Obituaries
Grady "Buddy" Gilbert Hardy
Apr 25, 2013
Grady Gilbert "Buddy" Hardy, Jr., age 60, of Cartersville, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Private services will be held at a later date. A native of Cobb County, Mr. Hardy attended Osborne High School and was a chef at Old Hickory House for 21 years. Survivors include his sisters, Pat Towns of Cartersville and Candy (Michael Ray) Boice...
Sigifredo Gonzalez Hernandez
Apr 24, 2013
Sigifredo Gonzalez Hernandez, age 71, of Marietta, passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 5pm on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Iglesia Misonera, 1021 Oregon Trail, Marietta, GA 30008. var item = document.getElementById("tukios_iframe"); // Now calculate our height. if (item){ //Looks like we have tukios_iframe. Lets
Joshua May Chaney
Apr 24, 2013
Joshua May Chaney, III, age 75, of Marietta, GA passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, April 28th in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. A reception will follow the service at the funeral home. Born in a one room log cabin on September 10, 1937...
Beverly Joyce Blair
Apr 23, 2013
Beverly Joyce Blair, age 70, of Dallas, GA passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Services will be held at 11am on Friday, April 26, 2013 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Dr. Richard Walker officiating. Interment will follow at a later date at Georgia Memorial Park. Born in Atlanta, Mrs. Blair lived in Smyrna for...
Julie Catherine Henson Spencer
Apr 22, 2013
Julie Catherine Henson Spencer, age 41, of College Park, passed away on Monday, April 22, 2013. A private graveside service will be held at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA. A native of College Park, Ms. Spencer was a Veteran of the United States Army where she served as a combat medic. Survivors include her children, Patrick Sitton of...
Gerald Lynn Sluder
Apr 22, 2013
Gerald Lynn Sluder, age 58 of Dallas passed away Monday, April 22, 2013. Memorial Services will be held at 2 pm on Friday, April 26 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta with Chaplain Lt. Mike Bell officiating. Mr. Sluder is preceded in death by his parents, Harlan and Dorothy Sluder. He is...
Kirkland John Duckworth
Apr 20, 2013
Kirkland John Duckworth, age 59, of Dallas, GA passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2013. Private services will be held at a later date. Born in North Tonawanda, NY, Mr. Duckworth lived most of his life in Cobb County. After graduating from the University of Georgia, he obtained his Master’s Degree from Georgia State University. He worked for Suntrust Bank...
Marina C. Fitzsimmons
Apr 19, 2013
Marina C. Fitzsimmons, age 81, of Powder Springs, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, April 21, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park. Following the interment, the family will be having a reception at the...
John Thomas Bouse
Apr 18, 2013
John Thomas Bouse, age 73 of Marietta, formerly of New York, passed away, Thursday, April 18, 2013. Graveside Services will be on Wednesday, April 24 at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, NY. Mr. Bouse is preceded in death by his loving wife of 39 years, Christina. He is survived by his daughter, Mary Frances Gurgigno and her husband, Dante...
Rae Lavonne Hallisey
Apr 17, 2013
Rae Lavonne Hallisey (nee Bennett) passed away peacefully on April 17th, 2013 following an extended illness. Rae was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 30th, 1930. Shortly after graduating from Royal Oak High School, Rae and her best friend, Joanne, joined the Navy. Immediately upon graduating from Class A "Yeoman School" Service School Command in May of 1952, both Rae...
Dr. James Dixon Barrs
Apr 15, 2013
Dr. James D. Barrs, age 77, of Mableton, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 1pm on Friday, April 19, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, Marietta, with Dr. Richard Walker officiating. The family will receive friends from 12pm until the service. Survivors include his children, Jeff (Vicki)...
George Arthur Wood
Apr 13, 2013
Remembering and Honoring – A Quiet Man George Arthur Wood George A. Wood, 83 of Marietta GA passed away Saturday, April 13, 2013. George was born in Cleveland, OH on April 6, 1930 – grew up on a family farm and was schooled in Mentor, Ohio before moving to Los Angeles. George graduated from David Starr Jordan High School in...
Joseph Wanyeki Gathambiri
Apr 10, 2013
Joseph Wanyeki Gathambiri, age 25, of Marietta, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Saturday, April 27, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. The family will receive friends from 10am until the service. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park, Marietta.
James Robert Davis
Apr 10, 2013
James Robert “Billy” Davis, 71, of Dallas, GA passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Funeral services will be 11am Saturday, April 13, 2013 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Jimmy Dunn officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Davis lived most of his life in Cobb County and worked...
George Thompson
Apr 9, 2013
George J. Thompson, age 59, of Kennesaw, GA passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30am on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Northwest Christian Church in Acworth with Rev. Ron Mobley and Rev. Mike Stephens officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. A native of southern California, Mr. Thompson moved to...
Susan Caroline Cudabac
Apr 9, 2013
Susan Caroline Davis Cudabac, age 99, of Marietta, GA, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 5pm on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, with Rev. Cindy Blocksidge officiating. Inurnment will follow at Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Fort Mill, SC on...
James Rodney Hinton
Apr 9, 2013
James "Rodney" Hinton, age 57, of Marietta, Georgia, passed away April 9, 2013. He is survived by his children, Adam, Jenean, and Thomas Hinton of Columbus, Ohio, his mother, Mariam Hinton of Jasper, Georgia, his sisters and their husbands, Jackie and Dennis Carlisle of Canton, Georgia, and Rebecca and Terry Luster of Marietta, Georgia. He also leaves behind many nieces,...
Kenneth James Smith
Apr 8, 2013
Kenneth James Smith, age 89, of Marietta, GA passed away on Monday, April 8, 2013. Memorial Services will be held at 2pm on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Scott Brown officiating. A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Smith moved to Marietta in 1969. He served in the United States Navy at...
Nicole Facundo
Apr 8, 2013
Nicole Facundo, infant of Kennesaw, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Friday, April 12, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Pastor Bobby Curtis officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 p.m. until...
Betty Jo Stewart
Apr 6, 2013
Betty Jo Stewart, age 83, of Douglasville, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2013. A graveside service will be held at 2pm on Monday, April 15, 2013, at Forest Hills Memorial Gardens in Forest Park, GA. Survivors include her sons, Glenn (Carlita) Stewart of Douglasville and Stanley (Maryanne) Stewart of Barrow County; brother, Steve (Debbie) Adamson of West Virginia; grandchildren,...

