Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Larry Hulett Jones
May 26, 2017
Larry Hulett Jones, 69, of Hogansville and LaGrange, passed away May 26, 2017, after a short illness. Larry was born April 4, 1948, to H. N. "Bill" and Irene Jones, who predeceased him. He was a graduate of Hogansville High School and a member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 72, where he worked for many years as a pipefitter....
Homer Rodney Garrison
May 22, 2017
Mr. Homer Rodney Garrison, 74, of Roanoke, Alabama, passed away Monday, May 22, 2017, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Garrison was born January 2, 1943, in Hogansville, son of the late James Homer Garrison and Sybil Sheets Garrison. A 1961 graduate of Hogansville High School, he served in the U.S. Air Force in England and France and retired from Atlanta Nisseki...
Thomas Ray Gruensfelder
May 19, 2017
Mr. Thomas R. Gruensfelder, 65, passed away at his residence in Dothan, AL on May 19, 2017. Born on November 2, 1951 Urbana, IL to the late Melvin H. & Willie Jo (Jody) Garrett Gruensfelder, Thomas was a graduate from Appalachian State University, Boone, NC with a degree in history and maintained a passion for western US and military history...
Patty Hamilton Calhoun
May 14, 2017
Mrs. Patty Hamilton Calhoun, 76, of Luthersville, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Calhoun was born October 30, 1940, in Atlanta, daughter of the late Hastings and Aileen Gay Hamilton. A resident of Meriwether County for more than fifty years, she was employed many years as a cashier and loved caring for her animals, which included...
James Lindsey Barber
May 12, 2017
Mr. Lindsey Barber, 94, of Luthersville, passed away Friday, May 12, 2017, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mr. Barber was born May 1, 1923, son of the late John Kiser Barber and Nannie Roberta Hayes Barber. A lifelong resident of Meriwether County, he was a U. S. Marine Corps veteran of World War Two, was a retired plumbing, electrical, heating and...
Roger Madison Milliken
May 12, 2017
Mr. Roger M. Milliken, 84, of Hogansville, passed away Friday, May 12, 2017, at his home. Mr. Milliken was born March 7, 1933, in Boston, Massachusetts, son of the late Roger H. Milliken and Mary Pope Milliken. A veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War, he served as a U. S. Air Force pilot for 14 years and...
Inez Moore Bailey
May 11, 2017
Mrs. Inez Moore Bailey, 84, of LaGrange, passed away Thursday, May 11, 2017, at LaGrange Nursing and Rehab. Mrs. Bailey was born September 29, 1932, and was a lifelong resident of LaGrange. She retired as a private duty care giver and was a member of the First Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hillard Jefferson...
Karen Medley Parham
May 6, 2017
Mrs. Karen Parham, 74, of Hogansville, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Parham was born May 23, 1942, in Hogansville, daughter of the late James Medley and Margaret Teal Medley Smoot. She had been a member of the Hogansville Pilot Club and the Order of the Eastern Star, and was a member of St. James United...
Patricia Darlene Sams
May 3, 2017
Patricia Darlene Sams, 53, of LaGrange, GA passed away Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, of injuries received in an auto accident. Ms. Sams was born January 22, 1964, in LaGrange, daughter of the late Donald and Janice Hanner Sams. A lifelong resident of Troup County, she was an accounting graduate of Kerr Business College. She...
Ronald L. (Ron) Galloway
May 1, 2017
Mr. Ron L. Galloway, 68, of Hogansville, GA passed away Monday, May 1, 2017, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Galloway was born April 14, 1949, son of the late Betty Smith Galloway and the late Raford Galloway. A 1968 graduate of Hogansville High School, he was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War, was Methodist by faith, and had...
Dorothy W. Davis
April 29, 2017
Mrs. Dorothy W. Davis, 87, of Warm Springs, GA and formerly of Hogansville, GA passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Warm Springs Nursing Home. Mrs. Davis was born March 10, 1930 in Heard County, daughter of the late Carl and Mary Edna Wilson Wingo. A resident of Hogansville most of her life, she retired from Uniroyal, Inc. after 32...
Reese C. (Buck) Bowen, Jr.
April 26, 2017
Mr. Reese C. (Buck) Bowen, Jr., 87, of Hogansville, GA passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at The Oaks of Carrollton. A resident of Troup county most of his life, Mr. Bowen was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He spent his life in the textile industry, starting with Callaway Mills and working with Milliken and Company and Kleen-Tex...
Angela N. Duke
April 25, 2017
Miss Angela N. ("Angie") Duke, age 78, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at LaGrange Nursing and Rehab, after a short illness. The daughter of the late L. D. and Hazel Elizabeth Evans Duke, she was born May 21, 1938 in LaGrange, GA. Miss Duke attended LaGrange High School and, apart from a short residence in Chicago, had lived her...
Luby Johnson
April 23, 2017
Mr. Luby Johnson, 87, of Hogansville, GA passed away, Sunday, April 23, 2017, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Johnson was born July 30, 1929, in Harlan County, Kentucky, son of the late Claude and Mary Ward Johnson. A resident of Hogansville most of his life, he was Baptist by faith and retired as a master mechanic from Uniroyal,...
Mavis Moore Garrett
April 21, 2017
Mrs. Mavis Moore Garrett, 95, of Hogansville, GA passed away Friday, April 21, 2017, at LaGrange Nursing and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Garrett was born September 2, 1921, in Heard County, daughter of the late Johnnie and Pearl Wilson Moore. A resident of Hogansville most of her life, she was manager of Allen's 5 & 10 for many years and retired as...
J. O. Barber
April 20, 2017
Mr. J. O. Barber, 96, of Luthersville, GA passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017, at his home. Mr. Barber was born December 31, 1920, in Newnan, son of the late Bee and Avaline Jones Barber. A resident of Meriwether County most of his life, he established J.O. Barber Lumber Co. in Luthersville in 1946 and owned and operated the company...
Robert Gaines Maddox
April 18, 2017
Mr. Robert Gaines Maddox, 81, of Hogansville,GA passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at the home of his daughter in Grantville. Mr. Maddox was born February 15, 1936, in Carroll County, son of the late Norman and Mabel Wilson Maddox. A veteran of service in the U. S. Marine Corps, he had lived in Troup County since 1974, was a...
Betty Thomas Rahv
April 15, 2017
Betty Thomas Rahv, a native of Charleston, WV and eldest child of the late Marian Pope Thomas and Andrew Stephen Thomas, Jr. passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017, in LaGrange, GA of natural causes. She is survived by her son, William L. McIlvain of Charleston and siblings, Emma Lewis Thomas of Livingston, MT, Marian Thomas Wood of Riverdale, NY, and...
Ted Edwin Newton
April 14, 2017
Mr. Ted Edwin Newton, 58, of Grantville, GA passed away Friday, April 14, 2017. Mr. Newton was born November 8, 1958, son of the late Paul and Betty Steffin Newton. A resident of Grantville for seven years, he had lived in Coweta County for a number of years and had been employed as a welder. He was a member of...
Ann Lunsford Monteith
April 13, 2017
Mrs. Ann Lunsford Monteith, of the Harrisonville Community of Troup County,GA passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017, at her home. Born November 6, 1936, Mrs. Monteith was the daughter of the late P.L. and Lucile (Lucy) Morgan Lunsford. She was a lifelong resident of Troup County and retired as manager of the Hogansville branch of Newnan Savings Bank. She was...
