Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Savannah Ann Hill
Feb 8, 2019
Mrs. Savannah Ann Cohen Oliver Hill, 88, of Blairsville, passed away Friday, February 8, 2019, at Union General Hospital in Blairsville. Mrs. Hill was born June 5, 1930, in Meriwether County, daughter of the late Marvin and Annie York Cohen. She was a retired executive secretary, had been an active community volunteer, and was a very giving person. She loved...
Melissa Barber
Feb 7, 2019
Mrs. Melissa Barber, 50, of Newnan, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2019, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mrs. Barber was born November 14, 1968, in Newnan, daughter of the late Jacob Donald Varnadoe and Marie McKeehan. A resident of Newnan most of her life, she was a homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother. Survivors include her husband, John C. Barber,...
Rev. Marion H. Price, Sr.
Feb 5, 2019
Rev. Marion H. Price, Sr., 80, of Hogansville, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at his home. Rev. Price was born June 11, 1938, in Atlanta, son of the late Rev. George Gordon Price and Elizabeth King Price. A veteran of service in the U. S. Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he served as a crew chief on P2V...
Curtis Gene Watson
Feb 5, 2019
Mr. Curtis Gene Watson, 61, of Luthersville, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital in Decatur. Mr. Watson was born January 10, 1958, in Newnan, son of the late Eugene and Georgia Ruth Smith Watson. He was employed as an auto mechanic, was Baptist by faith, was an avid lifelong fisherman, and enjoyed being outdoors....
Peter Dixon Davis
Feb 4, 2019
Mr. Peter Dixon Davis, 65, of Hogansville, passed away Monday, February 4, 2019, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Davis was born January 9, 1954, in Utica, New York, son of the late William and Margaret Donahue Davis. A retired machinist, he attended First Baptist Church of Hogansville. He will be greatly missed by his wife, Wanda Downing Davis; children, Cyrus Eastman,...
Shelia Hunt Wessinger
Feb 2, 2019
Mrs. Shelia Hunt Wessinger, 41, of Hogansville, passed away, Saturday, February 2, 2019, at her home. Mrs. Wessinger was born February 22, 1977, in LaGrange and lived in the Hogansville area most of her life. She earned a Bachelors degree from the University of West Georgia and graduated with highest honors from West Georgia Technical College. She was employed as...
Laverne Todd Blankenship
Jan 27, 2019
Mrs. LaVerne Todd Blankenship, a former resident of Sharpsburg, died Sunday morning, January 27 2019, in an Albany hospital. She was 86. Mrs. Blankenship was born June 1, 1932, in Meriwether County, daughter of the late Wooster and Doris Daniel Todd, and was reared in the Lone Oak Community. She retired from BellSouth after 40 years of service, was a...
James Rodney (Hot Rod) Smith
Jan 27, 2019
MR. JAMES RODNEY SMITH Mr. Rodney (Hot Rod) Smith, 49, of LaGrange, passed away, Sunday January 27, 2019, at his home. Born June 16, 1969 in California, Mr. Smith was the son of the late Bobby Lee Smith, Sr. and the late Kathie Tidwell Marchman. He worked at Doss Deer Processing, enjoyed motorcycle riding, and was a jack of all...
Felton C. Williams
Jan 22, 2019
Mr. Felton C. Williams, 85, of LaGrange, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Williams was born April 25, 1933, in Rome, GA son of the late Henry Williams and Lois Logan Williams. One scripture that would be the sum of his life is "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul,...
Teresa Betts Harris
Jan 19, 2019
Mrs. Teresa Betts Harris, 63, of the Harrisonville Community of Troup County, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Harris was born January 26, 1955, in LaGrange, daughter of the late Robert and Vivian Hill Betts. A 1973 graduate of Hogansville High School, she was employed by Bellsouth for 13 years before staying home to raise her...
James C. Tant
Jan 17, 2019
Mr. James C. Tant, 77, of Riverdale, passed away, Thursday, January 17, 2019, at Avalon Health and Rehabilitation in Newnan. Mr. Tant was born October 31, 1941, in Rockmart, son of the late Clyde Clinton Tant and Joanne Williams Tant. He served as a Sergeant in the U. S. Army, had made his home in Riverdale since 1968, and retired...
Sherry Howard Mcpherson
Jan 17, 2019
Mrs. Sherry Howard McPherson, 46, of Grantville, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2019, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mrs. McPherson was born March 22, 1972, in Newnan and lived in Coweta County most of her life. She loved people and her community, but most of all, she loved children and had worked as a nanny until her health failed. Sherry was...
Tina Reshea Lovell
Jan 15, 2019
Mrs. Tina Reshea Lovell, 48, of Newnan, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mrs. Lovell was born December 10, 1970, in Atlanta and lived in Coweta County most of her life. She was Baptist by faith and had been employed as a retail department manager. Survivors include her children, Heather South, Amber South, and Austin McClain,...
Kathie Tidwell Marchman
Jan 14, 2019
Mrs. Kathie Tidwell Marchman, 69, of Luthersville, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mrs. Marchman was born October 26, 1949, in Newnan, daughter of the late William Edward Tidwell and Mary Massengale Tidwell. A resident of Meriwether County most of her life, she was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in the Rocky Mount Community and...
Diana Woody Crider
Jan 12, 2019
Mrs. Diana Woody Crider, 70, of LaGrange, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019, at her home. Mrs. Crider was born September 6, 1948, in Morgantown, West Virginia, daughter of the late Jesse Albert Woody and Genora Bell Arbogast Woody. A resident of Troup County for a number of years, she was a homemaker and a member of Hogansville Church of...
Betty Jo Hamby
Jan 12, 2019
Mrs. Betty Jo Hamby, 89, of Hogansville, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019, at the home of her son Ken, in Belen, NM. Mrs. Hamby was born March 22, 1929, in the Lowell Community in Carroll County, daughter of the late J. P. and Flora Eley Staples. She was the valedictorian of the 1946 class at Hogansville High School, attended...
Christine Elizabeth "Lib" Maxwell
Jan 11, 2019
MRS. LIB MAXWELL Mrs. Christine Elizabeth "Lib" Maxwell, 89, of Hogansville, passed away Friday, January 11, 2019, at Eternal Hope Hospice in Griffin. Mrs. Maxwell was born May 5, 1929, in Atlanta, daughter of the late James Clarence Pharr and Myrtle Ethel Phillips Pharr. She had lived in Hogansville since 1946, was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta,...
Betty Taylor Brazil
Jan 9, 2019
Mrs. Betty Taylor Brazil, 82, of Hogansville, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2019, at her home. Mrs. Brazil was born February 21, 1936, in Draketown in Haralson County, daughter of the late James Floyd Taylor and Louise Hannah Taylor Phillips. A resident of Hogansville most of her life, she was a retired district manager for Liberty National Life Insurance Company...
James David Hall
Jan 7, 2019
Mr. James David Hall, 70, of Grantville, passed away Monday, January 7, 2019, at his home. Mr. Hall was born February 9, 1948, in Coweta County, son of the late James W. (Bud) Hall, Jr. and Ruby Boswell Hall. A U. S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, he lived in Coweta County most of his life, was a retired...
Douglas V. Richardson, Jr.
Jan 4, 2019
Mr. Douglas V. Richardson, Jr., 57, of Hogansville, passed away Friday, January 4, 2019, at Piedmont Columbus Midtown Hospital. A lifelong resident of Hogansville, he was a member of Hogansville Church of Christ, where he served as treasurer, and had been employed for the past 31 years with New Ventures, Inc. in LaGrange. Survivors include his mother, Margaret Rosamond Richardson...
