Obituaries
James Bobby Thead
Sep 22, 2019
James Bobby Thead, age 89, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, September 26, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Matt Petty officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta. Born and raised in Quitman, MS, Mr. Thead moved...
Frances Rice
Sep 22, 2019
Frances Caroline Lester Rice, a long-time Marietta resident, passed away September 22, 2019 at age 96 in Durham, NC. She was born in Akron, Ohio on April 28, 1923 to Ross Williams Lester and Marian Cranz Lester. She studied nursing at Akron City Hospital and Cleveland Hospital in Ohio during WWII. She and her late husband, Curtis L. Rice, operated...
Ben Camp
Sep 21, 2019
Benjamin Carey Camp, age 87, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. David Camp and Rev. Larry Ritch officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. Born in Atlanta, Mr. Camp lived...
Madhukar Krishnakumar Gandhi
Sep 20, 2019
On Friday, September 20, 2019, Madhukar Krishnakumar Gandhi, loving husband and father of two sons, passed away at age 67. Madhu was born on July 24, 1952 in Mumbai, India to Krishnakumar and Padma Gandhi. The middle of three brothers, Madhu Gandhi received degree from the Institute of Hotel Management in Shivaji Park Dadar, India in 1972. He met his...
Marlee James Grover
Sep 19, 2019
Marlee Grover, age 60, of Douglasville, Georgia passed away September 19, 2019. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. She was preceded in death by her mother Gertude Miller. Marlee was a native of Honduras and lived the past thirteen years in Douglasville,...
Janet M. Kriss
Sep 15, 2019
Janet Maye Kriss, 82, passed away September 15th, 2019. Janet was born March 3rd, 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Maye and Eugene Polliard. Janet lived an extraordinary life, filled to the brim with love and adventure. On October 27th, 1956, Janet married the love of her life, Warren Clark Kriss. Together they traveled all over the country and had 3...
Stacey Lynn Adams
Sep 15, 2019
On September 15, 2019 Stacey Adams, 49, went to her forever home. Stacey was a wonderful mother, daughter and granddaughter. She left many broken hearts and tears that will continue for months to come. She was born on July 15, 1970 with Spina Bifida. Her parents were told she would only live 48 hours. Well, she wasn't having any of...
Jean Shelton Twilley Rodie
Sep 13, 2019
Jean Shelton Twilley Rodie, 53, of Keller, TX, passed away unexpectedly on September 13, 2019. She was the daughter of Barbara and Robert Twilley, Sr., of Marietta/Kennesaw, GA. She earned degrees from Brenau University in Gainesville, GA and West Georgia in Carrollton, GA. She was employed by Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, TX. She was the Media Specialist at...
Ella Margaret Roberts
Sep 13, 2019
Ella Margaret Roberts, age 94, of Marietta, Georgia passed away September 13, 2019. A Funeral Service will be held at 2 pm on Sunday, September 22, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Justin Moore officiating. Interment will be held at 1 pm (CST) on Monday, September 23, 2019 at Cookeville City Cemetery in Cookeville, Tennessee....
Barbara Hale Gresham Twilley
Sep 13, 2019
Barbara Hale Gresham Twilley, 88, passed away September 13, 2019. She was the daughter of Jessie Hale and Walter Quinn Gresham of Milner, GA. She earned degrees from GSCW (now Georgia College) in Milledgeville and from Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA and was a retired Cobb County school teacher. She was a communicant of St. James' Episcopal Church of Marietta,...
Jacqueline L. Plemmons
Sep 13, 2019
Jacqueline L. "Jackie" Plemmons, age 93, of Smyrna, Georgia passed away Friday, September 13, 2019. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Keith Collins, Rev. Chris Ware and Ceylon Plemmons officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta, Georgia with Freed...
Charles V. Reuter
Sep 11, 2019
Thank you all for praying for my family and especially for my dad. As most of you know he fell last week and this morning he died. My sisters and I were in the room with him and we played his beloved Mozart for him to his last breath. Captain Charles Reuter Was once a four year old farmboy in...
Patricia Myra Durham
Sep 10, 2019
Patricia Myra Durham, age 58, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2019. A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Scott Pope officiating. A lifelong resident of Marietta, Mrs. Durham worked for many years as an insurance agent. She loved reading, cooking,...
Morgan William Tuck
Sep 10, 2019
Morgan William Tuck, 86, Dallas, Georgia passed away on September 10, 2019 after prolonged health concerns. Mr. Tuck was born in Baltimore, MD on 12/24/1932 and traveled extensively around the world serving his country in the United States Army. He retired as Command Sergeant Major after 35 years in 1988. His accolades include a Silver Star and Bronze Star for...
Ellen Joan Noland
Sep 8, 2019
Mrs. Ellen “Joan” Noland, 84, of Douglasville and more recently Dunwoody, GA passed away peacefully at home with her family on Sunday, September 8, 2019. Mrs. Noland had been retired for many years from a long career in the telephone answering service business. After retirement, she spent her time as the primary caregiver for her beloved husband, Bobby Eugene Noland,...
John Wesley Thompson Jr.
Sep 6, 2019
John Wesley Thompson, Jr., age 74, died September 6, 2019, at his residence in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of the late John Wesley Thompson, Sr. and Grace Bishop Thompson. Born in Spartanburg County, he graduated from Roebuck High School and Clemson University where he served in the Senate. As a Lieutenant and Armored Calvary Platoon leader in the...
Todd Anderson
Sep 1, 2019
Todd Alan Anderson, age 58, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Sunday, September 1, 2019. The family will receive friends on Saturday, September 7, 2019 from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, with a Celebration of his Life to be held between 4pm and 5pm. Born in Arlington, VA, Todd...
Erika Proctor
Aug 31, 2019
Erika Ziehrer Proctor, age 85, of Dallas, Georgia passed away August 31, 2019. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta with Andy Proctor and Jeff Byrd officiating. Interment will follow at 1:30 pm at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia. She was preceded in...
Norman Claude Paschal
Aug 31, 2019
Norman Claude Paschal (84) passed away Saturday, August 31, 2019. He was born August 28, 1935 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the son of the late Julius Paschal and the late Mary Baker Paschal. He worked for Delta Airlines for 31 years. Mr. Paschal was an accomplished photographer and photographed many weddings and commercial events. He played in a blue grass...
Dennis F. Wellman
Aug 27, 2019
Dennis Franklin Wellman, age 62, of Marietta, Georgia passed away August 27, 2019. Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 pm on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at Seven Springs Church in Powder Springs. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. Dennis was born March 11th, 1957 in Cincinnati, OH to the late Mae and Julius Franklin Wellman. Dennis...

