Obituaries
Matthew Thomas DuVall
Feb 22, 2013
Matthew Thomas DuVall, age 40, of Marietta, GA passed away on Friday, February 22, 2013. Memorial Services will be held at 11am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at West Ridge Church in Dallas, GA with Rev. Terry Nelson officiating. The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Afterwards, the family will host a reception...
Don Vernon Hitchcock
Feb 21, 2013
Don Vernon Hitchcock, Jr., age 75, of Acworth, GA passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2013. Private services will be held. A native of Miami, Mr. Hitchcock worked as a crane operator and building contractor for most of his life. He is survived by his wife, Paula Clifford; son, Mark Hitchcock; step children, Gail (Mark) Nielson, Melanie (Ron) Cicerchia and...
Janet Meyerson Wetstone
Feb 20, 2013
In 1967, Atlanta housewife Jan Wetstone invented Mod Podge while experimenting with short-cuts to decoupage in her antique shop. It proved to be one of the most enduring successes in the history of the craft industry. Jan was an early advocate for women's rights in the business world. She secured two patents, one for Mod Podge and one for a...
Gary Atom Smathers
Feb 19, 2013
Gary Atom Smathers, age 64, of Marietta, GA passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Private Memorial Services will be held at a later date. A native of Asheville, NC, Mr. Smathers had lived in the Cobb County area for the last 20 years. He was a recruiter for Assurant Solutions. He was also an avid golfer at Brookstone Country...
Trent Alexander Madison
Feb 16, 2013
Trent Alexander Madison, age 22, of Acworth, GA passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Memorial Services will be held at 4:30pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at North Star Church in Kennesaw, GA with Shane Williamson, Justin Walker and Scotti Madison officiating. The family will receive friends at the church 1 hour prior to the service. Also, a reception...
Lawrence Darwin Freeman
Feb 15, 2013
Lawrence Darwin Freeman, 69, of Marietta passed away Friday, February 15, 2013. Services will be 11:00a.m. Friday at Roseland United Methodist Church with Reverend Nancy Willard officiating. Interment will follow at Taylor Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery in Jackson Springs, N.C. A native of Eagle Springs, N.C., Mr. Freeman was retired from Delta/Northwest Airlines in Atlanta. He was of the Methodist...
Rose Sylvie Leandre
Feb 15, 2013
Rose Sylvie Leandre of Limbe Cap-Haitien, Haiti was born on January 19, 1934 to the late Felucie Leandre & Anatol Leandre and was one of five children. Levy Leandre, Remy Leandre, Olga Leandre, Lucie Leandre ,and Erna Leandre. Ms. Rose Sylvie was a self-less person. She loved her family and all people. Everything she had she shared. She loved to...
Lella Maxine Williams
Feb 13, 2013
Lella Maxine Roach Williams, age 77, of Lexington, NC passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Funeral Services will be held 2pm on Monday, February 18, 2013 in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, GA with Rev. Robert Wardlaw officiating. Burial will follow at Crestlawn Cemetery in Atlanta. A native of Chattanooga, TN, Mrs. Williams had...
Clifford Leroy Clanton
Feb 13, 2013
Clifford Leroy Clanton, age 80, of Marietta, GA passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Funeral Services will be held 11am on Friday, February 15, 2013 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Larry Ritch officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta, GA. Mr. Clanton lived most of his life in Cobb County and...
Irma Rivera
Feb 12, 2013
Irma Rivera-Avila, 62, of Marietta passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2013. Graveside Services will be held 3:00 p.m. Thursday, February 14, 2013 at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park.
SSG Robert Barnwell
Feb 11, 2013
SSG Robert Barnwell, age 41, of Powder Springs, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2013, at Ft. Bliss, TX. Services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta. Interment will full military honors will follow at Georgia Memorial Park. SSG Barnwell was a life-long...
Harold Junior Merritt
Feb 11, 2013
Harold Junior Merritt, age 73, of Powder Springs, GA passed away on Monday, February 11, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 11am on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Tommy Young officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park. A lifelong resident of Cobb County, Mr. Merritt retired from the...
Dr. Bradley Jeffries
Feb 9, 2013
Dr. Bradley Jeffries of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away unexpectedly on February 9, 2013 after a courageous battle against a lengthy illness. He was born in La Paz, Bolivia on November 21, 1958 to American parents. His family moved to Illinois in 1966. Brad graduated from Hinsdale Central High School, and received a Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the...
Richard Hamilton Culver
Feb 8, 2013
Richard Hamilton Culver, 79, of Smyrna, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Monday, February 11, 2013, at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Donald Shearin officiating. Interment will follow at Crest Lawn Memorial Park in Atlanta. Born in Douglasville, GA, Mr. Culver was a life-long resident of...
Herman "Randy" Randolph Hawkins
Feb 7, 2013
Herman Randolph “Randy” Hawkins, age 60, of Kennesaw, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 2pm Sunday, February 10, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road in Marietta with Mr. Steve Clark officiating. Inurnment will be held Monday, February 11, 2013, 10am at Cheatham Hill Memorial...
Sara Florine Marlow Leggett
Feb 7, 2013
Sara Florine Marlow Leggett, age 94, of Powder Springs, GA, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2013 with her loving family surrounding her. A memorial service will be held at 11am on Saturday, February 16, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta. Sara was born in Alabama and grew up in Cedartown,...
Jo Ann Davidson Strike
Feb 6, 2013
Mrs. Jo Ann Davidson Strike, age 82, of Marietta, GA. died February 6, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM, Saturday, February 9, 2013, at West Cobb Funeral Home, 2480 Macland Road in Marietta, GA with Pastor Tim Poston officiating. Burial will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta. Mrs. Strike was born and baptized in Bluefield, WV...
Mary Frances Hallford
Feb 4, 2013
Mary Frances Hallford, age 83, of Marietta passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 11am on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at Macland Baptist Church with Dr. Richard Walker officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park. She will lie in state at the church 1 hour prior to the service. A lifelong resident of...
William Parks Cunningham
Feb 2, 2013
William Parks Cunningham, 81 of Smyrna passed away Saturday, February 2, 2013. Services will be 3pm Tuesday, February 5, 2013 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory. Private burial will follow at Shiloh Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday from 2pm until the time of service.
Charles Howard McGarity
Feb 1, 2013
Charles Howard McGarity, age 59, of Dallas, GA passed away on Friday, February 1, 2013. Funeral Services will be held 3pm Monday, February 4, 2013 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Richard Hemphill and Rev. Glen Pittman officiating. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Marietta,GA. Mr. McGarity was a lifelong resident of...