Obituaries

Toni Kay Durham

Toni Kay Durham

Jun 28, 2018

Toni Kay Durham, age 60, of Marietta, GA passed away June 28, 2018. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Paulding Memorial Gardens in Hiram, Georgia. Born in Griffin, GA, she lived in Cobb County for most of her life. She...

Darryl O. Freeman

Darryl O. Freeman

Jun 26, 2018

Reverend Darryl O. Freeman, of Marietta, Georgia passed away June 26, 2018. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, June 29, 2018 at New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Powder Springs, GA. Interment will be held at 12:30 pm on Monday, July 2, 2018 at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA. He was a veteran in the...

Stephen Paul Beck

Stephen Paul Beck

Jun 25, 2018

Stephen Paul Beck, age 24, of Kennesaw, GA unexpectedly passed away Monday, June 25, 2018. Born in South Korea, Stephen lived most of his life in Kennesaw, GA. He played football at, and graduated from, Harrison High School. More recently Stephen lived and worked in Valdosta, GA. Fishing, cooking and watching old western movies were some of Stephen’s favorite pastimes....

Bobby Gene Jordan

Bobby Gene Jordan

Jun 25, 2018

Mr. Bobby Gene Jordan, age 68, of Austell, GA passed away Monday, June 25, 2018. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Keith Collins, Rev. Bobby Simmons and Rev. Jeremy Kilgore officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Harmony Memorial Gardens in Mableton. Born in...

Joni Wheeler

Joni Wheeler

Jun 24, 2018

Joan passed away on Sunday June 24th 2018 at 11:25AM after suffering a stroke from which there would be no recovery. It hit at end of a family dinner outing on Friday the 22nd while we thankfully were all together. Family and friends surrounded her for the remaining hours of her life; the outpouring of love could be felt by...

Homer Joseph Ashley

Homer Joseph Ashley

Jun 22, 2018

Homer Joseph Ashley, age 85, of Marietta, Georgia passed away June 22, 2018. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at Lutheran Church of Nativity in Austell, GA. Interment will follow at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his wife Joyce Earlene Ashley. Homer was a native of...

Bobbie J Seymore

Bobbie J Seymore

Jun 22, 2018

Bobbie J. Seymore, age 86, of Powder Springs, GA passed away Friday, June 22, 2018. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, June 24, 2018 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Alan Davis officiating. Entombment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12pm until 2pm prior to...

Bonnie Mercedes Ray

Bonnie Mercedes Ray

Jun 21, 2018

Bonnie Mercedes Ray, age 80, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away June 21, 2018. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, June 25, 2018 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. in Marietta with Stacy Flanders officiating. Family Eulogies by Jon Loewer and Darrin Heatherly. Interment will follow at Powder Springs Memorial Gardens in Powder Springs,...

John R. "Jack" Sanders

John R. "Jack" Sanders

Jun 17, 2018

John Russell (“Jack”) Sanders (78) passed away on June 17, 2018 following a brief illness. The Memorial Service will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, June 23, 2018, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Paper Mill Ward Building, 95 Holt Road, Marietta, GA 30068. Brother David Stevens, counselor in the Ward Bishopric, will be officiating. Visitation...

Robert Gruetzbach

Robert Gruetzbach

Jun 17, 2018

Robert Gruetzbach, age 81, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away June 17, 2018. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, June 22, 2018 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta. Interment will follow at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia. Robert was a native of San Francisco, CA and has lived in Powder Springs,...

Louise Sims

Louise Sims

Jun 14, 2018

Ruby Louise Sims, age 89, of Marietta, Georgia passed away June 14, 2018. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta with officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her husband Ernest A. Sims. Mrs....

Marie Ophelia Edwards

Marie Ophelia Edwards

Jun 13, 2018

Marie Ophelia McNenney Edwards, age 102, of Marietta was called home by her Lord and savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Funeral Service will be held 12:00pm on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, GA with Dr. William Camp officiating. Interment will follow at Arlington Memorial Park in Atlanta, Georgia. She...

Harold Dean Crawley

Harold Dean Crawley

Jun 12, 2018

Harold Dean Crawley, known as Dean, was a kind, gentle soul, a true friend, loving husband and father. He was from the small town of Daisy, Tennessee, where he met his future wife in the high school between their small towns. After getting the approval from her older brother to court Laura, he told the story that he knew she...

Faye Lanette Fountain

Faye Lanette Fountain

Jun 8, 2018

Faye Lanette Fountain, age 73, of Dallas, GA passed away Friday, June 8, 2018. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Burial will follow at Powder Springs Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12pm until 2pm prior to the service at the funeral home....

Charles Reece

Charles Reece

Jun 7, 2018

Charles Jefferson Reece, Jr., age 88, of Smyrna, GA passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018. Funeral Services will be held at 11am on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Dr. Ronnie Cheatwood officiating. Burial will follow at Salmon Cemetery in Adairsville, GA at 3pm. Born in Tennessee and raised in the north...

Jeanette Sharp

Jeanette Sharp

Jun 7, 2018

Jeanette Sharp, age 69, of White, Georgia passed away June 7, 2018. Funeral Service will be held at 5:00 pm on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. Interment will be held 2:00 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA. Mrs. Sharp was a native of...

Timothy Waithaka Gichuru

Timothy Waithaka Gichuru

Jun 6, 2018

Timothy Waithaka Gichuru, age 41, passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 10am in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will receive friends from 9am until the time of service. Burial will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park.

James D. Groover

James D. Groover

Jun 5, 2018

James D. Groover, age 74, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away June 5, 2018. Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, June 8, 2018 at Powder Springs First United Methodist Church in Powder Springs. Mr. Groover was a member of Powder Springs First United Methodist Church. He was a United States Air Force Veteran and a graduate...

Rich McFall

Rich McFall

Jun 3, 2018

Richard Daniel “Rich” McFall, age 57, of Marietta, GA passed away Sunday, May 3, 2018. The family will receive friends and celebrate his life on Saturday, June 9, 2018 from 12pm until 3pm at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Born in Jacksonville, FL, Rich lived in Minnesota before moving to Marietta, GA 26 years ago. He was...

Larry J. Pennington

Larry J. Pennington

Jun 3, 2018

Larry Joe Pennington, age 62, of Powder Springs, GA passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Mr. Pennington was born in Germany, and worked as a Superintendent for Penco Electrical. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thad Pennington and Ruth Cook, and Cecil Welch and Elwyn Welch; wife, Wanda Pennington;...