Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Joyce Turner Phillips
Jun 7, 2019
Mrs. Joyce Turner Phillips, 77, of Grantville, passed away Friday, June 7, 2019, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Phillips was born November 7, 1941, in Hogansville, daughter of the late J.C. and Blanche Culberson Turner. A resident of Hogansville most of her life, she lived in Hobe Sound, Florida for ten years before returning to this area in 2008. She was...
Beulah Sims Cato
Jun 5, 2019
Mrs. Beulah Sims Cato, 66, of LaGrange, passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at her home. Mrs. Cato was born on August 26, 1952, daughter of the late John Alvin Sims and Ola Mae Furlow Sims. She was a lifelong resident of LaGrange and had worked for Dunson Mill for 40 years. Mrs. Cato loved doing puzzles and was a...
Edna Tarwater Fields
May 31, 2019
Mrs. Edna Tarwater. Fields, 93, of Greenville, passed away Friday, May 31, 2019, at her home. Mrs. Fields was born May 19, 1926, in Childersburg, Alabama, daughter of the late Will and Lula Tarwater. A former resident of LaGrange and the Atlanta area, she had lived in Meriwether County for forty years and was a member of Stovall Baptist Church....
Margaret Pitts Barnett
May 24, 2019
Mrs. Margaret Vonciel Barnett, 86, of Moreland, passed away Friday, May 24, 2019, at Avalon Health and Rehabilitation Center in Newnan. Mrs. Barnett was born September 28, 1932, in LaGrange, daughter of the late George Ollie Pitts and Hixie Irene Segrest Pitts. A resident of Coweta County most of her life, she was a homemaker and was a longtime member...
Shawn Ryan Johnson
May 22, 2019
Shawn Ryan Johnson, 28, of Luthersville, passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center. Shawn was born September 4, 1990 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and he worked for Jeff McCoy Construction and Grading in Luthersville. Shawn loved the outdoors and spending time with his son. He was always helping people and would do anything to make them...
Wonda M. Gaddy
May 21, 2019
Mrs. Wonda M. Gaddy, 48, of Newnan, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at her home. Mrs. Gaddy was born February 28, 1971, in Newnan, daughter of the late James and Nellie Ruth Crook Wellborn. A lifelong resident of Coweta County, she was a graduate of Newnan High School and had been employed at Rite Aid Distribution Center. She was...
Kenneth H. Dial
May 19, 2019
Mr. Kenneth H. Dial, 87, of Hogansville, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Dial was born April 14, 1932, son of the late Frank and Mozelle Chapman Dial. A lifelong resident of Hogansville, he was a graduate of Hogansville High School, was a member of First Baptist Church of Hogansville and retired as a supervisor from...
Dennis Ray Chilton
May 18, 2019
Mr. Dennis Ray Chilton, 64, of Grantville, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2019, at his home. Mr. Chilton was born September 29, 1954, in St. Louis, MO, son of the late Ralph and Edith Hochstatter Chilton. A veteran of service in the U.S. Air Force from 1973 until 1977, he was a retired general contractor and was a 30 year...
Danny Lee Smith, Sr.
May 17, 2019
Mr. Danny Lee Smith, Sr., 63, of the Lone Oak Community of Meriwether County, passed away Friday, May 17, 2019, at his home. Mr. Smith was born July 5, 1955, in Newnan, son of the late Leonard and Joyce Griffin Smith. A resident of Coweta County most of his life, he had lived in Lone Oak for the past year...
Thomas Camp Rainey, Jr.
May 14, 2019
Mr. Thomas C. Rainey, Jr., 48, of Grantville, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center. Mr. Rainey was born September 28, 1970, in Atlanta, son of the late Thomas Camp Rainey, Sr. and the late Virginia Chadwick Rainey. He was employed as a painter and was an avid fisherman. Survivors include his children, Jessica Guiler and...
Sara Green Harman
May 8, 2019
Sara Elizabeth Green Harman was born February 14, 1922, in Randolph County near Woodland, Alabama, to Virgil Berry Green and Pearl Beddingfield Green. She was the only girl in a family of all boys until the birth of her half-sister. Sara was preceded in death by her brothers, Robert Green, Wallace Green, Wilson Green, Harlice Green and Virgil Green and...
Debra Mote Dowd
May 7, 2019
Mrs. Debra Mote Dowd, 61, of Weatherford, TX passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, TX. Mrs. Dowd was born September 12, 1957 in Panama City, FL and had lived in Texas for the last 19 years. She worked at Target in Weatherford, TX and was Baptist by faith. Before moving to...
Katrina Owens Williams
May 5, 2019
Mrs. Katrina Owens Williams, 60, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2019, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mrs. Williams was born November 26, 1958, in Brewton, Alabama, daughter of the late Kerry Eugene Owens and Barbara Ann Cook Owens. A resident of Troup County most of her life, she was Baptist by faith and had been employed as a home...
Michelle Pressley Allen
May 4, 2019
Michelle Pressley Allen, 53, of LaGrange, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2019, at her home. Ms. Allen was born August 31, 1965, in LaGrange and lived in Troup County most of her life. She was preceded in death by her son, Joshua Pressley; father, Bobby Hoyt Pressley; and husband, Gregory Sherrod. Survivors include her daughter, Geneva Michelle Flores of Hogansville;...
Marva Martin O'Kelley
May 1, 2019
Marva Cooper Martin O'Kelley, 77, passed away peacefully following a brief illness on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Cullman, AL, home of her eldest daughter, Marvera Goymer. Ms. O'Kelley was born February 24, 1942, in Kansas City, MO. She was the daughter of William Lee Martin, Jr. and Vera Jones Edwards Martin. Her mother was working in Kansas City...
Holly Massey Chip
Apr 29, 2019
Mrs. Holly Massey Chip, 53, of Grantville, passed away Monday, April 29, 2019. Mrs. Chip was born March 27, 1966, in Columbus, was a 1984 graduate of Harris County High School, and had been an employee of Total System Services. A devout Christian, she had enjoyed pottery lessons and interior decorating and loved planning and hosting events and travel. Survivors...
John D. Trott
Apr 22, 2019
Mr. John D. "Whiskers" Trott, 82, of Luthersville, passed away Monday, April 22, 2019, at his home. Mr. Trott was born June 20, 1936, in Birmingham, AL, son of the late John Thomas Trott and Myrtle Wilson Trott. He was Baptist by faith, was an avid hunter and fisherman, and was known as a man who could not sit still...
Janice Wright Gaulding
Apr 21, 2019
Mrs. Janice Wright Gaulding, 72, of Hogansville, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2019, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Mrs. Gaulding was born January 7, 1947 in Newnan, daughter of the late W. Ashley Wright and Mary Emily Floyd Wright. She retired after more than 40 years of service as an executive assistant for J. Smith Lanier & Co., working...
Mary Johnson Kilbourne
Apr 18, 2019
MRS. MARY KILBOURNE Mrs. Mary Johnson Kilbourne, 65, of Grantville, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2019, at her home. Born June 22, 1953 in Troy, Alabama, Mrs. Kilbourne was the daughter of the late Clarence and Irene Johnson Boswell. She was a resident of Grantville for the past 6 years, loved auctions, and most of all, loved her grandchildren and...
Mary Ann Mclendon
Apr 8, 2019
Mrs. Mary Ann McLendon of Hogansville, passed away Monday, April 8, 2019, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. McLendon was born January 13, 1935, in Greenville, SC, daughter of the late O.B. and Florence Wood Campbell. A resident of Hogansville most of her life, she lived in Fort Lauderdale, FL for 20 years before returning to Hogansville in 2014. She earned her...
