Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Howard Eugene Bailey
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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
January 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
January 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
January 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
January 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...
Joseph L. "Joe" Mclendon
January 24, 2018
Mr. Joseph L. "Joe" McLendon, 90, of Hogansville, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. McLendon was born August 12, 1927, in Atlanta, son of the late Theodore and Martha Bond McLendon. He spent his childhood in Luthersville, was a veteran of service in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy, and lived in Clayton County most...
Shirley Haney Price
January 21, 2018
Mrs. Shirley Haney Price, 79, of Hogansville, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2018, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 24, at Welcome All Baptist Church in Hogansville. The Reverend Tommy McLeroy and Dr. Bob Doom will officiate and interment will be in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Hogansville. The family will receive friends at...
Roy Howard Moore
January 20, 2018
Mr. Roy H. Moore, 79, of LaGrange, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Moore was born June 12, 1938, in Troup County, son of the late Adrin Edward Moore and Emma Smith Moore. A lifelong resident of Troup County, he was Baptist by faith and had been active at The Active Life in...
Wendell Lee Hill
January 19, 2018
Mr. Wendell L. Hill, 73, of LaGrange, passed away Friday, January 19, 2018, in Gordon. Mr. Hill was born February 11, 1944, in Hogansville, son of the late Alfred and Eddie Ragsdale Hill. He lived in Troup County most of his life, was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Hogansville and was a retired carpenter. He enjoyed hunting, fishing...
Kenneth Ray Gasaway
January 19, 2018
Mr. Kenneth Ray Gasaway, 73, of Hogansville, passed away Friday, January 19, 2018, at his home. Mr. Gasaway was born November 6, 1944, in LaGrange, son of the late J. B. and Rosie Dell Daniel Gasaway. A lifelong resident of Troup County, he was a veteran of service in the U.S. Army, was Baptist by faith, and was a retired...
Frankie Blair Bunn
January 18, 2018
Mrs. Frankie Blair Bunn, 68, of Lanett, Alabama, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018, at East Alabama Medical Center Lanier in Valley, Alabama. Mrs. Bunn was born January 24, 1949, in Newnan, daughter of the late James Franklin Blair and Esther Brown Blair. A resident of Troup County most of her life, she was a graduate of West Georgia Technical...
Wanda Sue Gibbs
January 13, 2018
Mrs. Wanda Sue Gibbs, 53, of Grantville, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2018, at her home. Mrs. Gibbs was born February 28, 1964, in Vidalia. She was a substitute teacher and had lived in Grantville for the last nine and a half years. Survivors include her husband of 34 years, Jimmy Gibbs of Grantville; daughter, Courtney Long, also of Grantville;...
Linda Gail Gasaway
January 12, 2018
Mrs. Linda Gail Gasaway, 70, of Hogansville, passed away Friday, January 12, 2018, at her home. Mrs. Gasaway was born August 25, 1947, in Meriwether County and lived in Troup County most of her life. She was Baptist by faith and retired as a switchboard operator from West Georgia Medical Center after 25 years of service. Gail enjoyed reading, shopping...
Deborah Jean Cosley
January 5, 2018
Ms. Deborah Jean Cosley, 63, of Hogansville, passed away Friday, January 5, 2018, at Hospice LaGrange. Ms. Cosley was born December 1, 1954 in LaGrange, daughter of the late Billy Joe and Marie Stitcher Cosley. A resident of Troup County most of her life, she was a graduate of the nursing program at Troup Tech and had been employed in...
