Obituaries

James Edward Barnwell

James Edward Barnwell

Feb 17, 2015

James Edward Barnwell, age 49, of Powder Springs, GA passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Funeral Services will be held 11am on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park in Marietta. A lifelong resident of Cobb County, Mr. Barnwell worked as a fork lift operator, and attended Turner...

Margaret Williams

Margaret Williams

Feb 16, 2015

Margaret J. Williams, age 73, of Temple, GA passed away February 16, 2015. Funeral Services will be held at 12 noon on Friday, February 20 at Faith Missionary Baptist Church, 63 Georgia 101, Temple, GA 30179. Mrs. Williams will lie in state one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park...

Sean Michael Tarrant

Sean Michael Tarrant

Feb 16, 2015

Sean Michael Tarrant, age 59, of Marietta passed away February 16, 2015. A funeral mass will be held at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Marietta at 10 am on Friday, February 20. Sean was raised in Ramsey, NJ; graduated college in Radford, VA in 1977 and then moved to Southern California where he met his wife in San Francisco in...

Barbara Ellen Bookhardt

Barbara Ellen Bookhardt

Feb 15, 2015

Barbara Ayers Bookhardt, age 70, of Acworth, GA passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2015. Funeral Services will be held at 3pm on Friday, February 20th at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Charles Sineath officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta. A native of LaGrange, GA, Mrs. Bookhardt moved to Cobb...

Johnny Milton Patterson

Johnny Milton Patterson

Feb 14, 2015

Johnny Milton Patterson, age 79, of Powder Springs, GA passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2015. Memorial Services will be held at 11am on Saturday, February 21st at Macland Baptist Church with Dr. Richard Walker and Rev. John Creech officiating. A native of Atlanta, Mr. Patterson has lived in Cobb County since 1960. He served in the Navy Reserves for...

Raymond Wade Cook

Raymond Wade Cook

Feb 12, 2015

Raymond Wade Cook 11/21/1951 – 02/12/2015 There once was a man named Raymond Cook, He was not the kind of man to read a book, Short and scrappy, but not a great pappy, The ladies often gave him a second look. Raymond was born in Clayton County, On his head there was sometimes a bounty, Never met a stranger, seldom...

Nancy Ann Rittall

Nancy Ann Rittall

Feb 11, 2015

Nancy Ann Rittall, age 79, of Marietta, GA passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Services will be held at a later date. Mrs. Rittall was a member of Walnut Ridge Baptist Church in Ohio, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and loved her family and teaching piano. Survivors include: daughter and son-in-law Lisa and Dan Hyland...

Elisabeth Victoria McLendon

Elisabeth Victoria McLendon

Feb 11, 2015

Elisabeth Victoria McLendon, age 54, of Powder Springs, GA passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Dr. Richard Walker officiating. Interment will follow at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta. A native of Sandy Springs, Ms. McLendon moved to Powder...

Judge Carson Burch Shafer

Judge Carson Burch Shafer

Feb 10, 2015

Judge Carson Burch Shafer, age 95, of Powder Springs passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Memorial Services will be held Friday, February 13, 2015 at 2pm at McEachern Memorial United Methodist Church with Dr. Laurence McCullough, Rev. Tommy Willingham and Rev. Wallace Wheeles officiating. Private interment services will be held at Kennesaw Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at...

Dr. John Stanley Clark

Dr. John Stanley Clark

Feb 9, 2015

Dr. John Stanley Clark, age 79, of Marietta, GA passed away on Monday, February 9, 2015. The family will receive friends on Sunday, March 15 from 11 am until 1 pm at West Cobb Funeral Home. Dr. Clark lived and worked in the Atlanta area for more than thirty years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of...

Susan Knight Simmone

Susan Knight Simmone

Feb 6, 2015

Susan Knight Simmone, age 61, of Marietta, GA passed away on Friday, February 6, 2015. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at the First Baptist Church of Smyrna with Dr. Randy Cheek officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. She will lie in state at the church 1 hour prior to...

Karen Elaine Hackett

Karen Elaine Hackett

Feb 6, 2015

Karen Elaine Hackett, age 59, of Dallas, GA passed away on Friday, February 6, 2015 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 am on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Pastor Randy Scalise officiating. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park in Marietta,GA. She is preceded in death by her...

Lynda Hancock

Lynda Hancock

Feb 3, 2015

Lynda Hancock, age 92, of Aragon, GA passed away on Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Funeral Services will be held 2:00p.m. on Friday, February 6, 2015 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Reverend Don Spears officiating. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park in Marietta. Mrs. Hancock lived in the Aragon area since 2010 coming from...

Leslie Jean Brown

Leslie Jean Brown

Feb 1, 2015

Leslie Jean Brown, age 63 of Bronx, NY received her angel wings on February 1, 2015. Going Home Ceremony will be held at 2pm on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at the West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Rd, Marietta. The viewing for Leslie Brown will be in the state of GA at the West Cobb funeral Home and...

Tracy Mitchell

Tracy Mitchell

Feb 1, 2015

Tracy Lee Mitchell, age 43, left the earth too early on Sunday, February 1, 2015. Her Memorial Service will be held at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory on Sunday, February 8 at 2 pm. Tracy was a loving daughter, sister and aunt. She lived half of her life as a hairdresser, and was loved by her clients in Largo,...

Frances Nadine Smith

Frances Nadine Smith

Jan 31, 2015

Frances Nadine Smith, age 89, of Powder Springs, GA passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2015. Funeral Services will be held at 3pm on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Hollydale United Methodist Church with Rev. Leonard Akers officiating. Interment will follow on Thursday at Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Tampa, FL. Born in McMinnville, TN, Mrs. Smith moved to Powder Springs...

Vitalie Forges

Vitalie Forges

Jan 29, 2015

Mrs. Vitalie Forges, age 72, of Douglasville passed away January 29, 2015. Funeral Services will be held at 11 am on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at the House of the Lord Church, 3134 Macland Road, Marietta. Mrs. Forges will lie in state at the church from 10 am until the service hour. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park, Marietta....

Brenda Carol Tate

Brenda Carol Tate

Jan 29, 2015

Brenda Carol Tate, age 53, of Marietta, GA passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2015. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Monday, February 2, 2015 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Elaine Wilder officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Harmony Memorial Gardens in Mableton. Born in Charleston, SC, Mrs. Tate lived in Cobb...

Ellen Geralda Gunter

Ellen Geralda Gunter

Jan 27, 2015

Mrs. Ellen Geralda Gunter, age 89, of Smyrna passed from this life on Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, January 30th at Connection Point Church of God. She will lie in state at the church 1 hour prior to the service. Interment will follow on Saturday, January 31st at Evergreen Cemetery in...

Kayla Kathleen Garrett

Kayla Kathleen Garrett

Jan 27, 2015

Kayla Kathleen Garrett, age 27, of Dallas, GA passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Funeral Services will be held 2pm Sunday, February 1, 2015 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home with Rev. Rodney Colston officiating. Interment will follow at Riverview Memorial Park. Kayla was a Lean On Us Volunteer with the Midway Church Mission where she loved...