Obituaries
Derek W. Lester
Sep 8, 2012
Derek Wayne Lester, age 42, of Marietta, GA passed away on Saturday, September 8, 2012. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Monday, September 10, 2012 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Allen Young and Bishop Grant Cole officiating. Interment will follow at Dallas Cemetery in Dallas, GA. Derek graduated from Osborne High School...
Linda Smith Murray
Sep 7, 2012
Linda Smith Murray, age 69, of Marietta, GA passed away on Friday, September 7, 2012. Funeral Services will be held 3pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. A lifelong resident of Marietta, Mrs. Murray retired from Bellsouth after 20 years of employment. She...
Rev. Morris C. Colston
Sep 7, 2012
Rev. Morris Colston, Jr., age 81, of Marietta passed away Friday, September 7, 2012. Funeral Services will be held 10 am Monday at Temple Baptist Church with Rev. Rodney Colston, Rev. Greg Colston and Rev. Garland Odom officiating. Interment will follow at 1 pm at the Georgia National Cemetery, Canton. Rev. Colston will lie in state from 9 am until...
Sarah Frances Orton
Sep 4, 2012
Sarah Frances Thomas McAuley Orton Born July 22, 1925 in Anniston, Alabama to Sarah and JD Thomas. Sarah passed away September 4, 2012 peacefully in her sleep. After graduation from high-school in Anniston Sarah married her high school sweetheart William McAuley. While he was serving in the Marines overseas, Sarah was perusing her nursing career. Her dream was never fulfilled....
Richard Worthington Cree
Sep 2, 2012
Richard W. “Dick” Cree, age 85, of Marietta passed away Sunday, Sept. 2. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Cree served in the Merchant Marine and the Army, participating in the Berlin Airlift and in the Korean War. After retiring from the Army, he had a 20-year career in finance and banking. In his second retirement, he worked for...
Jana Marie Nance
Sep 1, 2012
Jana Marie Nance, age 46, of Atlanta, passed away on Saturday, September 1, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012, at Owl Rock United Methodist Church, 5880 Campbellton Road, Atlanta, GA 30331. She will lie in state at the church from 1pm until the service. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. A native...
Brenda Merck
Sep 1, 2012
Brenda Gardner Merck, age 68, of Powder Springs passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 1st surrounded by her loving family. The daughter of Abner Julian Gardner and Ruby Jane Gardner, she was born June 17, 1944 in Atlanta, GA. She attended Roosevelt High School and North Georgia College. Afterwards, she worked at Lockheed for 20 years, and also worked as...
Alyce R. Maner
Aug 28, 2012
Alyce R. Maner, age 89, of Powder Springs passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2012. Private services will be held at a later date. A lifelong resident of Cobb County, Mrs. Maner was a member of Locust Grove Baptist Church in Smyrna. Survivors include: Husband of over 70 years, Harry Maner; Son, Gary Maner and wife Lenora; Daughter, Jan Phillips; 3...
Rev. Albert F. Conn
Aug 27, 2012
Rev. Albert F. Conn, age 76, of Atlanta, GA passed away on Monday, August 27, 2012. Funeral Services will be held at 11am on Friday, August 31, 2012 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Larry Hemphill officiating. A native of Atlanta, Rev. Conn worked with the United States Postal Service before entering the ministry. He...
Maynard A. Weisbrodt
Aug 27, 2012
Mr. Maynard A. Weisbrodt, age 92, of Marietta, GA (formerly of Hamilton, OH) passed away Monday, August 27, 2012. A Memorial Service will be held at 10am on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marietta. Interment will be at St. Stephen’s Cemetery in Hamilton, Ohio at a later date. A native of Hamilton, Ohio, Mr. Wesibrodt...
Orena Lynch
Aug 26, 2012
Orena Lynch, age 86, of Marietta, GA, passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 2pm on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home in Moultrie, GA with Rev. Bill McCoy officiating. var item = document.getElementById("tukios_iframe"); // Now calculate our height. if (item){ //Looks like we have tukios_iframe. Lets do
Martha Joyce Monts de Oca
Aug 26, 2012
Martha Joyce Monts de Oca, age 92, of Austell, GA (formerly of Tampa, FL) passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2012. Funeral Services will be held at 12:30pm on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at Garden of Memories Funeral Home in Tampa, FL. Interment will follow at Myrtle Hill Cemetery. A native of the Tampa area, Mrs. Monts de Oca moved...
John Richard Lawrence
Aug 26, 2012
John Richard Lawrence, age 66, of Powder Springs, GA (formerly of Dunedin, FL) passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2012. Private services will be held at a later date. Born and raised in Connecticut, Mr. Lawrence moved to Dunedin, FL in 1980. After graduating from Yale and Cornell Universities, he worked as the City Manager for Dunedin, FL for 22...
Bonnie Bradford
Aug 10, 2012
Bonnie “Mrs. B.” Bradford transitioned in her sleep at her home in Marietta, GA, on August 10, 2012. She was 68. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 4pm on Saturday, September 15, 2012, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. For several years, she worked as secretary for Statewide Mechanical. “Mrs. B.”...
Ralph Boyd Murray
Aug 10, 2012
Ralph Boyd Murray, age 65, of Marietta, passed away on Friday, August 10, 2012. There will be a celebration of Ralph's life here in Georgia at a later date to be determined. A memorial service will also be held in North Carolina; the family will provide additional details. Born in Durham, NC, Mr. Murray had lived in Marietta for the...
Lucia G. Moore
Aug 9, 2012
Lucia G. Moore, age 79, of Marietta, passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2012. Private family services will be held. Mrs. Moore was born in Italy and was a retired school bus driver. Survivors include her children, Ed Grau, Lucy DeNittis, Marie Reals and Michael Grau; brother, Carmelo Casarella and 8 grandchildren.
Betty Kight
Aug 8, 2012
Betty C. Kight, age 78, of Smyrna, passed away on Wednesday August 8, 2012. Private services will be held. Survivors include her sons, Steve Kight of Marietta and Mark Edward Kight of Oklahoma; siblings, George Cook, Everett Cook, Barbara Waters and Nancy Stewart; 3 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
Marlene R. Robinson
Aug 6, 2012
Marlene R. Robinson, age 81, of Marietta, GA, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Monday, August 13, 2012, at Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta. Visitation and viewing will be held at the church from 1pm until the service. Entombment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. A native of...
Richard Reynolds
Aug 6, 2012
Mr. Richard Reynolds, age 84, of Lake City, GA, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012, at First Baptist Church of Jonesboro with Reverend Hinton Harris and Reverend Irvin Pearre officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 12:30pm until the service. Mr. Reynolds spent many...
Johnny J. Dixon
Aug 6, 2012
Johnny J. Dixon, age 78, of Powder Springs, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road in Marietta with Dr. Richard Walker officiating. Interment will follow at Powder Springs Memorial Gardens. Born in Chatsworth, GA, Mr....