Obituaries
Howard Tidwell, Jr.
Mar 29, 2017
Howard Tidwell, Jr. age 61, of Dallas, GA passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00p.m. Monday, April 3, 2017 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. in Marietta. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park. A native of Guntersville, Alabama, Mr. Tidwell was formerly employed with Cobb Erectors as a...
Ernest Michael Timko
Mar 28, 2017
Ernest Michael Timko, age 92, of Temple, GA passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Graveside Services will be held at 10am on Friday, March 31, 2017 at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 4pm until 7pm at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, GA. A native of Caro, Michigan, Mr....
James Edward Allen
Mar 27, 2017
Celebration of a wonderful life well lived - James Edward Allen James (Jim) Allen passed gently on March 27th, 2017 after a brief illness. Jim was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma on December 19th, 1937 and grew up in Nocona Texas (the Promised Land).. Texas was always the home of his heart. It was the perfect environment for a strong, adventurous...
Betty L Hayes
Mar 27, 2017
Betty L Hayes, age 78, of Marietta, Georgia passed away March 27, 2017. Memorial Service will be held 1:00 pm on Thursday, March 30, 2017, at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, GA with Rev. Ben Tanner officiating. Betty a native of Columbus, GA moved to Marietta, GA in 1973 where she was a member of Pine Grove...
Mrs. Martha Baldwin Crain
Mar 25, 2017
Mrs. Martha Baldwin Crain, age 83, of Marietta, GA passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017. Born in Riverdale, GA, Mrs. Crain was a former bookkeeper with ZEP Manufacturing Company. She was a member of Colonial Hills Baptist Church in East Point, and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was preceded in death by a great grandchild,...
Richard H. Parker
Mar 22, 2017
Richard Holmes Parker, Sr., 75, a longtime resident of Marietta, GA died March 22, 2017 surrounded by his family. Richard was born November 4, 1941 in Ithaca, NY to Malby & Ethel Genung Parker. Richard was employed as an engineer with General Electric for 28 years & later worked with Kajima, Shinro, & The Facility Group. His favorite project was...
Charmian Virginia Haueter
Mar 18, 2017
Born to James Arthur and Leola Faye Jennings on April 16, 1925, in Prairie City, Iowa, Charmian Virginia Jennings was a good student and a hard worker on her parent’s farm in Mitchellville. The capable woman that we know as Virginia Haueter graduated from Iowa Lutheran College as a Registered Nurse in 1945. She had secretly married Robert Leroy Haueter...
Avanell Ayers
Mar 14, 2017
Avanell Ayers, age 85, of Marietta, Georgia passed away March 14, 2017. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Smyrna United Methodist Church in Dallas. Interment will follow at Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery in Dallas, Georgia. Avanell was preceded in death by her husband Clemson C. Ayers and son Michael Thomas Ayers....
Nicholas D. "Niko" Bartolucci
Mar 14, 2017
Nicholas David “Niko” Bartolucci, age 24, of Smyrna, GA passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Funeral Services will be held 2pm Sunday, March 19th at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 5pm until 8pm at the funeral home. Niko was born in Coral Springs, FL as the fourth child of...
Shana Jo Dubrow, also known as Kai Taylor for her artwork
Mar 12, 2017
In memory of Shana Jo Durbrow age 38, also known as Kai Taylor for her artwork, passed away on March 12, 2017. She spent her life loving art and photography. She was a loving daughter to Jo Ann Taylor and Lavel & Karen Durbrow. Shana Jo (Kai) was an amazing and gifted person. She saw art in everything. She had...
William Leon Spears
Mar 12, 2017
William Leon Spears, age 77, of Austell, Georgia passed away March 12, 2017. Services will be held at a later date. Survivors include: five sisters: Martha Plemmons, Frankie Bost both of NC, Nellie Ellis, Betty Bentley and Inez Spears all of GA; five nephews: Christopher Plemmons, Mitchell Bost of N.C., Michael Warren, Tony Spears of GA and Benjamin Spears of...
Joanne T Gann
Mar 9, 2017
Joanne Metcalf Gann, age 81, of Powder Springs, GA passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017. Funeral Services will be held 2pm Monday, March 13th at Macland Baptist Church with Dr. Richard Walker and Rev. Ron Lomax officiating. Burial will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. She will lie in state at the church 1 hour prior to the service....
Lydia B Martin
Mar 9, 2017
Lydia Bernice Martin, age 92, of Dallas, Georgia passed away March 9, 2017. Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta with a reception to follow. Lydia was a native of Leadwood, MO and had lived the last nine years in Dallas, GA. She was...
Rev. James A. Kitchens
Mar 7, 2017
Rev. James A. Kitchens, age 80, of Winder, formerly of Marietta passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 9, 2017 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Donald Lewis officiating. Interment will follow at Cherokee Memorial Gardens in Canton, GA. The family will receive friends Wednesday,...
Becky Stewart
Mar 7, 2017
Rebecca D. “Becky” Stewart, age 67, of Marietta, GA passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Funeral Services will be held 11am Friday, March 10th at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Steve Owens officiating. Burial will follow at Crest Lawn Memorial Park in Atlanta. A native of Atlanta, “Aunt Becky” lived in Cobb County for the...
Diane Marie Elizabeth Jones Smith
Mar 6, 2017
“O Loving Father and Savior, send your angels to carry the soul of your servant from this earth to the heavenly place of eternal and everlasting life. Let family and friends who have passed before in faith be reunited in joy with the departed. Forgive any wrongs that have been committed and welcome this beloved spirit into the warm embrace...
Sharon Yvonne Hudson
Mar 4, 2017
Sharon Yvonne Hudson was born to Otis and Henrietta Hudson on October 16, 1957 in Belleville, MI. Sharon went home to be with the Lord on March 4, 2017. Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, March 10, 2017 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Sharon was raised in Sumpter, MI and attended Airport...
Christy Jones Waller
Mar 3, 2017
Christy Renee Jones Waller, age 41, of Woodstock, GA passed away Friday, March 3, 2017. Funeral Services will be held 2pm Sunday, March 12th at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta Rev. Adrian Coetzer and Rev. Jacky Rich officiating. Burial will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. A native of Marietta, Christy lived in Woodstock 1 year ago....
Sandra R. Ball
Mar 1, 2017
Sandra Ring Ball of Austell, GA, daughter of Sanford and Frances Ring, graced the world with her presence on January 23, 1950. She was everything a Southern woman is meant to be. She had a backbone of steel, a quick wit, good manners, loved sweet tea, and had the ability to charm everyone around her. She was very talented in...

