Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
Connie Lynn Martin
Jan 23, 2016
Connie Lynn Martin, 62, of Hogansville, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2016, at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. Miss Martin was born November 9, 1953, in El Paso, TX, daughter of the late James D. Martin and the late Elizabeth Cutene Jones Martin. A 1971 graduate of Hogansville High School, she had been employed as a property...
Stanley Carl Wheelus
Jan 18, 2016
** Due to inclement weather, the service planned for Saturday the 23rd, has been postponed ** Mr. Stanley C. Wheelus, 62, of the St. Marks Community of Meriwether County, passed away Monday, January 18, 2016, at West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Wheelus was born December 10, 1953, in Newnan, son of the late Carl and Rochelle Brown Wheelus. A lifelong...
Joann Denney Wyche
Jan 17, 2016
Mrs. Joann Denney Wyche, 78, of Greenville, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2016, at West Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Wyche was born November 25, 1937, in Opelika, AL, daughter of the late Delbert and Grace Leonard Denney. A resident of Lakeland, FL for twenty years, she served as a bus driver for the Polk County, FL School System for a...
Douglas Arnold Yearta
Jan 13, 2016
Mr. Douglas A. Yearta, 78, of Piedmont, SC and formerly of Hogansville, passed away, Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, SC of injuries received in a traffic accident. Mr. Yearta was born November 5, 1937, in LaGrange, son of the late Jesse and Vinnie Welborn Yearta. He was a retired dairy farmer and had lived in...
Dewey Lee Garrett, Sr.
Jan 10, 2016
Mr. Dewey L. Garrett, Sr., 79, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Garrett was born January 25, 1936, in LaGrange, son of the late Sidney and Nellie Smith Garrett. A lifelong resident of Troup County, he was a retired masonry contractor and was a member of Living Waters Baptist Church. He loved being outdoors...
Curtis R. Bradley
Jan 6, 2016
Mr. Curtis R. Bradley, 88, of Moreland, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2016, at his home. Mr. Bradley was born May 17, 1927, in LaGrange, son of the late William and Lucy McCullough Bradley. A resident of Coweta County most of his life, he was employed by Brown Steel in Newnan for 48 years and was a member of Hogansville...
Brenda Harris Bohannon
Jan 4, 2016
Mrs. Brenda Harris Bohannon, 62, of Hogansville, passed away Monday, January 4, 2016, at West Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Bohannon was born February 25, 1953, in Tampa, Florida, daughter of the late Johnny Harris, Jr. and Frances Price Harris. She was Baptist by faith, was a retired retail manager, and lived in Henry County before recently making her home in...
Jamie Edward Bartlett
Jan 3, 2016
Mr. Jamie E. Bartlett, 75, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2016, at Hospice LaGrange. Born July 12, 1940 in Hogansville, Mr. Bartlett was the son of the late J. W. and Ora Lee Caldwell Bartlett. He was raised in Hogansville, was a 1958 graduate of Hogansville High School and furthered his education at Gordon College in Barnesville. He...
John W. Clontz
Jan 3, 2016
Mr. John W. Clontz, 54, of Thomasville, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2016, at his home. Born November 22, 1961 in LaGrange, Mr. Clontz was the son of John W. Flournoy and the late Barbara Bartlett Massengale. He lived most of his life in Hogansville, was an electrician by trade, and worked many years for Nelms Electrical Service in LaGrange....
Betty Jean Statum
Jan 2, 2016
Mrs. Betty Jean Statum, 75, of LaGrange, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2016, at her home. Mrs. Statum was born June 15, 1940, in West Point, Georgia, as one of 13 children of the late Thomas and Corine White Geeter. Mrs. Statum lived in Starks, Louisiana while married to William Thomas "Bill" Statum for 30 years. While living in Starks,...
Vivian Milner Callaway
Jan 1, 2016
Mrs. Vivian Milner Callaway, 95, of the Corinth Community of Heard County, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016, at Poplar Creek Assisted Living in LaGrange. Mrs. Callaway was born January 4, 1920, in Pike County, daughter of the late Emmett and Lucy Manley Milner. Following World War Two, she moved to Corinth with her late husband John C. (Chad) Callaway,...
Evangeline Dominey Taylor
Jan 1, 2016
Mrs. Evangeline Dominey Taylor, 82, of Franklin, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016, at Pruitt Healthcare in Franklin. Mrs. Taylor was born November 13, 1933, in Houston County, daughter of the late Rufus Julius Dominey and Ada Irene Parker Dominey. A former resident of Florida and Alabama, she lived in Georgia most of her life and had lived at Franklin...
Annette Elder Whatley
Jan 1, 2016
Mrs. Annette Elder Whatley, 69, of LaGrange, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016, at Hospice Atlanta at Emory University Hospital. Mrs. Whatley was born May 12, 1946, in Newnan, daughter of the late Mark and Lou Ella Elder. She lived in Meriwether and Troup Counties most of her life, was Baptist by faith, and was the wife of the late...
Randy Joe Cushard
Dec 30, 2015
Mr. Randy J. Cushard, 56, of Luthersville, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at his home. Mr. Cushard was born September 27, 1959, in Mansfield, Ohio, moved to Georgia as a young man, and had lived in Meriwether County for 26 years. He was employed as a heavy equipment operator. He was an avid outdoorsman, who loved hunting and fishing...
Rosa Beckom Purgason
Dec 26, 2015
Mrs. Rosa Beckom Purgason, 72, of Hogansville, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Purgason was born March 13, 1943, in Newnan, daughter of the late Grady and Ophelia Conner Beckom. A member of Corinth Baptist Church, she was a homemaker who had a great love for children and not only raised her own children, but also...
Justine Lewin Martin
Dec 26, 2015
Mrs. Justine L. Martin, 82, of Hogansville, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Martin was born April 13, 1933 in Thorp, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Herbert and Leona Rossmann Lewin. A resident of Hogansville since 1960, she was employed by Playtex International for 20 years, by Super Foods of Hogansville for many years, and retired...
Harvey Lee Hammett
Dec 26, 2015
Mr. Harvey Lee Hammett, Sr., 72, of Hogansville, passed away, Saturday, December 26, 2015, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Hammett was born August 31, 1943, in Heard County, son of the late Jim Brockman Hammett and Ethel Thomaston Hammett Wagner. A resident of Hogansville most of his life, he was a member of Welcome All Baptist Church and was a retired...
Susan Roberts Fuller
Dec 25, 2015
Mrs. Susan Roberts Fuller, 62, of Greenville, passed away, Friday, December 25, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Fuller was born January 2, 1953, in LaGrange, was raised in Hogansville, and was a 1971 graduate of Hogansville High School. She was employed as a production scheduler for NCR in Columbus and was a member of Greenville Baptist Church. The most important...
Walter Lee Pierce
Dec 25, 2015
Mr. Walter Lee Pierce, 80, of LaGrange and formerly of Newnan, passed away Friday, December 25, 2015, at his home. Mr. Pierce was born January 8, 1935, in Hogansville, son of the late Frank Pierce and Mary Woodruff Pierce. He lived in Newnan for more than fifty years, was a member of the First Pentecostal Holiness Church of Newnan, and...
Justin Edward Smith
Dec 24, 2015
Mr. Justin Edward Smith, 30, of Grantville, passed away, Thursday, December 24, 2015, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mr. Smith was born August 1, 1985, in Newnan and was a lifelong resident of Coweta County. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Grantville and was employed as an installation technician for Premier Heating and Air-Conditioning. Survivors include his wife,...
