Obituaries
Edward Lanier Parker
May 25, 2011
Edward Lanier Parker, 77, of Marietta, GA passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Funeral Services will be 11am Saturday, May 28, 2011 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Joey Hatchell officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Parker was a 1953 graduate of West Fulton High School and attended Southern...
James Edward Price
May 24, 2011
James Edward Price Sr., 82, of Marietta, GA passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Funeral Services will be held 3pm Saturday, May 28, 2011 at First Baptist Church of Smyrna with Rev. Joseph Rainwater officiating. Mr. Price will lie in state at the church from 2pm until the time of service. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park in...
Flora Mae Williams
May 23, 2011
Flora Mae “Polly” Williams, age 87, of Mableton, GA passed away on Monday, May 23, 2011. Funeral Services will be held 11:00a.m. on Friday, May 27, 2011 at Floyd Road Baptist Church with Rev. Burman Cape Jr. officiating. She will lie in state at the church from 10:00a.m. until the time of service. Interment will be 3:30p.m. Friday at Glen...
Elizabeth Singleton Atcheson
May 23, 2011
Elizabeth Singleton Atcheson, 76, of Marietta, passed away Monday, May 23, 2011. Services will be held 11am on Wednesday in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Dr. John Knox Crooks officiating. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Born in Paulding County, Mrs. Atcheson had lived in Marietta since 1970. She was a beloved wife and...
Kemuel Wayne Shipp Sr.
May 22, 2011
Kemuel (Kem) Wayne Shipp Sr., 72, of Kennesaw passed away Sunday, May 22, 2011. Private family services will be held. Predeceased in death by his parents Mescal and Rushard Shipp both of Kennesaw and a brother Geoffrey Shipp. He is survived by a daughter Dori and her husband Brandon Smith of Acworth and their three children, David, Annie and Mary...
James Grady Bowman
May 20, 2011
James Grady Bowman, Jr., 81, of Acworth, GA, passed away Friday, May 20, 2011. Visitation will be at 11:30 am with a memorial service following at 12:30 pm on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, GA with Phillip Satterfield officiating. Interment will follow at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton...
Charles E. Rey
May 20, 2011
Charles E Rey, 87, of Marietta passed away on Friday, May 20, 2011. Private services will be held. Mr. Rey was retired from Lockheed as an Engineer and was of the Baptist Faith. He is survived by his Sons, Charles E. Rey of Dallas and Hal Rey of Cumming; Dear Friend, Becky Beacham; Sister, Doris Rey Harwell of Peachtree City;...
Carrie M. Ward
May 19, 2011
Carrie M. Ward, age 56, of Marietta, GA passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2011. Private Services will be held. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Carrie was previously employed with Northside Hospital and was of the Pentecostal Faith. She is survived by Mother, Frances Green White of Ohio; Son and Daughter in law, Robert and Jessica Ward of Powder Springs;...
Ruth Michelle Giahi
May 19, 2011
Ruth Michelle Giahi, age 39, of Dallas, GA passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2011. Private services will be held. A native of Miami, Florida, Ruth was formerly employed with Home Depot and was of the Jewish Faith. She is survived by her husband, Farid “Fred” Shemirani Giahi of Dallas, GA; children, Eli Daniel and Martin Abasi Giahi of Dallas,...
Helen J. Nance
May 18, 2011
Helen J. Nance, age 93, of Marietta passed away May 18, 2011. Mrs. Nance was born in Sandersville, GA on September 3, 1917. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn V. Nance and son, Richard F. Nance. She is survived by her nieces: Eugenia Minor and Jerri Waldorf. Online guestbook: www.westcobbfuneralhome.com .
Harold T. Webster
May 17, 2011
Mr. Harold T. Webster, age 80, of Marietta, GA passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Funeral Services will be held 2pm Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – Atlanta Stake, Smyrna Ward in Marietta. He will lie in state from 1pm until 2pm at the church. Interment Services will be held at 10:30am on Monday,...
Sergio Alejandro Calderilla
May 15, 2011
Sergio Alejandro Calderilla, 37, of Smyrna, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2011. A funeral mass will be held at 2pm on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Lithia Springs. Interment will follow at Mt. Harmony Memorial Gardens in Mableton. Survivors include his wife, Sara Calderilla; mother, Angela Garcia Zetina; children, Jose Alejandro Calderilla, Natalie...
Thomas Ronald Gray
May 13, 2011
Mr. Thomas Ronald Gray, age 75, of Powder Springs, GA passed away on Friday, May 13, 2011. Funeral Services will be held 2pm Monday at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. A native of Erie, PA, Mr. Gray lived in Cobb County for the past 40 years. He worked...
William Melton
May 13, 2011
Mr. William Morris “Bud” Melton, Sr., age 70, of Powder Springs passed away Friday, May 13, 2011. Funeral Services will be held 11am Tuesday, May 17th, in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Talmadge Crawford and Rev. John Mays officiating. Burial will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park. A lifelong Resident of Cobb County,...
James Daniel Anderson
May 13, 2011
Mr. James Daniel Anderson, age 74, of Buchanan, GA passed away Friday, May 13, 2011. A Graveside Service will be held 2pm Sunday, May 15th at Pineywoods Cemetery in Buchanan. A native of Carrollton, GA, Mr. Anderson lived in Atlanta for most of his life before moving to Buchanan 6 years ago. He worked for the City of Atlanta as...
Calvin B. Prather
May 12, 2011
Calvin "Dink" B. Prather, a retired Cobb County Fire Fighter, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 after a brief struggle with lung cancer. He was seventy-three years old. Calvin, better known to his friends as Dink, leaves behind his wife of fifty-two years, Linda Brady; along with their three children, Tammy Kimbrough, Tracy Colby and Tyler Prather; seven grandchildren; a sister,...
Bruce Evitts Humphrey
May 9, 2011
Acworth, GA – Bruce Evitts Humphrey, 73, of Acworth, GA, passed away Monday, May 9th, 2011 at his home. A native of Marblehead, MA, Bruce was born on October 19, 1937, to Edward F. and Viola (Evitts) Humphrey. Bruce served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1959 as a Topographic Engineer. He was employed for I.B.E.W. #103 in...
Ginger Medlock Gile
May 6, 2011
Ginger Medlock Gile, age 42, of Dallas, GA passed away Friday, May 6, 2011. Funeral Services will be held 1pm Monday, May 9th in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park Cemetery. A native of Cobb County, Ginger moved to Dallas 9 years ago. She graduated from Osborne High...
Benjamin Owuor Ochuodho
May 5, 2011
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