November 09 2001

 

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Rivington Fields Hight Jr.

Rivington Fields Hight Jr. died Oct. 30, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan. He was born Aug. 8, 1944 in Newnan, the son of Rivington Fields and Helen Tate Hight Sr. He was 18 months old when meeting his father for the first time, when he returned home from Europe after World War II. A graduate of the Coweta County public schools, he was voted “wittiest” at Newnan High School. He attended the University of Georgia, West Georgia College and earned a degree in business from Georgia State University. Before entering the Army he worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C. He attended the Japanese Language School in Monterey, Calif. and was then transferred to Tokyo.
While in language school he met Kiyomi Yamamoto and they married in Tokyo in June, 1968. After military service he remained in Japan.
Graveside services were at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with the Rev. Lee Ayres officiating.
Friends and colleagues at the American Club in Tokyo conducted a memorial service.
Survivors include his wife, Anna Martynova of Khabaroush, Russia; children from his first marriage, Maria Hight Resnick, Durango, Colo., Rivington F. Hight III, Tokyo, and Ian Geoffrey Hight, Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode Island.
McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

James J. Henry Sr.

James J. Henry Sr., 75, Newnan, died Oct. 31, 2001. He was born July 5, 1926 in Roanoke, Ala. He has served in the United States Navy in World War II and was a service contractor in the mobile home industry.
Services were at the Miracle Tabernacle with Brother Richard Clay and the Rev. Charles Chapman officiating. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Clay Henry, Newnan; sons Johnie and Sandra Henry, and Wayne and Linda Reese, all of Newnan; daughters Linda and Roger Coffield, Conway, N.C., and Sylvia and Larry Estes, Hogansville, Ga.; brothers Buddy Henry, Roanoke, Ala., Billy Henry, Lanette, Ala., Roger Henry, Newnan, and Leroy Henry, West Point, Ga.; sisters Ann Baldwin and Julie Landers, both of Roanoke, Ala.; six grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

Jo Marie Houze

Jo Marie Houze, 67, Newnan, died Nov. 1, 2001. She was born May 27, 1934 in Gadsden, Ala., but spent most of her life in Atlanta, moving to Newnan in 1981. She was preceded in death by her mother, Lorene D. Chastain. She was an active member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Post 57 in Newnan.
Services were at the Jones Funeral Home chapel with Richard Stender officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Newnan.
Survivors include her companion, Paul Pray, Newnan; sisters Ann Cheek, Lawrenceville, and Charlene and Steve Atkinson, Newnan.
Jones Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

Katherine Hill McNeil

Katherine Hill McNeil, 75, Newnan, died Oct. 30, 2001. She was born June 21, 1926 in Fulton County, the daughter of the late Choice Andrew and Callie Hartsfield Hill. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Augustus McNeil Jr., in 1958. She was a bookkeeper, retiring from Kason Industries in Newnan. She was a member of the Pilot Club of Newnan, serving as past president and past lieutenant governor; was active in the First United Methodist Church of Newnan, the Veatch-Nixon Sunday School class, the Methodist Women, the senior choir and volunteered at the community food pantry and the Newnan-Coweta Public Library.
Services were at the Newnan First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gary Parrish and the Rev. Larry Patton officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Newnan.
Survivors include sons Steve and Mary McNeil, Tallahassee, Fla., Patrick and Mary McNeil, Burlington, Kan., Andy and Barbara McNeil, Richland, Wash., and John McNeil, Newnan; grandchildren Ellen McNeil Klug, Bryn McNeil, Stephen McNeil Jr., Renee McNeil, William McNeil, Shelly Pattison, Brittain McNeil and Davis McNeil; two great-grandchildren; brothers Mr. and Mrs. James Harold Hill, Athens, Tenn., and Mr. and Mrs. Foster “Skeet” Hill, Alpharetta, and a sister, Martha Hill Day, Alpharetta.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Newnan First United Methodist Church, 33 Greenville Street, Newnan, GA 30263.
McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

James Buford Thacker

James Buford Thacker, 59, Newnan, died Nov. 1, 2001. He was born June 2, 1942 in Coweta County. He had been a custodian for the Board of Education.
Services were at the McKoon Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Harry Parkerson officiating. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan.
Survivors include sons David Thacker and Michael Thacker, both of Newnan; a daughter, Shelia and Edward Wadsworth, Newnan; a sister, Louvenia Newman, and four grandchildren.
McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, was in charge.

Robert Eddie Webb

Robert Eddie Webb, 71, Newnan, died Nov. 1, 2001. He was born Dec. 19, 1929 in Porterdale, Ga. and was retired from the James Rivers Corp. He was a member of the East Newnan Baptist Church, Sylvan Lodge 429 and the Newnan Shrine Club.
Services were at the East Newnan Baptist Church with the Rev. Frank Powers and the Rev. Gary Howard officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with Masonic honors.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Webb, Newnan; a son, Dwight A. Webb, Monterey, Calif.; daughters Joy W. Morgan, Newnan, and Christy L. Webb, Palatka, Fla.; a brother, Roy Webb Jr., Covington, Ga.; a sister, Betty Jean Smith, Covington, Ga.; grandchildren Mark A. Webb, Jacksonville, Fla., Shannon Morgan and Holly Morgan, both of Newnan, and Ashley M. Kelley, Charleston, S.C., and a great-grandchild, Tyler Cole Kelley, Charleston S.C.
Martin & Hightower Hillcrest Chapel, Newnan, was in charge.