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Mrs. Lavonia Cranford Gibson
Mrs. Lavonia Cranford Gibson, 80, of Cherokee Street, Newnan, died Thursday, December 21, 2000 at Newnan Hospital.

Mrs. Gibson was born April 16, 1920 in Coweta County, daughter of the late Clifford Alfred Cranford and Emily Power Cranford. A legal secretary, she retired from the Coweta County Solicitor's Office in 1990.

The family will receive friends at McKoon Funeral Home in Newnan today, Dec. 23 from 10 - 11 a.m.

A funeral will be held at McKoon Funeral Home chapel at 11 a.m. today. Dr. Joel E. Richardson will officiate.

Surviving are her son, Ronald Allen Gibson, Rome, Ga.; nephews, Dr. Clifford A. Cranford Jr., John Herbert Cranford, both of Newnan; niece, Candace C. Hancock of Newnan; three grandchildren and 10 great-nieces and great-nephews.

The family requests that flowers be omitted and that memorial contributions be made to the Central Baptist Church of Newnan.

McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, Ga.

Mrs. Virginia Ann Helin
Mrs. Virginia Ann Helin, 77, of Willowbrook Drive, Douglasville died Thursday, December 21, 2000 at Starcrest of Newnan.

Mrs. Helin was born April 26, 1923 in Newnan. She was a bookkeeper.

A funeral was held December 22 at McKoon Funeral Home with Father Leo Herbert officiating. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Two sisters, Jannie Jenkins of Dunwoody and Judy Mapp of Newnan, survive.

McKoon Funeral Home.

Mr. Robert M. Key
Robert M. Key, 71, of Grantville died Thursday, December 21, 2000 at his home.

Mr. Key was born June 15, 1929 in Randolph County, Alabama, son of the late Irving and Zady Lipham Key. A former resident of Columbus and Atlanta, he had lived in Grantville since 1977.

Mr. Key was a member of Midland Masonic Lodge in Columbus. He was a retired commercial and industrial painting contractor.

A funeral will be held today, December 23, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. The Rev. Herschel Phillips will officiate, and interment will be in Grantville Cemetery.

Members of Midland Masonic Lodge will serve as pallbearers and will provide Masonic graveside rites.

Survivors include his wife, Elaine Key of Grantville; sons and daughter-in-law, Jeffery Key of Grantville, Irving and Melissa Key of Newnan; daughter, Gwenn Sinns of Newnan; godson, Alan English of Caryville, Florida; and four grandchildren.

McKibben Funeral Home, Hogansville.

Mrs. Marion Davis Smith
Mrs. Marion Davis Smith, 74, died Friday, Dec. 22 at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange, Ga.

Born on Jan. 17, 1926 in Coweta County, Mrs. Smith was a graduate of Newnan High School and LaGrange College.

Burial will be at 3 p.m. today at Hillview East Cemetery in LaGrange with pastor Hope Taylor officiating.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband, Porter G. Smith; a daughter and son-in-law, Ginny Smith and Gene Caldwell; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Theo Burns Smith, Porter G. Smith Jr. and Jo Titus Smith; two grandchildren, Titus G. Smith and Kathryn Smith; and a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law, Henry G. Smith Jr. and Helen Smith.

Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Home.

Mrs. Homer Rutledge Ellis
Mrs. Homer Rutledge Ellis, 83, of Pintail Drive, Newnan, died Friday, Dec. 22 at Happy Haven.

A graveside funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 27 at Oakland Cemetery with a Druid Hills Methodist Church minister officiating.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26 at McKoon Funeral Home in Newnan.

Mrs. Ellis was born Sept. 17, 1917 in Cairo, Ga.

Survivors include nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Caroline Harris
Mrs. Caroline Harris, 89, of Cowet Street, Senoia, died Friday Dec. 22 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Sellers-Smith Funeral Home in Newnan.

Mr. James F. "Jimmy" Jordan

Mr. James F. "Jimmy" Jordan, 73, of Newnan, died Saturday, Dec. 23, at his home.

Mr. Jordan was born in DeKalb County, son of Rosser Frank Jordan Sr. and Myrtle Brown Jordan. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict. He was retired from Georgia Power as senior operating procedures specialist. In retirement, he pursued his hobbies of book collecting and building replicas of vintage World War I and II airplanes.

A funeral will be Wednesday, Dec. 27 at 2 p.m. at McKoon Funeral Home. The Rev. Frank Powers will officiate, and burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday between 6-9 p.m.

Surviving are his wife, Alice Criswell Jordan; daughters, Denise Smith of Newnan and Sandra Vaughn of Brunswick; sons, Jimmy Jordan Jr. of Dahlonega; Elliott "Corky" Jordan of Newnan, Charles W. Jordan of San Diego, Calif., and Jeffery Jordan of Newnan; and 16 grandchildren.

McKoon Funeral Home.

Mrs. Jeanelle Lockridge
Mrs. Jeanelle Lockridge, 81, of Sharpsburg, died Friday, Dec. 22, at Emory Peachtree Regional Hospital of heart and respiratory failure.

Mrs. Lockridge was born May 26, 1919, in Paulding County. She was the first in her family to attend college. She earned her teaching degree at West Georgia College and began a 30-year teaching career in Coosa County, where she met her husband, Claude Coleman Lockridge. Mrs. Lockridge had a passion for teaching and was known for the posters and art she used as teaching tools. She taught primarily the second and fourth grades and won many awards. Mrs. Lockridge was chosen to be the first teacher to teach an integrated class in Fulton County.

Mrs. Lockridge attended the Colonial Hill Baptist Church in East Point, and attended First Baptist Church of Newnan after moving to Newnan in 1976.

A funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at McKoon Funeral Home. The Rev. Don Helms and Dr. James Stewart will officiate, and burial will be in Westview Cemetery. The family will receive visitors on Wednesday from 5-9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Surviving are her son, Stanley C. Lockridge of Sharpsburg; sisters, Reba Jones of Stockbridge and Marcia Prodanovich of Shalimar, Fla.; and brother, Forest H. Leathers of Sky Valley.

McKoon Funeral Home.

Mrs. Bernice Stone
Mrs. Bernice Stone, 83, of Newnan, died Dec. 23, 2000, at Emory Peachtree Regional Hospital.

Mrs. Stone was born in Heard County to Jesse and Edna Rainey Reagan. She was a member of Westview Christian Church, and was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Earl Stone.

A funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at McKoon Funeral Home. Pastor Tony Sullivan will officiate and burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to the service, starting at noon.

Surviving are her children, Edna Alice Newnan and her husband, Travis and Marie Powell and her husband, Brown; grandchildren, Alan and Matthew Newman, and Buddy Powell, all of Newnan; sister, Sara Walton of Fayetteville; and brothers, George Reagan of Newnan and Charlie Reagan of Fayetteville.

McKoon Funeral Home.

Mr. Herbert Strickland
Mr. Herbert Strickland, 63, of Newnan, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000, at Newnan Hospital.

Mr. Strickland was born March 23, 1937, in Carrollton. He was a retired machine operator at James River Corp.

A funeral was held Sunday at Welcome All Baptist Church. Pastor Paul Stitcher and Tommy McLeroy officiated and burial was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Serving as pallbearers were Doug Attaway, Chip Clay, Bill Hathcock, Larry Pick, Mick Slayton, Mark Vineyard and Barry Walker.

Surviving are his wife, Merriam Strickland; son, Todd Strickland of Newnan; sisters, Lena Chapman and Betty Marks of Whitesburg; brother, John Strickland of Whitesburg; sister, Mary Vandiver of Carroll County; and grandson, Trevor Todd Strickland of Newnan.

McKoon Funeral Home.

Mrs. Caroline Harris
Mrs. Caroline Harris, 89, of Senoia, died Friday, Dec. 22, at Piedmont Hospital.

A funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Moreland. The Rev. Milton Holston will officiate and burial will be in the Neriah Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7-8 Tuesday evening. The cortege will assemble at the residence, Coweta Street, Senoia, at 1 p.m.

Sellers Smith Funeral Home.

Miss Jessica C. Wilson
Miss Jessica C. Wilson, 13, of Newnan, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000.

Miss Wilson was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church and a strong Christian. She was also a member of the Coweta Cannons Soccer Club.

A celebration service will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Crossroads Church.

Surviving are her parents, Tim T. and Gerri Wilson; brother, Taylor Wilson; and three grandparents.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Children's Hospice Program, a division of Hospice Atlanta, 1244 Park Vista Drive, Atlanta, Ga., 30319.

Cremation Society of the South.

Miss Evelyn Byrom

Miss Maggie Evelyn "Ebbie" Byrom, 88, of J. Walter Byrom Road, Sharpsburg, died Sunday, Dec. 24, at her home.
Visitation will be held between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, at McKoon Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Dec. 28, at 3 p.m. at Bethel Methodist Church. Ray King, T.G. Hall, Don Bedsell and Ken Hamilton will preside.
Miss Byron was born April 3, 1912, in Coweta County, to J. Walter and Maggie Lou Bell Byrom. She was retired from the Newnan Western Auto Store, where she worked as a secretary.
Miss Byrom is survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Bonnie and Bill Amis of Newnan, brothers and sisters-in-law, Doug and Sally Byrom of Sharpsburg, Robert and Ann Byrom of Newnan; nieces and nephews.
McKoon Funeral Home.

Mrs. Sarah Copeland

Mrs. Sarah Truitt Copeland, 87, of Carrollton and a former resident of Hogansville, died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2000, at Fayette Community Hospital in Fayetteville.
The funeral service will be conducted at 4 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 28, in the Chapel of the Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. The Reverend Don Wells and the Reverend Woodrow Hudson will officiated and interment will be in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Hogansville. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 until 9 Wednesday night.
Mrs. Copeland was born Dec. 9, 1913, in Troup County, daughter of the late Ben and Alice Pittman Truitt. She had lived at Carrollton since 1962, was a member of the Whitesburg Baptist Church and was retired from West Point Pepperell in Newnan. She was the wife of the late John P. Copeland.
Survivors include two sons, Lanny Copeland of Fayetteville, John C. Copeland of Suwanee; one sister, Mrs. Ruth McKay of Hampton, Va.; one brother, Howard Truitt of Lakeland, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
McKibben Funeral Home, Hogansville.

Mrs. Gladys Couch

Mrs. Gladys Couch, 57, of Newnan, died Saturday, Dec. 23, at Emory-Peachtree Regional Hospital.
Visitation will be held between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, at McKoon Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Dec. 28, at 11 a.m., at McKoon Funeral Home. Rev. Doug Anderson will preside. Interment will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Roscoe Road.
A homemaker, Mrs. Couch was born June 14, 1943, in Fairfield, Ill. She is survived by her husband, George Eugene Couch of Newnan; mother, Gladys Heely of California; sons, Carl Couch, David Couch, both of Newnan, John Couch of North Carolina; daughters and sons-in-law, Violet and Kevin Jerome, Angie and Joseph Swann, all of Newnan; four sisters and seven grandchildren.
McKoon Funeral Home.

Mrs. Mary Lorene Duffey

Mrs. Mary Lorene Duffey, 81, of Newnan, died Friday, Dec. 22, at Newnan Hospital.
Funeral Services were held at McKoon Funeral Home on Saturday, Dec. 23, at 2 p.m., following an afternoon visitation. The Rev. Jimmy Fleming presided, with interment at Bethel Methodist Church.
A homemaker, Duffey was born on Dec. 4, 1919, in Alabama. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Roger and Janet Duffey, Ronald J. and Iris Duffey, Tyrone and Freida Duffey, all of Newnan; daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and Mike Faires of Tallahassee, Fla.; brother, Frank Earles of Roanoke, Ala.; and sisters, Lena Almon of Morrow, Jean Earles of Valley, Ala., Lamural Moore of Valley, Ala., Sara Pepper of West Point.
McKoon Funeral Home.

Mr. Homer Rutledge Ellis

Mr. Homer Rutledge Ellis, 83, of Pintail Drive, Newnan, died Friday, Dec. 22 at Happy Haven.
A graveside service will be held today, at 2 p.m. Wed., Dec. 27, at Oakland Cemetery. The Reverend Gary Parrish will preside. Visitation was held Tuesday evening.
Mr. Ellis, a state employee, was born Sept. 17, 1917, in Cairo, Georgia. Survivors include several nieces and nephews, including Leon Ellis of Gainesville, Robert Ellis of Commerce, Arthur Orr of Newnan, David Orr of Newnan, Grace Green of Newnan, Patricia Parham of Ellenwood, Roslen Pike of Moreland, Kathryn Whitlock of Marietta.
McKoon Funeral Home.

Mr. Jimmy W. Gamble

Mr. James W. Gamble, 49, of Hogansville, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000, at Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Va.
The funeral service will e conducted at 2 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 28 in the Chapel of the Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. The Reverend Willie L. Spradlin will officiate and interment will be in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Hogansville.
Pallbearers will be Dwight Todd, Tony Shirey, Charles Gamble, David Gamble, Bobby Gamble, Mark Sharples and Daryl Cleveland.
Mr. Gamble was born Oct. 20, 1951 in Hogansville, son of Mrs. Imma Spradlin Gamble of Hogansville and the late Billy E. Gamble. He was a member of the Baptist faith and was employed as a carpenter.
Survivors in addition to his mother, include three brothers, David Gamble, Charles Gamble and Bobby Gamble, all of Hogansville and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
McKibben Funeral Home, Hogansville.

Mrs. Ruby Horne

Mrs. Ruby Thompson Horne, 86, of Hogansville, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000 at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange.
The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27 in the Chapel of the Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. The Reverend Charles Chapman and the Reverend Randall Hodge will officiate and interment will be in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Hogansville.
Pallbearers will be Stanley Shaw, Alan Shaw, Steve Shaw, Keith Horne, Jason Horne and Harold Tillman.
Mrs. Horne was born April 24, 1914, in Dodge County, daughter of the late Willie and Aurelia Bryant Thompson. She lived in Hogansville for 54 years and was retired from Uniroyal, Inc. She was a member of the Hogansville Church of God and was a former church pianist.
Survivors include her husband, Ira V. Horne; daughters and sons-in-laws, Eillie and Billy Shaw of LaGrange, Barbara and Danny Goolsby of Warner Robins; son and daughter-in-law, Wendell and Karen Horne of st. Augustine, Fla.; a step-daughter, Doris Daniel of Warner Robins; brother, J.P. Thompson of Florida; nine grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
McKibben Funeral Home, Hogansville.

Mrs. Jeanelle Lockridge

Mrs. Jeanelle Lockridge, 81, of Newnan, died Friday, Dec. 22 at Emory Peachtree Regional Hospital.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Dec. 28 at the chapel of McKoon Funeral Home with Rev. Don Helms and Dr. James Stewart officiating. Interment will be in Westview Cemetery in Atlanta.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday evening between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Mrs. Lockridge is survived by her son, Stanley C. Lockridge of Sharpsburg; sisters Reba Jones of McDonough and Marcia Prodanovich of Florida; brother, Forest H. Leathers of Sky Valley, Georgia.
An elementary school teacher, Mrs. Lockridge began teaching school in Coosa County, Georgia, where she met her husband, Claude Coleman Lockridge, from Rome, Georgia. Mrs. Lockridge distinguished herself professionally in a number of ways. She was the first teacher to teach an integrated class in Fulton County. Her career spanned 30 years.
Mrs. Lockridge attended Colonial Hills Baptist Church in East Point, Georgia, for many years and then First Baptist Church in Newnan after moving to Newnan with her husband.
McKoon Funeral Home.

Mrs. Caroline Watson

Mrs. Caroline Watson, 77, of Senoia, died Friday, Dec. 22, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 27, at 2 p.m., at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. Milton Holston, Rev. Norwert Hill and Pastor Paul Pittman will preside. Interment will be at the Neriah Baptist Church Cemetery in Senoia.
Mrs. Harris was born Dec. 24, 1922, in Meriwether County, to Henry and Ophelia Watson. She joined the Sassie Grove Baptist Church in Senoia at an early age. She was married to the late Luther Harris, Sr.
Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Virginia and Charles Jackson of Dayton, OH, Violet Smith of Senoia, Carolyn Ann Martin of Peachtree City, Angela Harris of Senoia; daughters and son-in-law Barbara and Moses Printup of Atlanta; sons and daughters-in-law, Luther and Virginia Harris of Senoia, Willie Andrews and Joanne Harris of Atlanta, William and Maxine Harris of Atlanta, Kenneth Harris of Senoia, Randy Lee and and Tammy Harris of Senoia, Darrell and Kim Harris of Senoia; brothers and sisters-in-law, Johnny and Mozell Watson of Senoia, Joe and Lizzie Mae Watson of Atlanta, Rufus Watson of Senoia, Olin and Tommie Lou Watson of Senoia, Russell and Mable Watson of Dayton, OH, Maggie Watson; sisters and brother-in-law, Nellie Kate and Albert Weston, Jessie Harden, all of Atlanta; 32 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Sellers-Smith Funeral Home

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Mrs. Myrtice Taylor Wright

Mrs. Myrtice Taylor Wright, 81, of Hogansville, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000, at Rockdale County Hospital in Conyers.
The funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Welcome All Baptist Church in Hogansville. The Reverend Tommy McLeroy and the Reverend Paul Stitcher will officiate and interment will be in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Hogansville.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Mrs. Wright was born Sept. 28, 1919 in Crisp County, daughter of the late John and Lillie Wright Taylor. She has lived in Hogansville since 1935 and was a member of Welcome All Baptist Church. She retired from Uniroyal, Inc. after 43 years of service and was the wife of the late Vester Wright.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Annette Boyd of LaGrange; two sons, Ronnie Wright of Conyers and Danny Wright of Newnan; two sisters, Mrs. Lois Breed and Mrs. Thelma Sparks, both of Valley, Ala.; nine grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
The Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home of Hogansville is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Edythe Estep Harris
Mrs. Edythe Estep Harris, 97, of Newnan, died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2000, at Beaulieu Convalescent Center.

Mrs. Harris was born to the late Eli Cleveland and Helen Fulcher Estep in Saba County, Texas, in 1903. Mrs. Harris had lived in Newnan for 12 years, having moved here from Lubbock, Texas. She attended Southwest Texas State and West Texas State, and was a school teacher for several years. She married John Wesley Harris in 1924, was a member of the First United Methodist Church for over 60 years, and was a charter member of the 1935 Study Club.

A grave-side service will be held Friday, Dec. 29, 2000, at 2 p.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The Revs. Gary Parrish and Terry Thompkins will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at McKoon Funeral Home.

Surviving are her daughter Mrs. Dean (Sue) Sterling; grandchildren, Richard and Micki Weintraub, Karen and Randy Deaton, and Mr. and Mrs. Wynn Sterling; seven great grandchildren, four great great grandchildren; a brother and sister, and a number of nieces and nephews.

McKoon Funeral Home.

Mrs. Virginia McMichael Helin
Mrs. Virginia McMichael Helin, 77, of Newnan, died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2000, at Starcrest of Newnan.

Mrs. Helin was born April 26, 1923, in Newnan. She was a member of St. Georgia Catholic Church, and a retired bank teller.

A funeral was held Friday, Dec. 22, 2000, at McKoon Funeral Home. Father Leo Herbert officiated, and burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Surviving are her sister, Judy M. Mapp of Newnan; and her niece, Deborah Jenkins of Duluth.

McKoon Funeral Home.

Mr. Robert G. Mason
Mr. Robert G. Mason, 55, of Sharpsburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2000 at Newnan Hospital.

Mr. Mason was born April 23, 1945, in Leighton, Ala., to the late Herman and Laura Sherfield Mason. He was a machinist, and a member of Southside Baptist Church. Mr. Mason was preceded in death by a daughter, Tammy M. Carroll.

A funeral will be held Thursday, Dec. 28, 2000, at 3 p.m. at Hillcrest Chapel. The Rev. S.R. Jones will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Lonnie Campbell. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Surviving are his wife, Margaret Mason; son, Robert A. Mason of Sharpsburg; son-in-law, Mickey L. Carroll of Peachtree City; grandchildren Meghan and Malory Carroll of Peachtree City and Tony and Tyler Gaddy of Sharpsburg; sisters, Mable McCollum, Lela Hall, and Gladys Letsinger, all of Leighton, and Ester Lou Spiegel of Grand Prairie, Texas; and brother, George Mason of Stockbridge.

Martin and Hightower, Hillcrest Chapel.

Mr. Charlie E. Pitts
Mr. Charles E. Pitts, 75, of Newnan, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2000, at his home.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville.

Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville.

Mr. Herbert Strickland
Mr. Herbert Strickland, 63, of Newnan, died Saturday, December 23, 2000 at Newnan Hospital.

Mr. Strickland was born March 23, 1937 in Carrollton, Ga. He worked at James Rivers as a machine operator.

The family received friends Saturday, Dec. 23 from 6-9 p.m. at McKoon Funeral Home.

A funeral was Sunday, Dec. 24 at 2 p.m. at Welcome All Baptist Church. Pastor Paul Stitcher and Pastor Tommy McLeroy officiated. Burial was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Roscoe Road.

Pallbearers were Doug Attaway, Chip Clay, Bill Hathcock, Larry Pike, Mick Slaton, Mark Vineyard, Barry Walker, Larry Washington.

Surviving are his wife, Merriam Strickland of Newnan; son, Todd Strickland, Newnan; sisters, Lena Chapman and Betty Marks, both of Whitesburg, Ga. and Mary Vandiver of Carroll County, Ga.; brother, John Strickland of Whitesburg; grandchild, Trevor Todd Strickland, Newnan.

Contributions may be made to the Welcome All Baptist Church Building Fund.

McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, Ga.

Mr. Terry L. Hendricks
Mr. Terry L. Hendricks, 44, of Hogansville, died Tuesday, December 26, 2000 at his home.

A funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 in the chapel of the Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. Pastor Terry McComb will officiate and burial will be in Ketchem, Oklahoma. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon until 2 p.m. Saturday.

Mr. Hendricks was born August 28, 1956 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he graduated from Harrison High School in 1974, and was a member of Colorado Springs Seventh Day Adventist Church. He had lived in Hogansville for a number of years and had been employed at Yamaha Manufacturing in Newnan.

Surviving are his wife, Susie Monahan Hendricks of Hogansville; daughter, Dr. Barbara Packer of Rockmart; his parents, Bill and Arlene Hendricks of Ketchum, Oklahoma; two brothers, Bill Hendricks Jr. of Colorado Springs and Rick Hendricks of Vinita, Oklahoma; a half-brother, Michael Chadwick of Idaho.l

Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville, Ga.

Mr. Jonnie Trammell Paschal
Mr. Jonnie Trammell Paschal, 83, of Newnan, Ga., formerly of Heard County, Ga., died Thursday, December 28, 2000 at Newnan Hospital after an extended illness.

Mr. Paschal was born in Heard County, Georgia November 19, 1917 to the late Heaber Cliford Paschal, and Claudia Lee Adams. He was a retired machinist for the William L Bonnell Company in Newnan. He was a faithful member of the Centralhatchee Baptist Church, and a loving husband and father. He was a member of the Sylvan Masonic Lodge.

A funeal will be Saturday, Dec. 30 at 2 p.m. at Salem Methodist Church with the Reverends Doug Bingham, Lynn Janney and Herbert Chambers officiating. Mr. Paschal will lie in state at the church from 1:30 p.m. until the service hour. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, Martha Paschal of Newnan; son, Gene Fletcher Paschal, also of Newnan; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.

Tom Stutts and Son Funeral Home, Franklin, Ga.

Mr. Kermon Denney
Mr. Kermon Denney, 71, of Franklin, Ga. died December 23, 2000 at the Newnan Hospital.

Mr. Denney was born May 26, 1929 in Randolph County, Ala., son of Ary Butler Denny Skinner and O-Lee Denney. He was a building contractor and served his country in the United States Army. Mr. Denney was a Presbyterian by faith.

Funeral services for Mr. Denney were conducted Wednesday, December 23, 2000 at 2 p.m. from the Tom Stutts and Son Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Gerald Batchelor and Lynn Janney officiating.

Survivors include his mother, Ary Butler Skinner; two daughter, Nancy Godsin of Roopville, Ga., and Kathy Burns of Carrollton, Ga.; four sons Doyle Denney of Carroll County, Jack Denney of Colorado Springs, Col., Joseph Wolski and Paul Wolski both of Franklin, Ga.; six sisters, Wilma Broun of Grantville, Ga., Offie Carter of Lawrenceville, Ga., Brenda Gail Coleman of Newnan, Geraldine Johnson of Grantville, Ga., Sara Nell Mapp of Newnan, and Dorothy Gentry of Ala; one brother William Denney of Oxford, England; fifteen grand-children; and eleven great-grandchildren.

Tom Stutts and Son Funeral Home, Franklin, Ga.

Mr. Herman Eugene Gaddis
Mr. Herman Eugene Gaddis, 57, of Franklin, Ga. died December 21, 2000 at the LaGrange Hospice in LaGrange, Ga.

Mr. Gaddis was born in Cobb County, Georgia, son of Paul Gaddis, Sr. and Pearl Hyde Gaddis.

Mr. Gaddis was a house-painter by trade and a Christian by faith.

Funeral services for Mr. Gaddis were Saturday, December 23, 2000 at 11 a.m. at the Tom Stutts and Son Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Lynn Janney officiated. The burial followed at the Mount Bethel Cemetery in Roswell, Ga.

Other than his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife Diane Roper Gaddis.

Survivors include one daughter and son Kelly Gaddis Scott and Michael Gaddis both of Franklin, Ga.; three sisters, Doris Redman of Augusta, Ga., Shirley Gaddis of St. Simons Island, Ga., and Thelma Luftrell of Dallas, Ga.; and one brother Paul Gaddis, Jr. of Hiram, Ga.

Tom Stutts and Son Funeral Home, Franklin, Ga.

Mrs. Maymie H. Lee
Mrs. Maymie H. Lee, 79, of Peachtree City died Friday, December, 29, 2000 at the Douglas General Hospital in Douglasville.

Mrs. Lee was born November 30, 1921 in Fulton County daughter of Warner and Kate Moore Hill. She lived in Peachtree City for 40 years and was retired from Dixie Frozen Foods. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 127 in Atlanta. She was a Methodist.

Survivors include a daughter and son in-law, Katherine and Lonnie Ivey, and a grandson, Andy Ivey all of Sharpsburg.

Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville, Ga.

Mrs. Martha Jean Addison McKenzie
Mrs. Martha Jean Addison McKenzie, 54, of Newnan died Saturday, December 30, 2000 at the Emory-Peachtree Regional Hospital.

Mrs. McKenzie was a homemaker.

The family will receive visitors on Monday, January 1, 2001 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at McKoon Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 2, 2000 at 2 p.m. Rev. Roy Lee Coggin will officiate. The burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Survivors are her husband Jimmy McKenzie, father Jim Addison, son Jimmy McKenzie, Jr., and daughter Vicky Pizar all of Newnan; two brothers Billy Jo Addison, and Charles Addison; three grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Mr. W. L. Rogers
Mr. W. L. Rogers, 71, of Franklin, Ga. died Monday, December 25, 2000 at the Peachtree Regional Hospital in Newnan.

Mr. Rogers was born May 4, 1929 in Heard County, Ga., son of Olin Spears Rogers and Lillian Arrington Rogers. He was a retired machine operator for the Callaway Mills in LaGrange, Ga. He was a Christian.

Funeral services for Mr. Rogers were Tuesday, December 26, 2000 at 2 p.m. at the Tom Stutts and Son Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Stanley Rogers and Rev. Lynn Janney officiated.

Survivors include four daughters Judy Massa and Janice Ball both of Franklin, Ga., Jackie Jones of Castleberry, Ala. and Wanda Keel of Whitesburg, Ga.; one son Douglas Rogers of Franklin, Ga., two sisters, Gladys Spivey and Katie McCoy both of Newnan; three brothers, Robert Rogers of Grantville, Ga., Ray Rogers and Laymon Rogers both of Newnan; a Friend Irene Dean of Franklin; fourteen grandchildren and eleven great grand children.

Tom Stutts and Son Funeral Home, Franklin, Ga.

Mrs. Mary McKoon Wilkerson
Mrs. Mary Wilkerson, 86, of Hogansville died Friday, December 29, 2000 at Florence Hand Home in LaGrange.

Mrs. Wilkerson was born May 16, 1914 in Meriwether County daughter of Emmett Hope McKoon and Lula Perkins McKoon. She was a lifelong resident of the Hogansville are and was a member of Union Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday December 31 in the Claude A. McKibben and Sons Chapel. Rev. Bill Smith will officiate. The burial will follow at Union Baptist Church Cemetery in the St. Marks Community of Meriwether county.

Other than her parents, she was preceded in dezath by her husband Smith Wilkerson.

Survivors include several nephews and cousins.

Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville, Ga.

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