Obituaries

Anthony George Coskinas

Anthony George Coskinas

Jul 18, 2014

Anthony George Coskinas, age 49, of Austell passed away on July 18, 2014. Funeral Services will be held at 2 pm on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, Marietta with Pastor Ray Turpin officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park. Mr. Coskinas was born in Norfolk, VA and lived in Georgia...

Wanda E. Lawless

Wanda E. Lawless

Jul 18, 2014

Wanda E. Lawless-Martin, age 68, of Smyrna passed away on Friday, July 18, 2014. Memorial Services will be held at 12 pm on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Bishop Kent Branch officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Ms. Martin was born in Manhattan, NY and lived in...

Jimmy Lee May

Jimmy Lee May

Jul 17, 2014

Jimmy Lee May, age 54, of Acworth, GA passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2014. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Monday, July 21, 2014 at Life's Hope Baptist Church in Marietta with Rev. Bruce Hamrick and Rev. Larry Rogers officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. He will lie in state at the church 1...

Michael Wilburn Friday

Michael Wilburn Friday

Jul 17, 2014

Mr. Michael Wilburn Friday, Jr., age 49, passed away July 17, 2014. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, July 24 at 12 noon in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, Marietta. The family will receive friends from 11 am until the service. Mr. Friday was born in Detroit, Michigan and lived in Georgia since 1991. He...

Michael Anthony Sayyah

Michael Anthony Sayyah

Jul 17, 2014

Michael A. Sayyah of Marietta, died Thursday, July 17, 2014. He was born on August 28, 1935 in New York. Affectionately known by many as Uncle Mike, he led a very colorful life. As an accomplished chess player, he was former president of ProChess and friends with Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. Mike's other passion was music. He enjoyed both...

Virginia Spinks Wigley

Virginia Spinks Wigley

Jul 17, 2014

Virginia Spinks Wigley, age 91, of Powder Springs, GA passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2014. Funeral Services will be held at 1pm on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev Ron Daniel officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta. Born in Dallas, GA, Mrs. Wigley lived in Rome for...

William Ray Holmes

William Ray Holmes

Jul 17, 2014

William Ray Holmes, age 65, of Powder Springs passed away July 17, 2014. Graveside Services will be held at 2 pm on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at the Georgia National Cemetery, Canton. Mr. Holmes was a native of Toccoa, GA and lived in the Cobb County area most of his life. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a...

John Kevin Holley

John Kevin Holley

Jul 15, 2014

John Kevin Holley, age 51, of Mableton, GA passed away July 15, 2014. He was born in Atlanta, GA on April 4, 1963. Kevin enjoyed the outdoors and loved fishing, hunting and riding his bike on the Silver Comet Trail. He was also an avid reader, loved to do research and shared the wealth of knowledge he gained with his...

John "Jay" William Gossett

John "Jay" William Gossett

Jul 14, 2014

John William “Jay” Gossett III, 18 of Cedar Bluff, AL passed away Monday, July 14, 2014. Services will be held 11am Wednesday, July 16, 2014 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home Rev. Frank Bernat and Rev. Matt Parker officiating. Graveside services will be held 3pm Central time at Weiss Lake Memorial Garden in Gaylesville, Alabama. Jay was a...

Kathleen B. Owenby

Kathleen B. Owenby

Jul 14, 2014

Kathleen B. Owenby, age 91, of Marietta passed away on Monday, July 14, 2014. Funeral Services will be held 2 pm on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Ben Tanner officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. Mrs. Owenby is a lifelong resident of Marietta. She and her husband, Blaine,...

Patricia A. Eidson

Patricia A. Eidson

Jul 11, 2014

Patricia A. Eidson, age 64, of Dallas, GA passed away on Friday, July 11, 2014. Memorial Services will be held at 4pm on Sunday, July 13th at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Brad Hood officiating. A native of Atlanta, Mrs. Eidson moved to Dallas 10 years ago from Kennesaw. She retired after many years of working in...

Evelyn Mandeville

Evelyn Mandeville

Jul 11, 2014

Evelyn S. Mandeville, age 94, of Smyrna, GA passed away on Friday, July 11, 2014. Funeral Services will be held at 1pm Thursday, July 17, 2014 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home with Stan Berrong officiating. The family will receive friends during a reception at the funeral home Thursday from 11am until service time. Private graveside services will...

Harold Jefferson McGehee

Harold Jefferson McGehee

Jul 10, 2014

Harold Jefferson McGehee, age 78, of Smyrna, GA passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2014. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Monday, July 14, 2014 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with his cousin Kenneth Turner officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta. Born and raised in the Barrettsvilles community of Dawson County,...

Esther Agnes Johnson

Esther Agnes Johnson

Jul 10, 2014

Esther Agnes Johnson, age 89, of Marietta, GA passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2014. Memorial Services will be held at 2pm on Monday, July 14th in the TEEM Lobby of Wynnwood Retirement Home, 98 Whitlock Avenue, Marietta. Born in St. Louis, MO, Mrs. Johnson moved to Marietta in 2010 after living in Harrison, Arkansas for 35 years. She enjoyed...

John Edgar Prosise

John Edgar Prosise

Jul 10, 2014

John Edgar Prosise, age 73, of Powder Springs, GA passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2014. Memorial Services will be held 1pm on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Connection Pointe Church of God. The family will have a reception immediately following the service. A native of California, Mr. Prosise moved to Powder Springs 25 years ago. He worked as a...

Dallas "Buddy" Monroe McKinney

Dallas "Buddy" Monroe McKinney

Jul 8, 2014

Dallas Monroe “Buddy” McKinney, age 76, of Marietta, GA passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Funeral Services will be held at 3pm on Friday, July 11, 2014 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Todd Chatham officiating. Born in Tennessee, Mr. McKinney moved to Marietta in 1964 from Cleveland, Ohio. He owned and operated McKinney Iron Works,...

Edna Kelly

Edna Kelly

Jul 7, 2014

Edna Kittrell Kelly, age 95, of Kennesaw, GA passed away in her home at Wellington Place on July 7, 2014. Born in Phenix City, Alabama on May 1, 1919, she resided there for 90 years before moving to Kennesaw, GA to be closer to her family. She was preceded in death by her mother, Daisey Kittrell, her father, Albert Kittrell,...

John Robert Aller

John Robert Aller

Jul 7, 2014

John Robert Aller, 60, of Marietta passed away July 7, 2014. Memorial Service will be 7pm Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Williams officiating.

William Sylvester Mays

William Sylvester Mays

Jul 4, 2014

The Homegoing Celebration For William Sylvester Mays Sr. Sunrise: April 23, 1936 Sunset: July 4, 2014 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness,...

Margaret Davis Kelly

Margaret Davis Kelly

Jul 3, 2014

Margaret Davis Kelly, age 92, of Marietta passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2014. Funeral Services will be held 2 pm on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Johnny Foster officiating. There will be a reception immediately following the service in the Family Lounge at the funeral home. Interment will be private. Mrs....