Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Edith Ann Smith
Nov 30, 2016
Edith Ann Smith, 76, of Roanoke, Alabama and formerly of LaGrange, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at Roanoke Rehabilitation Healthcare Center. Miss Smith was born July 16, 1940, in Troup County, daughter of the late Tommy and Nobie Tucker Pressley. A resident of LaGrange most of her life, she was a loving aunt to her many nieces and nephews...
Willis Thomas Woodruff
Nov 27, 2016
Mr. Willis T. Woodruff, 90, of Hogansville, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016, at Florence Hand Home in LaGrange. Mr. Woodruff was born January 28, 1926, son of the late Sloan and Ninnah Baughan Woodruff. A lifelong resident of Meriwether County, he served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War Two and then spent the rest of his life...
James Davis Norris
Nov 24, 2016
Mr. James Davis Norris, 99, of Atkinson, NE and formerly of Hogansville, died peacefully Thursday, November 24, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society-Atkinson. He had resided there since early February, 2014, following a bout of severe pneumonia. James was the second son of the late William Wesley and Rose Bell Norris and was born June 4, 1917 in Hogansville, where he...
David Mark Phillips
Nov 23, 2016
Mr. Mark Phillips, 56, of Grantville, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at his home. Mark was born on September 2nd, 1960, in Blount County, Alabama. He resided in Coweta County with the love of his life, Donna, and was an extremely dedicated deputy sheriff for the Heard County Sheriff's Department. A member of the First United Methodist Church of...
Delores Faye Harrison
Nov 23, 2016
Mrs. Delores Faye Harrison, 69, of Senoia, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at Piedmont Fayette Hospital. Mrs. Harrison was born October 5, 1947, in Atlanta, daughter of the late Robert Marchman and Mary Riddle Marchman. A resident of Coweta County since 1987, she retired from Ford Motor Credit after 23 years of service and then was employed by the...
Marthanne Harter Parker
Nov 19, 2016
Mrs. Marthanne Harter Parker, 78, of Hogansville, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2016, at her home. Mrs. Parker was born August 15, 1938, in New York City, daughter of the late Wickham Case Harter and Claire Gibbs Harter. A former resident of Miami Beach and Bartow, Florida, she retired from the Polk County (FL) Department of Housing and Development. She...
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...
