Local obituaries for Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home
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,...
Christine Harper Upchurch
Dec 23, 2015
Mrs. Christine Harper Upchurch, 83, of LaGrange, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Upchurch was born April 3, 1932, in LaGrange, daughter of the late Willis Terrell Harper and Eunice Garrett Harper. A resident of East Point for many years, she retired as an accountant from the National Park Service after 30 years of service and...
Veronica Nowicki Hicks
Dec 21, 2015
Mrs. Veronica Nowicki Hicks, 75, of Franklin, passed away, Monday, December 21, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Hicks was born October 20, 1940, in Camden, New Jersey, daughter of the late William and Jane Chew Nowicki. Before making her home in Heard County in 2010, she lived in Luthersville for 37 years and was the wife of the late Joseph...
John Joseph Lamey
Dec 19, 2015
Mr. John Joseph Lamey, 45, of Greenville, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015, at his home. Mr. Lamey was born January 5, 1970, in Cattaraugus County, New York, and lived in Newnan before making his home in Meriwether County in 1999. He was a building contractor and owned JD Custom Contracting, and enjoyed hunting and deep-sea fishing. Survivors include his...
Michael Joe Daniel
Dec 16, 2015
Mr. Michael Joe Daniel, 65, of Luthersville, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at his home. Mr. Daniel was born October 7, 1950, in LaGrange, son of the late Rufus B. Daniel, Sr. and Edna Bass Daniel. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War, he lived in LaGrange most of his life and retired from AT&T after 36...
Vivian Nelson Breed
Dec 11, 2015
Mrs. Vivian Nelson Breed, 88, of the Lone Oak Community of Meriwether County, passed away Friday, December 11, 2015, at Pruitt Healthcare Center in Greenville. Mrs. Breed was born March 28, 1927, in Rome, daughter of the late Eugene and Gertrude Tippin Nelson. A resident of Meriwether County most of her life, she was a member of Allen-Lee Memorial United...
Escar Reed Coleman
Dec 10, 2015
Mr. Reed Coleman, 75, of Okeechobee, Florida, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015, at Hospice of Okeechobee. Mr. Coleman was born January 24, 1940, in Coweta County, son of the late Charlie Thurman Colemon and Vesta Harman Colemon. A resident of Florida since 1962, he was a U. S. Air Force veteran, retired as a train engineer from CSX Railroad...
Susie Keith Roberts
Dec 8, 2015
Mrs. Susie Ann Keith Roberts, of Greenville, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Roberts was born September 12, 1932, in Hogansville, daughter of the late Marshall and Lurline Rosser Keith. A lifelong resident of Meriwether County, she was a graduate of Greenville High School and attended Bessie Tift College in Forsyth. She was employed as a...
Harry Allen Argroves
Dec 4, 2015
Mr. Harry Allen Argroves, 89, of Greenville, passed away Friday, December 4, 2015. Mr. Argroves was born August 29, 1926, in Greenville, son of the late William and Jewel O'Neal Argroves. A member of the greatest generation, he was an Army veteran of World War Two and was a lifelong resident of Meriwether County, where he was a dairyman, maintained...
Curtis H. Arrington
Nov 29, 2015
Mr. Curtis H. Arrington, 76, of Hogansville, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2015, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Arrington was born June 14, 1939, in Heard County, son of the late Charles and Eva Harris Arrington. An Army veteran of the Vietnam War, he had lived in Troup County since 1965 and was a retired building and asbestos abatement contractor, having...
Willis Hoyt Glaze
Nov 27, 2015
Mr. Willis Hoyt Glaze, 94, of Greenville and formerly of Darien, passed away Friday, November 27, 2015, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Glaze was born April 17, 1921, in White County, son of the late Ernest and Lucy Glaze. Before making his home in Greenville in 2010 to be near his daughter, he was a longtime resident of Darien, was a...
Rosalyn Wise Cannon
Nov 26, 2015
Mrs. Rosalyn Cannon, 76, of Luthersville, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015, at Gentiva Hospice at Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Cannon was born January 7, 1939, in LaGrange, daughter of the late George Maron Wise and Irene Keel Wise Massengale. A former resident of Newnan, she had lived in Luthersville for thirty years and was a member of East...
Patricia Ann O'Neal
Nov 24, 2015
Pat O'Neal, 61, of Newnan, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at her home. Ms. O'Neal was born November 6, 1954, in Hogansville, daughter of the late Roy Donald O'Neal and Ruby Holtzclaw O'Neal. She was a graphic artist and had owned and operated O'Neal Signs and Graphics in Newnan. Survivors include her sister and brother in-law, Joyce and Randy...
John Cleveland Barber, Sr.
Nov 23, 2015
Mr. John Cleveland Barber, Sr., 72, of Gay, passed away, Monday, November 23, 2015, at his home. Born November 26, 1942, in Meriwether County, Mr. Barber was the son of the late John Clovis Barber and Josie Mae Calhoun Barber. He was a lifelong resident of Meriwether County, was a self-employed mechanic, and was Baptist by faith. Survivors include his...
Joshua Daniel Watts
Nov 22, 2015
Mr. Joshua Daniel Watts, 32, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2015, in Vinton, Texas in an auto-truck accident which also took the life of his fiancée, Olivia Amber Arrendale. Josh was born January 22, 1983, in LaGrange and lived in Troup County most of his life. He was a 2001 graduate of Callaway High School, was a member...
