Obituaries
Master Chief Henry L Thorpe
Jan 14, 2017
Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Henry Lee Thorpe, age 67, of Marietta, GA passed away Saturday, January 14, 2017. A Funeral Service will be held at 10am Friday, January 20, 2017 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Pastor Brent Shoemaker officiating. Burial will be at the Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, GA at 12pm Master Chief Thorpe was...
Albert Decker
Jan 13, 2017
Albert Decker, 84, of Locust Grove, GA, formerly of Smyrna, GA, Cincinnati, OH, and Somerset, KY, passed away Fri., Jan. 13, 2017, after a battle with cancer. Albert was born Sept. 10, 1932, in Somerset, KY, the youngest child of Teddy Columbus Decker and Nora Cordelia Whitaker Decker. He graduated from Somerset H.S. in 1951. He was a Sgt. in...
Paul Dean Maxwell
Jan 12, 2017
Mr. Paul Dean Maxwell, age 79, of Marietta passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017. Funeral Services will be held 10am Monday, January 16th at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Keith Collins officiating. Burial will follow at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton at 12pm. Born and raised in Abilene, TX, Mr. Maxwell moved to Marietta,...
Ronald D Overcash
Jan 12, 2017
Ronald D. Overcash, age 69, of Marietta, GA passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017. Funeral Services will be held in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home on Monday, January 16, 2017 at 2pm with Rev. Mike Lee officiating. Burial will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. Born in Atlanta, Mr. Overcash lived most of his life in Cobb County....
Patricia Ann Chumley
Jan 11, 2017
Patricia Ann Chumley, age 67, of Marietta, GA passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017. Funeral Services will be held in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home on Friday, January 20, 2017 at 2pm with Fred Blair officiating. Burial will follow at Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery in Marietta, GA. Born in Knoxville, TN, Mrs. Chumley lived most of her...
Frances S Coffee
Jan 10, 2017
Frances Sue Coffey, 90, of Smyrna Georgia passed away in the early hours of Tuesday January 10, 2017. She was preceded in death by her parents William Clinton and Elsie Olean Davidson and her husband of 63 years Robert Lewis Coffey. Born on December 23, 1926 she spent her early years in Hixson, Tennessee. Upon the death of her mother...
Terry Roger Henry
Jan 10, 2017
Terry Roger Henry, age 60, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away January 10, 2017. Memorial service will be held 2:00 pm Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Macland Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by his parents: Elmore and Amy Henry. Terry was a native and lifelong resident of Cobb County. He was an audio sound engineer, musician, singer, triva...
Donna Frimel
Jan 8, 2017
Donna Ellen Frimel, age 77, of Acworth, Georgia passed away January 8, 2017. Funeral services will be held at a later date in Illinois. She was preceded in death by her husband Carman Ellis Frimel and her son Danty Frimel. Donna was a native of Odin, IL and has lived in the Cobb County area for the past 13 years,...
Miguel Angel Hernandez
Jan 7, 2017
Miguel Angel Hernandez, age 18, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away January 7, 2017. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta with Rev. Mario Reyes officiating. Interment will follow at Mount Harmony Memorial Gardens in Mableton, Georgia. Miguel was preceded in death by his...
Zachary Stuart Cowan III
Jan 7, 2017
Zachary Stuart Cowan III, July 7, 1958 till January 7, 2017. He was a native of Atlanta, attended the Darlington School and Georgia State University. Lived in Atlanta the rest of his life. He is survived by two daughters, Shelton Cozza and Colleen Cowan, and three sisters, Gayden Truluck, Alison Turner and Shelton Knoepfel. Family requests donations be made to...
Clarence Joseph Mines
Jan 4, 2017
Mr. Clarence Joseph Mines, age 61, of Smyrna, GA passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2017. Funeral Services will be held 2pm Thursday, January 12th at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Bill Wilder officiating. Burial at Milford Baptist Church Cemetery at a later date. The family will receive friends Thursday from 12pm until 2pm prior to...
Michael D Joseph
Jan 4, 2017
Michael D Joseph, age 66, of Marietta, Georgia passed away January 4, 2017. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Wayne Fain officiating. Michael was a native of Wisconsin and been in the Atlanta area since 1976. Michael attended Central Baptist Church in...
Betty Louise Evans
Jan 3, 2017
Betty Louise Howard Evans was born on April 12, 1931, and she left this life on January 3, 2017, at the age of 85. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Bill, her parents (Curtis and Lida Mae Howard), three siblings (Robert, Jo Ann, and Nadine Howard), one grandchild (John Brian Evans), twin great-grandchildren (Camille and Knox Dacus),...
Alicia Lowe
Jan 1, 2017
Alicia Nicole Lowe, age 38, of Mableton, GA passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017. A Memorial Service will be held at 6:30 pm Friday, January 13th at New Season Church, 4457 Atlanta Highway, Hiram, GA. Survivors: 3 Children: Savannah Wachenheim, Powder Springs, GA Alyssa Lowe, Lithia Springs, GA Elijah Charles, Mableton, GA Mother: Linda Jett, Mableton, GA Brother: Michael Jett,...
Terry Alan Patterson, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.)
Dec 29, 2016
Terry Alan Patterson, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), age 67, of Powder Springs, GA passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016. Funeral Services will be held at 12pm Wednesday at McEachern Memorial United Methodist Church with Rev. Dave Hinson and Rev. Cindy Blocksidge officiating. Burial will follow at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton at 2pm with full military honors. He will...
Robert Alvin Sylvester
Dec 29, 2016
Robert Alvin Sylvester, age 53 of Powder Springs, GA passed away on December 29, 2016. Bob was born in Oceanside, NY on September 19, 1963 to parents Frederick (deceased) and Hope Hutchings Sylvester. He graduated from Islip High School and attended Syracuse University. Bob moved to Georgia in May of 1996. He was most recently a business consultant for NCR...
Laura C. Mayer
Dec 29, 2016
Laura C. Mayer, age 45, of Cartersville, GA passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016. A memorial service will held 11am Thursday, January 5, 2017 at Due West United Methodist Church with Dr. Tom Davis officiating. Laura was a graduate of Lassiter High School, and worked as an administrative assistant at Northwest Georgia Oncology. Survivors: 2 Children: Camden Mayer, Powder Springs,...
Wallace "Sonny" Hamby
Dec 28, 2016
Mr. Wallace “Sonny” Hamby, age 88, of Marietta passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016. Funeral Services will be held 11am Saturday, December 31st at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Burial will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 5pm until 8pm at the funeral home.