Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Andrew Clayton Carpenter
Mar 14, 2018
Mr. Andrew Clayton Carpenter, 85, of West Point, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Carpenter was born April 29, 1932, in Selma, Alabama, son of the late Andrew Glover Carpenter and Doris Sego Carpenter. A veteran of service in the U. S. Army during the Korean War, he lived in Troup County most of his life,...
Brenda Vessell Williamson
Mar 10, 2018
Mrs. Brenda Vessell Williamson, 65, of Hogansville, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Williamson was born October 5, 1952, in Coweta County, daughter of the late Johnnie and Virginia Hawk Vessell. A lifelong resident of the Hogansville area, she was a member of Bible Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She enjoyed gospel...
Marion Manley Shivers
Mar 7, 2018
The Reverend Marion M. Shivers, age 96, of Rainbow City, AL, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at Gadsden Health and Rehab Center. Rev. Shivers was born October 1, 1921, in Randolph County, AL, son of the late Ealie Lorenza Shivers and Dochie Laney Shivers. An Army Air Corps veteran of World War Two, he was a graduate of LaGrange...
Donald Hoke Livingston
Mar 7, 2018
Mr. Donald Hoke Livingston, 68, of Pine Mountain, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Livingston was born November 4, 1949, in Troup County, son of the late Julian Hoke Livingston and Bernice Hart Livingston. A U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, he lived in Pine Mountain most of his life and was...
Elizabeth Truitt Morgan
Mar 4, 2018
Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth Truitt Morgan, 93, of Hogansville, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018, at Florence Hand Home in LaGrange. Mrs. Morgan was born October 8, 1924, in Atlanta, daughter of late Carey and Ethel Craft Oliver. She was a lifelong member of St. James United Methodist Church in Hogansville and retired from Hogansville Pharmacy after almost fifty years of...
Ruth Corbin Tucker
Mar 2, 2018
Mrs. Ruth Corbin Tucker, 86, of Hogansville, passed away Friday, March 2, 2018, at LaGrange Nursing and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Tucker was born June 26, 1931, in Greenville, South Carolina, daughter of the late Clinton and Bertha Chastain. A resident of Hogansville for the past two years, she lived in the Atlanta area most of her life, was a homemaker, and...
Jerry Wayne Wilson
Mar 1, 2018
Mr. Jerry Wayne Wilson, 69, of LaGrange, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Wilson was born June 13, 1948, in LaGrange, son of the late Marvin Albert Wilson and Eva Mae Spradlin Wilson. A lifelong resident of LaGrange, he retired as a heavy equipment operator for the City of LaGrange. Survivors include his...
James Woodrow Mccollum
Feb 27, 2018
Mr. James W. McCollum, 83, of Moreland, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at his home. Mr. McCollum was born September 9, 1934, in Coweta County, son of the late Woodrow and Sadie Hand McCollum. A veteran of service in the U.S. Army, he was a lifelong resident of Coweta County and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in...
George Alan Frederick
Feb 26, 2018
Mr. George Alan Frederick, 56, of Luthersville, passed away Monday, February 26, 2018, at his home. Mr. Frederick was born September 26, 1961, in Decatur, son of the late George Stanley Frederick and Theresa Elizabeth Wills Frederick. A resident of Meriwether County most of his life, he was a graduate of Greenville High School, was a carpenter, and was employed...
Howard Eugene Bailey
Feb 16, 2018
Mr. Howard Eugene Bailey, 62, of LaGrange, passed away Friday, February 16, 2018, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Bailey was born March 18, 1955, in Kingsport, TN and was a Vietnam veteran, having served in the U.S. Army. He was Baptist by faith and was employed as a technician for Penske Truck Leasing in LaGrange. Survivors include his...
Jennie Leigh Thompson
Feb 16, 2018
Jennie Leigh Thompson, 45, of Fortson, passed away Friday, February 16, 2018, at her home. Ms. Thompson was born January 11, 1973, in Mountain Grove, Missouri and had lived in Georgia for a number of years. A graduate of West Georgia Technical College in LaGrange, she was a licensed practical nurse. She is remembered as a person who enjoyed caring...
Agatha W. Jones
Feb 15, 2018
Mrs. Agatha W. Purgason Jones, 91 of Hogansville, and a resident at Vernon Woods in LaGrange, died Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. Born October 10, 1926 in Troup County, Mrs. Jones was the daughter of the late Eugene and Minnie Gamble Williams. She was a life-long resident of the Hogansville area and well known as...
Randal E. (Randy) Jones
Feb 15, 2018
Mr. Randal E. (Randy) Jones, 75, of Hogansville, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018. Mr. Jones was born November 15, 1942, in Atlanta, son of the late Weems Donald Jones and Sarah Minter Jones. A veteran of service in the U.S. Army, he earned a master's degree from Georgia Tech in 1968 and retired as corporate credit manager for Lane...
Christine Shirey Oliver
Feb 12, 2018
Mrs. Christine Shirey Oliver, 90, formerly of Hogansville, passed away, Monday, February 12, 2018, at Christian City Rehabilitation Center in Union City. Mrs. Oliver was born April 15, 1927, in Heard County, daughter of the late Virgil and John Anna Walston Shirey. A resident of Hogansville most of her life, she retired from Sears in LaGrange after 34 years of...
Danny Bankston
Feb 9, 2018
Mr. Danny James "DJ" Bankston, 56, of Hogansville, passed away Friday, February 9, 2018, at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Newnan. Mr. Bankston was born June 16, 1961, in Walker County, Alabama, where he lived until making his home in Hogansville in 2010. He was employed as assistant manager of quality control at Kia Motors Manufacturing of Georgia. A...
Jean Harper Griffies
Feb 2, 2018
Mrs. Jean Griffies, 87, formerly of Grantville passed away Friday, February 2, 2018, at Molena Rehab and Extended Care. Mrs. Griffies was born May 21, 1930, in Carroll County, daughter of the late L. G. Harper and Flora Bell Foster Harper Carroll. A resident of Coweta County most of her life, she was a member of First Pentecostal Holiness Church...
Johnny Maxwell Washington
Jan 28, 2018
Mr. Johnny M. Washington, 63, of Greenville, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018, at Molena Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Washington was born September 24, 1954, in Newnan, son of the late John Thomas Washington and Mattie Crews Washington. A lifelong resident of Meriwether County, he retired as supervisor of the marking and pattern department from Bleyle Manufacturing in Newnan...
Marie Gainey Roberts
Jan 28, 2018
Mrs. Marie Gainey Roberts, 73, of Five Points, Alabama, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018, at her home. Mrs. Roberts was born September 12, 1944, in Cairo, daughter of the late Abraham Monroe Gainey and Georgie Ellender Strickland Gainey. She attended Georgia Southwestern College, earned a bachelor's degree from LaGrange College, and was employed for a number of years as...
Brian Lee Ferrell
Jan 26, 2018
Mr. Brian Lee Ferrell, 49, of Lone Oak, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018, at his home. Mr. Ferrell was born October 9, 1968 in Cobb County and lived in the Hogansville area most of his life. He was employed as safety coordinator and director of first responders for Yokogawa America in Newnan. A member and Sunday School teacher at...
Joshua Paul Lanning
Jan 26, 2018
Joshua Paul Lanning, 19, of Greenville, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018, of injuries received in an auto accident in Coweta County. Josh was born May 2, 1998, in Atlanta and lived in the Coweta County area most of his life. He was employed by Newco, USA in Fairburn and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of...
