OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home


Edward Royce Sitton

Edward Royce Sitton

August 15, 2016

Mr. Edward Royce Sitton, 59, of Dacula, passed away Monday, August 15, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Mr. Sitton was born November 14, 1956, in Newnan, and spent his childhood and young adult years in Greenville. He had been employed as an Emergency Medical Technician and was employed for a number of years as an office manager for...

Betty Smith Harrison

Betty Smith Harrison

August 14, 2016

Mrs. Betty Smith Harrison, 83, of Austell, passed away Sunday, August 14, 2016, at Tranquility Hospice in Austell. Mrs. Harrison was born July 17, 1933, in Heard County, daughter of the late Cecil and Lucille Pitts Smith. A resident of Cobb County for 55 years, she was Baptist by faith and retired from AT&T after 35 years of service. Survivors...

Ricky Allen

Ricky Allen

August 13, 2016

Mr. Ricky Allen, 52, of the Louise Community of Troup County, passed away Saturday, August 13, 2016, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Allen was born March 18, 1964, in LaGrange, son of the late L. L. Allen, Jr. and Lois Neal Allen. He lived in Troup County most of his life and was Baptist by faith Funeral services...

Faith Smith Lee

Faith Smith Lee

August 7, 2016

Mrs. Faith Smith Lee, 72, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2016, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Lee was born December 14, 1943, in West Point, daughter of the late James Melvin Smith and Exir Kate Turner Smith. She earned a Bachelors degree from LaGrange College and a Masters degree from the University of West Georgia. She...

Clarence Earl Lee

Clarence Earl Lee

August 7, 2016

Mr. Clarence Earl Lee, 79, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2016, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Lee was born August 23, 1936, in Morrow, son of the late Nathan Peoples Lee and Evelyn Shirey Lee. A resident of Troup County most of his life, he owned and operated Lee's Pulpwood for many years. He was known for his love...

Thomas H. (Tommy) Hornsby

Thomas H. (Tommy) Hornsby

August 7, 2016

Mr. Thomas H. (Tommy) Hornsby, 78, of Sandy Springs, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2016, at his home. Mr. Hornsby was born August 15, 1937, in Albany, son of the late Preston and Fostina Daughtry Hornsby. He was a resident of the Atlanta area most of his life, he retired as an aircraft mechanic from Delta Airlines after 32 years...

William Lamar Williamson, Sr.

William Lamar Williamson, Sr.

August 4, 2016

Mr. Lamar Williamson, 47, of Hogansville, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2016, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Williamson was born December 5, 1968, in LaGrange and was a lifelong resident of Hogansville. He was a graduate of Hogansville High School, was a graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in Atlanta, and was the manager of Williamson Auto...

William F. (Bill) Kenyon

William F. (Bill) Kenyon

August 3, 2016

Mr. Bill Kenyon, 83, of the Corinth Community of Heard County, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2016, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mr. Kenyon was born September 26, 1932, in Sibley, Kansas, son of the late Clifford and Virginia Brown Kenyon. A veteran of service in the U. S. Army during the Korean War, he retired as a certified millwright from...

Harvey Joe Hoffner

Harvey Joe Hoffner

August 1, 2016

Mr. Harvey Joe Hoffner, 67, of West Point, passed away Monday, August 1, 2016, at his home. Mr. Hoffner was born April 29, 1949, in Mason County, West Virginia, son of the late Lee Albert Hoffner and Yvonne Graham Hoffner. A veteran of service in the U. S. Navy during the Vietnam War, he lived in Ohio before making his...

Felicia Ann Thompson

Felicia Ann Thompson

July 28, 2016

Felicia Ann Thompson, 47, of Grantville, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Born July 19, 1969 in Annapolis, Maryland, Mrs. Thompson was the daughter of the late Charles Warren Kellerhouse and Mary Stowers Willison. She had attended First Baptist Church of Hogansville and lived most of her life in Grantville. Survivors include her daughters and son...

Janett Gladney Lowe

Janett Gladney Lowe

July 26, 2016

Mrs. Janett Gladney Lowe, 85, of Forest Park, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Pine Pointe Hospice in Macon. Mrs. Lowe was born January 3, 1931, in Heard County, daughter of the late Henry Herman Gladney and Kate Shirey Gladney. A graduate of Hogansville High School, she lived in the Atlanta area most of her life and retired from...

Larry Kevin Thompson

Larry Kevin Thompson

July 20, 2016

Mr. Larry Kevin Thompson, 49, of LaGrange, passed away, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at his home. Mr. Thompson was born, April 21, 1967, in DeKalb County, son of the late Larry Charles Thompson and Carol Annette Thompson. A resident of Troup County most of his life, he had been employed as a truck driver for Couch USA Ready-Mix. He enjoyed...

Robert E. (Bob) Irvin

Robert E. (Bob) Irvin

July 19, 2016

Mr. Robert Ellis (Bob) Irvin, 57, of Hogansville, passed away, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Irvin was born May 4, 1959, in Hogansville, son of the late Alvin and Marvolene Bradley Irvin. A 1979 graduate of Hogansville High School, he was employed at Yamaha Manufacturing in Newnan. He was a member of First Baptist...

Junior "Whoop" Mcgruder

Junior "Whoop" Mcgruder

July 18, 2016

Junior "Whoop" McGruder, 82, of Newnan and formerly of Meriwether County, passed away Monday, July 18, 2016, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton. Born July 12, 1934 in Durand, Whoop was a lifelong resident of the Alvaton and Gay communities. He was known and loved by the whole community, having worked many years at Crooks Grocery. He is survived by...

Barlice Walburn Hunt

Barlice Walburn Hunt

July 17, 2016

Mrs. Barlice W. Hunt, 91, of Hogansville, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2016, at LaGrange Health and Rehab. Mrs. Hunt was born December 6, 1924, daughter of the late Carl and Era Johns Walburn. A lifelong resident of Troup County, she was Baptist by faith and retired from Uniroyal, Inc. after 44 years of service. She enjoyed travel, reading and...

Ima Jean Woods

Ima Jean Woods

July 16, 2016

Mrs. Ima Jean Woods, 75, of Hogansville and formerly of Blountstown, FL and Southport, FL, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2016, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. Mrs. Woods was born February 3, 1941, in Dale County, Alabama, daughter of the late James and Estelle Hartzog Cureton. Before making her home in Hogansville four years ago, she lived...

Gary Martin Smith

Gary Martin Smith

July 16, 2016

Mr. Gary Martin Smith, 67, of LaGrange and formerly of Hogansville, passed peacefully in his sleep at his home on Saturday, July 16, 2016. Mr. Smith was born March 28, 1949, in Jacksonville, FL, son of the late James Lewis Smith and Mary Clyde Simmons Smith Clark. A 1967 graduate of Hogansville High School, he was a veteran of service...

Nathan Melvin Lee

Nathan Melvin Lee

July 15, 2016

Mr. Nathan M. Lee, 42, of LaGrange, passed away Friday, July 15, 2016, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Lee was born April 30, 1974, in LaGrange and was a lifelong resident of Troup County. A graduate of West Georgia Technical College, he was employed as an x-ray technician at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Paula Martin...

Sherry Teresa Tatum

Sherry Teresa Tatum

July 13, 2016

Sherry Teresa Tatum, 52, of LaGrange, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at her home. Sherry was born December 12, 1963, in Tampa, Florida, daughter of the late Gaston and Martha Enfinger Tatum. A former resident of Pine Mountain, she had lived in LaGrange for nineteen years and was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Billy Ray Keel of LaGrange;...

Lewis F. Portwood

Lewis F. Portwood

July 10, 2016

Mr. Lewis F. Portwood, 87, of LaGrange, passed away, Sunday, July 10, 2016, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. Born November 11, 1928 in Greenville, Mr. Portwood was the son of the late Lewis Portwood, Sr. and Mary McCray Portwood. He was a member of New Life Church and worked for many years in the men's department at Mansour's Department...

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