Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Harold Wayne Evans
December 13, 2016
Mr. Harold Wayne Evans, affectionately called "Bubba," passed away at the age of 64, on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at Avalon Health and Rehabilitation in Newnan. He had lived the last three years of his life at Avalon. He was born August 23, 1952, in Grantville, son of the late Sidney (Doc) Evans and Faye Brooks Evans. He never married,...
Sherri Dene Jones Cruz
December 12, 2016
Mrs. Sherri Jones Cruz, 56, of Oakland, CA, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016, at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, FL. Sherri was born July 10, 1960, in Atlanta, and was raised in Meriwether County. She had lived in California for a number of years and was employed as a medical transcriptionist for Kaiser Permanente. Survivors include her husband, Manuel...
David Campbell Askew
December 12, 2016
Mr. David C. Askew, 60, of Hogansville, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mr. Askew was born September 20, 1956, in LaGrange, and lived in Troup County most of his life. A 1974 graduate of Hogansville High School, he earned a Bachelor's degree from Georgia College in Milledgeville, was employed as a grocery store manager for...
Charles Harold Dubose
December 12, 2016
Mr. Charles Harold DuBose, 72, of Franklin, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016, at Hospice LaGrange. Born April 5, 1944, in Elba, Alabama, Mr. DuBose was a veteran of service in the U.S. Navy and the Army National Guard. He retired from the Atlanta Police Department after 25 years of service and then retired from the State of Georgia Capitol...
Mary Jane Flournoy
December 11, 2016
Mrs. Mary Jane Flournoy, 66, of Luthersville, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2016, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mrs. Flournoy was born March 8, 1950 in Newnan, daughter of the late R.W. (Bob) Jenkins and Rachel Shaddix Jenkins. A resident of Meriwether County since 1986, she retired from Kroger in Newnan after 25 years of service and was a member of...
Penny Stewart Lott
December 10, 2016
Mrs. Penny Stewart Lott, 49, of LaGrange, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Lott was born October 14, 1967, in Salem, Ohio, and lived in Troup County most of her life. A 1987 graduate of Troup High School, she loved her animals and enjoyed reading and crocheting. Survivors include her son and daughter in-law, James and...
Rita Dianne Hamilton
December 6, 2016
Mrs. Rita Dianne Hamilton, 61, of Hogansville, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Hamilton was born July 31, 1955, in Heard County, daughter of the late L. C. Smith and the late Gladys Overton Skipper. She was a lifelong resident of Heard and Troup Counties and was a homemaker. Survivors include her daughter,...
Robbie Combs Strickland
December 1, 2016
Mrs. Robbie Combs Strickland, 70, of Luthersville, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mrs. Strickland was born August 13, 1946, in Newnan, daughter of the late Robert Hollis Combs and Evelyn Barber Combs. A resident of Meriwether County for many years, she was a graduate of Florida State University and had been employed as a dietary...
Minister J. Robert Brooks
December 1, 2016
Minister J. Robert Brooks, 90, of Hogansville, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016. Mr. Brooks was born April 14, 1926, in Chambers County, Alabama, son of the late Leslie and Leola Stevens Brooks. A veteran of service in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War Two, he served in Okinawa and received the Bronze Star. He was a graduate of...
Magdalene Denney Fuller
November 30, 2016
Mrs. Magdalene Denney Fuller, 87, of Hogansville, passed away November 30, 2016, at Elmcroft of Milford Chase Assisted Living in Marietta. Mrs. Fuller was born September 27, 1929, daughter of the late Jack and Lodie Mae Hyatt Denney. A lifelong resident of Hogansville, she retired from Dominion-Uniroyal, Inc. and was a devoted member of Highland Baptist Church. She loved cooking...
Myrna Watts Joiner
November 30, 2016
Mrs. Myrna Watts Joiner, 80, of Douglasville, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at her home. Born September 27, 1936, in Grantville, Mrs. Joiner was the daughter of the late Raymond and Pauline Phillips Watts. She was a longtime resident of Cobb and Douglas counties and was a retired florist and caterer. She was a member of First Assembly of...
Edith Ann Smith
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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
November 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....
