, 69, of Hogansville, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital in Marietta. Mr. Courtney was born May 16, 1952, in Newnan, son of the late James Benjamin Courtney and Novelene Denney Courtney. A 1970 graduate of Hogansville High School, he retired as a machinist from Yokogowa Corporation in Newnan. He enjoyed hunting...
Kathy Watts Van Horn
Oct 6, 2021
Mrs. Kathy Watts VanHorn, 58, of Manchester, passed away Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at Warm Springs Medical Center. Born April 30, 1963 in Atlanta, Mrs. VanHorn was the daughter of the late Bobby Ray Watts and Jean Day Watts. She was a master cosmetologist, having been a former manager at Smart Styles in Roswell, and had lived in Meriwether County...
Emily Rowe Rosser
Oct 5, 2021
Mrs. Emily Rowe Rosser, 98, of Moreland, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at Monarch House in Newnan. Born October 10, 1922, in Meriwether County, Mrs. Rosser was a daughter of the late James Bartow Rowe and Arkola Norris Rowe. She retired from Playtex International in Newnan after more than 40 years of service, and then became an avid world...
Walter Eugene Masdon
Oct 2, 2021
Mr. Eugene Masdon, 73, of Grantville, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2021, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Masdon was born March 8, 1948, in Hogansville, son of the late Roger and Hazel Morris Masdon. A 1967 graduate of Hogansville High School, he served in the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War and retired from Nestle Purina in Fairburn after thirty years...
The Reverend K. Glenn Courtney
Oct 2, 2021
The Reverend K. Glenn Courtney, 79, of Newnan, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2021, at Avalon Health and Rehabilitation in Newnan. Born March 25, 1942, in Jackson, Alabama, Rev. Courtney was the son of the late Koss Courtney and Daiseye Oswald Courtney. He was a retired Southern Baptist Minister who served in various churches throughout Alabama, Kentucky, and Florida. Survivors...
Roy Hampton Brown
Sep 27, 2021
Mr. Roy Hampton Brown, 85, of Grantville, passed away Monday, September 27, 2021. Mr. Brown was born April 13, 1936, in Heard County, son of the late Rutherford and Oretha Fomby Brown. A resident of Coweta County most of his life, he was an over-the-road truck driver for forty years prior to his retirement and was a member of First...
Edith Hill Wilkerson
Sep 27, 2021
Mrs. Edith Hill Wilkerson, 96, of Hogansville, passed away Monday, September 27, 2021, at Park Place Nursing Home in Monroe. Mrs. Wilkerson was born on July 19, 1925, daughter of the late Walter and Nora Counts Hill. She lived most of her life in Hogansville and the last 10 years in Monroe. Mrs. Wilkerson was an active member of Highland...
Bill Bailey
Sep 27, 2021
Mr. Ammie Lee "Bill" Bailey, 85, of LaGrange, passed away Monday, September 27, 2021, at Hospice LaGrange. Born February 10, 1936, in Elba, Alabama, Mr. Bailey was the son of the late Fallie Richard Bailey and Clara Hendrix Bailey. He lived most of his life in Troup County and was a member of Hogansville Church of God. Mr. Bailey was...
Lawrence F. (Larry) Washington
Sep 23, 2021
Mr. Lawrence (Larry) Washington, 69, of Newnan, passed away Thursday, September 23, 2021, at Select Specialty Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Washington was born November 2, 1951 in Meriwether County, son of the late Frank V. Washington and Mary Faye Guthrie Washington. He was a printing press operator turned maintenance man for James River Corp and retired from Graphic Packaging as...
Shannon Elaine Dennis
Sep 23, 2021
Shannon Elaine Dennis, 34 of Greenville, passed away, Thursday, September 23, 2021 in LaGrange. Shannon was born September 27, 1986, and lived most of her life in LaGrange She loved singing and rapping, was always making crafts, and wrote poetry. Survivors include her daughter, Alayna Cato; son, Jaylon Cato, both of Greenville; mother, Tammy Barrett of LaGrange; father, Jerry Barrett...
Jarey E. Downing
Sep 21, 2021
Mr. Jarey E. Downing, 85, of Hogansville, passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at his home. Mr. Downing was born February 22, 1936, in Duck Hollow, OK, son of the late Elmer F. Downing and Phoebe Fay Morris Downing. He retired from Groov-Pin in Newnan as an electrical master craftsman, was a 32nd degree Mason, and was a former member...
Carolyn Gordon Denney
Sep 19, 2021
Mrs. Carolyn Gordon Denney, 91, of LaGrange, peacefully passed away Sunday, September 19, 2021, surrounded by her daughters at her home. Mrs. Denney was born December 2, 1929, in Hogansville, daughter of the late Lee and Ethel Baker Collier. A longtime resident of LaGrange, she traveled the world with her husband and children, living in Germany, Minnesota, Washington, D.C., Florida...
