Obituaries

Jerry Cunningham

Jerry Cunningham

Jul 6, 2025

Mr. Jerry Cunningham, age 64, of Marietta, GA passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2025. Funeral Services will be held at 12pm on Thursday, July 10, 2025 in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Andrew Cunningham officiating. Burial will follow at Georgia Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 10am until 12pm...

Carolyn Pearl MacLaren Mills

Carolyn Pearl MacLaren Mills

Jul 5, 2025

Carolyn Pearl MacLaren Mills, age 82 of Marietta, Ga passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2025. A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025, at Burnt Hickory Baptist Church in Powder Springs, Ga with Pastor Matt Petty officiating. The family will receive friends from 11am until 12pm prior to the service at 12pm.

Born in Miami, Fl, Ms....

Marthaleen Riker

Marthaleen Riker

Jul 4, 2025

Marthaleen Riker, 82, passed away on July 4, 2025, in Smyrna, GA. Graveside service will be held 12:00 pm, Thursday, July 10, 2025 at Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Burial will follow.

Full obituary will be updated soon.

Neal Ruth

Neal Ruth

Jul 2, 2025

Neal Wade Ruth, 68, passed away on July 2, 2025, in Marietta, GA. Funeral service will be held 11:00 am Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, Georgia. Burial will follow at 3:00 pm at Lakeview Memory Gardens in Phenix City, Alabama.

Family will receive friends Monday, July 14, 2025 from 5:00 PM until...

Frankie Aline Joseph

Frankie Aline Joseph

Jul 2, 2025

Frankie Aline Blackwell Joseph, 79, of Clendenin, WV, passed away unexpectedly at home on July 2, 2025.

She was born May 25, 1946. She was one of four children of the late Malinda Atkins-Blackwell and Leon "Frank" Blackwell. Frankie was raised and lived in Cherokee / Cobb County Georgia the majority of her life.

Frankie married her second husband Michael D Joseph...

Anthony Wayne Halcomb

Anthony Wayne Halcomb

Jul 2, 2025

Anthony Wayne Halcomb, 74, passed away on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Cumming, GA. Graveside service will be held 2:30 pm Sunday, July 13, 2025 at Powder Springs Memorial Gardens in Powder Springs, Georgia with burial to follow.

Wayne was a lifelong resident of Cobb County spending most of his life in Mableton and Kennesaw Georgia before moving to Cumming Georgia...

Abbey Cooler

Abbey Cooler

Jun 30, 2025

Abbey Medcalf Cooler, age 48, of Dallas, GA went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, June 30, 2025. A Celebration of her Life will be held at 3pm on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at Burnt Hickory Baptist Church with Pastor Matt Petty officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior (2pm) to the ceremony at the...

Sterling Lawrence Hedley

Sterling Lawrence Hedley

Jun 30, 2025

Born Sterling Hedley on the 4th of July 1955 to parents Sterling and Betty Hedley, who preceded him in death.

Deacon Sterling Hedley passed away at sixty-nine years of age, in Marietta, Georgia

He married Patricia Hedley in 1980, who presently teaches school in Cobb County Schools system. The Hedley union produced two beautiful children, daughter Jenay, who is (betrothed to Eduard...

Morris Glessner

Morris Glessner

Jun 29, 2025

Morris Glessner, 96, of Speedway and Avon, Indiana passed away peacefully of natural causes surrounded by family on June 29, 2025 in Marietta, Georgia. He was born Swayzee, IN in 1929 to Carmon and Mildred Glessner. At age six he became deaf as a result of meningitis. Morris attended the Indiana School for the Deaf where he excelled in football,...

Cathy Cantrell

Cathy Cantrell

Jun 28, 2025

Miss Cathy Ann Cantrell, age 57, of Greenville, South Carolina, formally of Acworth, Georgia, passed away on June 28, 2025.

Miss Cantrell grew up in Acworth, GA. She participated in Special Olympics, especially the bowling and gymnastics teams. Cathy graduated from Sprayberry High School and worked at the Tommy Nobis Center. She trained for the Special Olympics at the Chattooga School...

Elizabeth R. Sellers

Elizabeth R. Sellers

Jun 28, 2025

A Memorial Service will be held at 2pm on Wednesday, July 9th at the First Baptist Church of Woodstock, 11905 HWY 92, Woodstock.

(Service in the warehouse/youth building)

Beth Sellers, age 80, went home to be with Jesus on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in her home surrounded by her loving family and friends. Beth was born in Dallas, GA on April 4,...

Jennifer Gordon

Jennifer Gordon

Jun 26, 2025

Jennifer Winona Gordon passed away on June 26, 2025. Born in Austell, Georgia on September 18, 1972, she is survived by her parents, Evelyn Landrum Gordon and Bobby Mac Gordon. She is also survived by her much-loved children Johnathan Cole Deering and Ansley Elizabeth Deering, as well as her brother Devin Howard Gordon and his family Anne, Emma, and Jack....

Thomas Joseph Royer

Thomas Joseph Royer

Jun 26, 2025

Thomas Joseph Royer, age 79, of Marietta, Georgia, passed away peacefully on June 26, 2025, at the Benton House in Woodstock, Georgia. 

Born on May 7, 1946, in Waterloo, Iowa, Tom was the youngest son of Wayne and Josephine Royer. He graduated from Columbus High School in Waterloo and remained a lifelong, devoted fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes—he bled Black and...

Michael Joe Reece

Michael Joe Reece

Jun 25, 2025

Michael Joe Reece, lovingly known as Mike, was born on January 8, 1954, in Atlanta, Georgia. He passed away on June 25, 2025, after a courageous but short battle with cancer. Mike’s life was marked by dedication and service, as he worked for the Cobb County Sheriff's Office for an impressive 34 years. Starting as a jailer, he rose through...

Judith "Judy" Ann Hoffmann

Judith "Judy" Ann Hoffmann

Jun 20, 2025

We announce the passing of our beloved Judith Ann Hoffmann (née Bender), affectionately known as “Judy,” who passed away peacefully on June 20, 2025, following complications related to dementia. Though we miss her deeply, we find comfort in knowing she is now at peace.

Judy was born in Orange County, California, and brought a warm, free-spirited presence everywhere she lived. She...

Cheryl Norwood

Cheryl Norwood

Jun 18, 2025

Cheryl S. Norwood was 68 years old and was the beloved wife and best friend of Michael W. Norwood. We had been friends for 14 years before our marriage in 1989.

She was pre-deceased by her mother, father, step-father and both younger sisters. She has a half-brother who ceased contact with us after their baby sister died in 2019.

Cheryl was valedictorian...

Daniel Henry Johnson, Jr.

Daniel Henry Johnson, Jr.

Jun 17, 2025

Daniel Henry Johnson, Jr. passed away on June 17, 2025.  Laid to rest at Georgia National Cemetery.

Gilbert Seru

Gilbert Seru

Jun 15, 2025

In Loving Memory of Mr. Gilbert Lisanza

June 25, 1955 – June 15, 2025

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Mr. Gilbert Lisanza on June 15, 2025, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia. Born in Kenya, Gilbert was a devoted husband to Josephine Abner, a loving father to eight children, and a cherished grandfather and friend.

Gilbert dedicated...

Jack Franklin Tucker

Jack Franklin Tucker

Jun 15, 2025

Jack Tucker, 94, passed away on June 15, 2025, in Austell, GA. Funeral service will be held 2:00 pm on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, Georgia. Burial will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his wife Frances Tucker and daughter Lori Waldrop.

Jack was...

Patricia Mary Bardon

Patricia Mary Bardon

Jun 13, 2025

Patricia Mary Bardon, age 86, of Marietta, GA passed Friday, June 13, 2025. Patricia was born August 21, 1938, in Saranac Lake, NY to Wesley and Margaret (Abare) McClatchie.

On July 11, 1959, Patricia married Michael J. Bardon, Jr. in Westport, NY. Throughout their 65 year marriage they were blessed with five children, Gwen Bardon of Rhinebeck, NY, Shari (Thomas) Harris...