Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Jimmy Monroe Gordon
Mar 1, 2019
Mr. Jimmy Monroe Gordon, 71, of Forest Park, passed away Friday, March 1, 2019. Born June 30, 1947 in Miller County, Mr. Gordon was the son of the late Murray William Gordon and the late Jeffie Dee Talley Davis. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and retired from South Fulton Hospital, where he worked in...
Charlie Lewis Attaway
Feb 22, 2019
Mr. Charlie L. Attaway, 88, of Grantville, passed away Friday, February 22, 2019, at his home. Mr. Attaway was born September 11, 1930, in Coweta County, son of the late Malcom and Jessie Smith Attaway. A veteran of service in the U. S. Army during the Korean War, he was a lifelong resident of Coweta County and retired from William...
William L. (Buddy) Richardson
Feb 21, 2019
Mr. William L. (Buddy) Richardson, 77, of Hogansville, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2019 at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Richardson was born July 19, 1941, in Meriwether County, son of the late Charlie and Leila Brown Richardson. A resident of Hogansville most of his life, he served in Southeast Asia in the U. S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam Conflict. He...
Thomas Blake Spratlin
Feb 11, 2019
Thomas Blake Spratlin, 18, of Luthersvillle, passed away Monday, February 11, 2019, at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, after a determined six-month battle with leukemia. A lifelong resident of Luthersville, Blake was born August 23, 2000. He had attended Flint River Academy, starting in the K-4 class and currently being a member of the senior class, and had...
Howard L. Maxwell
Feb 9, 2019
Mr. Howard L. Maxwell, 82, of Hogansville, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2019, at his home. Mr. Maxwell was born June 28, 1936, in Alabama, son of the late Jack Maxwell and Frances Pickett Maxwell. A former resident of Chattanooga and a veteran of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, he had lived in Hogansville for fifty years, was Baptist...
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...
