Lucille Mapp

Mrs. Lucille Mapp of Newnan died on Thursday, September 9, 2010, at Piedmont Fayette Hospital. Born Edna Lucille Phillips in Douglasville, Georgia, on September 12, 1921, the third of fifteen children, Mrs. Mapp moved to Newnan with her family during her childhood. A member of Mills Chapel Baptist Church at the time of her death, Mrs. Mapp will be remembered for her abiding love for her large family, numerous friends, and especially her Lord. During her earlier membership at East Newnan Baptist Church, she taught a youth Sunday School class and later a ladies’ class. She gave of her time freely, baking cakes for local nursing home residents and sharing her love with them. During her lifetime she worked for Playtex Industries, American Can Company, Kessler’s Department Store, and did private care for the elderly. Mrs. Mapp is preceded in death by her mother, Dessa Worthan Phillips, and her father, Joseph Clarence Phillips; husbands Ance L. Denny Sr., William V. Slaton, and W. E. Mapp; daughter Mary Ann Denny; sisters Lillian Carol Phillips, Patsy Sue Phillips, Louise Phillips Gazaway, Pauline (Polly) Phillips Key, Betty Jo Phillips Hanson, and Leila Phillips Millians; brothers William Allen Hoyt Phillips, Harvey Lee Phillips, Fred Duncan Phillips, and J. C. Phillips; great-grandsons Robert Nicholas Fields and Daniel Thomas Denny. She is survived by her children Carolyn Fields Smith, Tommy Denny, and Andy and Cynthia Denny, all of Newnan; nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; her siblings Rev. Donald and Jean Phillips of Monroe, GA, C.J. (Junior) and Patricia Phillips of Newnan, Barbara Phillips Thompson of Newnan, Mack and Betty Phillips of Newnan, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are by McKoon Funeral Home at 38 Jackson Street. The family will receive friends on Saturday evening between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM. The funeral service will be on Sunday, September 12th at 2:00 PM in the McKoon Funeral Home chapel with Reverend L. B. Rooks officiating. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Online condolences may be expressed at www.mckoon.com.

Lucille Mapp

September 12, 1921 - September 9, 2010