Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Kay Hethcox Austin
Nov 19, 2016
Mrs. Kay Hethcox Austin, 70, of Hogansville, affectionately known as "Red," passed away, Saturday, November 19, 2016, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Austin was born July 9, 1946, in Hogansville, daughter of the late Emmett and Christine Murphy Hethcox. A lifelong resident of Troup County, she was employed for many years as a secretary for the Troup County School System, LaGrange...
Frances Hardaway Thornton
Nov 16, 2016
Mrs. Frances Hardaway Thornton, 98, of Hogansville, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at Florence Hand Home in LaGrange. Mrs. Thornton was born January 21, 1918, in the Primrose community of Meriwether County, daughter of the late Lee Gordon Hardaway and Carrie Lou Jenkins Hardaway. She was a resident of Hogansville most of her life and a 1936 graduate of...
James Dwight Seymour
Nov 11, 2016
Mr. James D. Seymour, 86, of Hogansville, passed away Friday, November 11, 2016, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mr. Seymour was born July 27, 1930, in Lakeland, FL, son of the late Ed Carlton Seymour and Vivian Pickard Seymour. A resident of Hogansville for 43 years, he was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict and was a retired general contractor....
George Raymond (Ray) Summers
Nov 9, 2016
Mr. George Raymond (Ray) Summers, 63, of Franklin, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Summers was born November 10, 1952, in Athens, son of the late George Sidney Summers and Edna Glaze Summers. He lived in Heard County most of his life and retired from AT&T after more than 29 years of service....
Barry Bennett
Nov 7, 2016
Mr. Barry Bennett, 74, of LaGrange, passed away Monday, November 7, 2016, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Bennett was born May 21, 1942, in Hogansville, son of the late Walter and Ruth Lowery Bennett. A 1964 graduate of LaGrange College, he served in the Army Reserves and retired after a long career with Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Company, having worked...
Wilbur Reed Kelley
Nov 6, 2016
Mr. Wilbur Reed Kelley, 85, of Grantville, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2016, at Piedmont Fayette Hospital. Mr. Kelley was born October 30, 1931, in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, son of the late Conrad and Cora B. Kelley. A Navy veteran of the Korean War, he lived in Clayton County before making his home in Grantville and retired as a...
James Norman Freeman
Nov 4, 2016
Mr. James Norman Freeman, 70, of the Corinth Community of Heard County, passed away at his home. Mr. Freeman was born February 24, 1946, in Coweta County, son of the late John Tyler Freeman and Clara Louise Hogan Freeman. He lived in Coweta County most of his life, retired as a foreman from Atlanta Pre-Cast, and was a member of...
Betty Lowe Gunnin
Nov 3, 2016
Mrs. Betty Lowe Gunnin, 85, of Greenville, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2016, at her home. Mrs. Gunnin was born January 20, 1931, in Cherokee County, daughter of the late Sylvester and Maryann Thompson Lowe. A resident of Meriwether County for 44 years, she retired from Eckerd Distribution Center in Newnan after more than twenty years of service. She and...
L. D. (Val) Vaillancourt
Oct 30, 2016
Mr. L. D. (Val) Vaillancourt, 79, of Cragford, AL, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2016, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston, AL. Mr. Vaillancourt was born January 14, 1937, in East Chicago, IN, son of the late Leonel and Beatrice Vaillancourt. An Army veteran, he was a former resident of Newnan and Hogansville and retired as a customer service agent...
Anthony K. (Tony) Wright
Oct 30, 2016
Mr. Tony Wright, 52, of Hogansville, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2016, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Wright was born October 1, 1964, in LaGrange, son of the late Roy and Barbara Allen Wright. A lifelong resident of Hogansville, he was a 1982 graduate of Hogansville High School, attended Baptist Tabernacle Church in LaGrange, and owned and operated...
Ann Mcdowell Dedmon
Oct 29, 2016
Mrs. Ann McDowell Dedmon, 64, of West Point, passed away Saturday, October 29, 2016, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Dedmon was born July 10, 1952, in Manchester, daughter of the late Margaret Hunt McDowell Attaway and Ulyses Remberth McDowell. A resident of Troup County most of her life, she was a 1970 graduate of Hogansville High School and retired as office...
Ina Clark Scheer
Oct 24, 2016
Mrs. Ina Clark Scheer, 88, of Newnan, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016, at Christian City Sparks Inn Assisted Living in Union City. Mrs. Scheer was born October 3, 1928, in Jasper, daughter of the late Freeman and Ella Champion Padgett. She lived in Coweta and Heard counties most of her life and retired from Newnan Hospital after more than...
Delores Singleton Parker
Oct 19, 2016
Mrs. Delores Parker, 67, of Sharpsburg, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at her home. Mrs. Parker was born February 27, 1949, in Fayette County, daughter of the late Martin and Mary Louise Singleton. A resident of Coweta County most of her life, she was a homemaker and was a member of Family Worship Center in Hogansville. Survivors include her...
Aldine Wheelus Pierce
Oct 17, 2016
Mrs. Dorothy Aldine Wheelus Pierce, 86, of Sharpsburg, passed away Monday, October 17, 2016, at her home. Mrs. Pierce was born January 13, 1930, in Meriwether County, daughter of the late Charlie and Maggie Mae Morris Wheelus. A former resident of Forest Park, she retired from Sears in Atlanta after 25 years of service and had lived in Sharpsburg since...
Theo (Billy) Janney
Oct 13, 2016
Mr. Theo (Billy) Janney, 85, of Hogansville and formerly of Stockbridge, passed away, Thursday, October 13, 2016, at his home. Mr. Janney was born February 28, 1931, in Rock Mills, Alabama, son of the late Claude and Eucal Benefield Janney. An Army veteran of service in the 101st Airborne during the Korean War, he lived in the Atlanta area most...
Lucile Covin Marciniak
Oct 11, 2016
Mrs. Lucile Covin Marciniak, 99, of Hogansville, passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at Harbour Terrace Assisted Living in Port Charlotte, FL. The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 15, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. The Reverend Willow Heim will officiate and interment will be in Myrtle Hill...
Rebecca Ann "Becky" Mcghee
Oct 8, 2016
Rebecca Ann (Becky) McGhee, 68, of Hogansville, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Ms. McGhee was born June 27, 1948, in Troup County and lived in Hogansville most of her life. She was among the first listed female welders in Georgia and was employed for many years by Fluor Daniel Corporation. She had attended...
Leslie Steve Kennedy
Oct 5, 2016
Mr. Steve Kennedy, 62, of Luthersville, passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at Warm Springs Medical Center. Mr. Kennedy was born August 19, 1954, in Union City, Indiana, and had lived in Meriwether county for a number of years. Prior to becoming disabled in an accident, he had been employed as a truck driver for ABC Compounds. Survivors include his...
Jean Turner Johnson
Oct 5, 2016
Mrs. Jean Turner Johnson, 72, of Moreland, passed away, Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at her home. Born June 21, 1944 in Haralson, Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of the late Howard and Ruby Howard Turner. She was a lifelong resident of Coweta County and retired from the Coweta County School System after 28 years as secretary at Atkinson Elementary School....
Barbara Wright Tucker
Oct 5, 2016
Mrs. Barbara Ann Tucker, 76, of Grantville, passed away, Wednesday, October 5, 2016 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born March 8, 1940 in Meriwether County, Mrs. Tucker was the daughter of the late Ossie and Grace Ferrell Wright. She and her husband opened their first store in Grantville in 1973 and had lived in Grantville since 1977. She...
