Obituaries
Jean Carson
Oct 19, 2019
Jean Hendon Carson (Willa Jean), age 81, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away Saturday, October 19, 2019. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Terry Elsner and Mr. Mark Hendon officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta. Born in...
Michael Rooks
Oct 19, 2019
Michael Kent Rooks, age 77, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Saturday, October 19, 2019. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, October 25, 2019 at Floyd Road Baptist Church in Austell with Rev. Keith Collins and Richard Metcalf officiating. Born in Texas, Mr. Rooks moved to Marietta, GA 30 years ago from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He worked...
Rosalie Jeannette Smith
Oct 18, 2019
Rosalie Jeannette Smith, age 84, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away Friday, October 18, 2019. A Memorial Service will be held at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. A long-time resident of Powder Springs, Mrs. Smith retired after a career as a government employee ending at the Centers for Disease...
Celida M. Cintron
Oct 18, 2019
Celida M. Cintron, age 67, of Acworth, Georgia passed away Friday, October 18, 2019. Memorial services will be held at a later date in Puerto Rico. Born in Puerto Rico, Mrs. Cintron retired after a career at Lockheed Martin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Martin Cintron, Jr., in 2018. She is survived by 2 children, Eric Rivera...
Marie Calandre
Oct 16, 2019
Marie Calandre, age 64, of Carrollton, Georgia passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2019. She is preceded in death by her mother Ilosane Calandre, father Gabriel Calandre, grandmother Venelie Ledoux, two stillborn children, some cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. The Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Mount Paran Church in Atlanta, with an open...
Latasha Ann Potts
Oct 14, 2019
Latasha Ann Potts, age 39, of Powder Springs, Georgia went to be with Jesus on October 14, 2019. Tasha graduated from McEachern High School where she was a member of the Marching Band and Dance team. She was full of life and had a heart of gold. She was taken from us too soon. There will be a celebration of...
Dawn Wilson
Oct 14, 2019
Dawn Eileen Wilson, age 52, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away Monday, October 14, 2019. A Celebration of her Life will be held from 2:00 pm until 5:00 pm on Sunday, October 20, 2019 at West Metro Church of Christ in Hiram, GA. Born in Marietta, GA, Dawn lived in several states throughout the Southeast before moving back to Cobb...
Joseph B. "Joey" Davenport Jr.
Oct 12, 2019
Joseph B. Davenport Jr. “Joey”, age 62, from Marietta, GA passed away on Saturday October 12, 2019. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at Green Acre Baptist Church with Pastor Iuveni Gutierrez officiating. Joey was a native of Ducktown, TN and has lived most of his live in Marietta, GA. He was a...
Theresa Mary DeBenedittis
Oct 10, 2019
Theresa Mary DeBenedittis, age 63, of Marietta, Georgia passed away October 10, 2019. Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta. Theresa was a native of Long Island, NY and has lived the last 17 years in Marietta, Ga. Survivors include her beloved Sophie, Mom...
Joseph L. Thompson III
Oct 8, 2019
Joseph L. "Joe Joe" Thompson, III, age 68, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Larry Ritch officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. Born in Washington, DC, Mr. Thompson...
Frances Terry Shields
Oct 7, 2019
Frances Terry Shields passed away Monday October 7, 2019 in a Cobb County Hospital. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, October 11, 2019 at Floyd Road Baptist Church in Austell with Rev. Keith Collins officiating. Interment will follow at 3:00 pm at Oaknoll Memorial Gardens in Rome, Georgia. Frances Mitchell was born April 24, 1927 in...
John Francis Courtney
Oct 7, 2019
John Francis Courtney, age 79, recently of Powder Springs, GA, passed away on October 7, 2019 at his residence surrounded by family. He previously lived in the Tampa/St. Petersburg Florida area and grew up in Dorchester and West Roxbury, Mass. He graduated from Roslindale High School in 1958 and served in the U.S.Navy. He is survived by his wife of...
Thomas Colen Mason Jr.
Oct 2, 2019
UPDATED...Thomas Colen Mason, Jr., “Tommy”, 73, of the Atlanta, Georgia area, passed away on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. Tommy was born in Savannah, GA on August 16, 1946. Was the son of the late CDR. Thomas C. Mason (USN Ret.) and Cecile M. Mason. Most of his ancestral family came from Georgia. Maddie, his beloved wife, predeceased Tommy several years...
Brenda D. Zimmerman
Oct 1, 2019
Brenda D. Zimmerman. Age 73 , of Marietta, GA passed away October 1, 2019. Graveside service will be held on October 5, 2019 at 11:00 AM. at Mt Harmony Memorial Gardens on Veterans Memorial Hwy, Mableton, Ga. Survivors include Robert N. Lee, daughters Karen Gladden(Mike Gladden), Sherry Sun, Jodie Agoney(Brian Agoney), Grandchildren are Todd Gladden(Nikki), Ryan Gladden(Jenny), Tyler Gladden, Jonathan...
Katherine Louise Harris
Sep 27, 2019
HARRIS, Katherine Louise, 93, passed away peacefully at Ross Memorial Health Care Center on September 27. She was born March 23, 1926 in Coryell County, Gatesville, Texas to John Luther and Ruth Love Bond. She was a graduate of Gatesville High School and upon graduating she began her working career as a Dental Assistant at Ft. Hood Texas as a...
Florence Medicia Wells
Sep 26, 2019
Florence Medicia Wells (Flo) proceeded on her spiritual journey September 26, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta. Preceded in heaven by her husband of 59 years, Louis J. Wells, Jr., son, Randy Wells, and daughter, Susan Finley. Survivors include daughter, Debbie Phillips...
Wesley F. Henson
Sep 26, 2019
Wesley F. Henson, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019. Arrangements will be announced.
Mary J. Cobb
Sep 26, 2019
Mary Lou "Jo" Jones Cobb, age 88, of Marietta passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019. A memorial service will be held 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 29, 2019 at GracePointe Marietta Baptist Church with Rev. Tim Childers officiating. Mrs. Cobb was a lifelong resident of Cobb County and was a graduate of Osborne High School where she played on the Varsity...
Corporal Melvin Wesley Rush, USMC
Sep 23, 2019
Corporal Melvin Wesley Rush, USMC, age 90, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Monday, September 23, 2019. A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Friday, September 27, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Bruce Hamrick officiating. Born and raised in Mobile, AL, Mr. Rush graduated from Auburn University. He moved to Marietta...

