Obituaries
James Marion Speer
May 23, 2023
James Marion Speer, age 95, of Smyrna, Georgia passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, May 26, 2023 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park in Marietta. A native of Fulton County, Mr. Speer moved to Smyrna in 1961. He was a...
Carol Ann Keaton
May 20, 2023
Carol Ann Keaton, age 75, of Dallas, Georgia passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Funeral Services will be held Saturday May 27, 2023 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory at 2:00 pm with Dr. Richard Walker officiating. Family will receive friends from 12pm- 2 pm. Interment will follow at Paulding Memorial Gardens in Hiram, Georgia. Mrs. Carol Ann...
Josie Ellen Lanquist
May 19, 2023
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Josie Ellen Lanquist (formerly Josie Ellen Backer) who passed away at the age of 92 on May 19, 2023. She was surrounded by her loving family. Born on January 6, 1931 in Clinton, Iowa Josie lived a full and vibrant life. Her father Peter Julius Backer and mother Elsie...
Lucille Katherine Brown Ostrom
May 15, 2023
Lucille Katherine Brown Ostrom, age 89, beloved mother and grandmother, went to be with her Lord Jesus on May 15th 2023. She was residing at Sterling Estates memory care in Marietta, Georgia. She was born in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin to Bendiks and Edith Day Brown. She graduated from Milltown High School in 1953. Lucille grew up on a dairy...
Owolabi Kolawole Badejo
May 15, 2023
Owolabi Kolawole Badejo, of Mableton, Georgia passed away Monday, May 15, 2023 at the age of 56. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 17, 2023 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, Georgia. Interment will follow at Mableton Memorial Gardens in Mableton, Georgia. He was born on April 15, 1967 in Lagos,...
Joan Felice Whigham
May 9, 2023
Joan Felice Whigham, age 87, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at Milford Baptist Church in Marietta with Pastor Clarence Howard officiating. The family will receive friends on Saturday, May 13, 2023 from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm at Milford Baptist Church. Interment will...
LaVerne Jameson Sweeney
May 9, 2023
LaVerne Jameson Sweeney, age 86, departed this life to embark on her next adventure Tuesday, May 9, 2023 in Marietta, Georgia. LaVerne was born January 26, 1937 in Tyler, Texas. LaVerne had a thirst for knowledge. She graduated from Lee High School in Jacksonville, FL and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Education from Florida State University, a Master's degree...
Julie Elizabeth Wilcox
May 9, 2023
Julie Downing Wilcox, beloved wife, mother, and nurse, died with family at her side in her home in Marietta, Georgia on Tuesday, May 9 at the age of 63 following a three-year battle with brain cancer. Julie was born to Major Peter Sharron Downing and Katherine (Kay) Hoey Downing in 1960 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. She is survived by her...
Jerrie Cheek
May 7, 2023
Ms. Jerrie S. Cheek, age 85, passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2023. Funeral Services will be conducted on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 11am at the West Cobb Funeral Home & Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Richard Hemphill officiating. Friends and family are welcome to attend visitation from 10am to 11am, with her memorial service following immediately after. A...
Laurence William Lines
May 7, 2023
Laurence (Larry) William Lines passed away in his sleep at his home early in the morning on May 7, 2023 at 90 years of age in Marietta, Georgia. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 16th in the chapel of Marietta First Baptist Church at 148 Church Street, Marietta, Ga. Larry will lie in state from 11:00 am to...
Christina Hawkins
May 6, 2023
Christina B. Hawkins, age 48, of Acworth, Georgia passed away May 6, 2023. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, Georgia with Ricky Gray officiating. Interment will follow at Powder Springs Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Powder Springs, Georgia. She was preceded in death by...
H. Doyle King
May 5, 2023
H. Doyle King, age 90, husband of the late Macy King, went home into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, May 5, 2023. Doyle was born July 4, 1932, in Marietta, GA and was the son of the late Harley and Mae Brown King. After his honorable discharge from the Air Force in 1953,...
Carmen Ethel Roberts
May 5, 2023
Carmen Gibson Roberts, age 60, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away peacefully in her home on May 5, 2023. Carmen was born at Georgia Baptist Hospital on September 6, 1962, to parents Clarence and Mary Gibson. Carmen graduated from South Cobb High School in 1980 and graduated from Lee University in May, 1984. Carmen was gifted with a beautiful voice...
Mary Sue Fields
May 5, 2023
Mary Sue Fields, 94, of Lithia Springs, Georgia, heard the words "Well done, thou good and faithful servant" when she transitioned from her temporary earthly home to her forever home in Heaven on Friday morning, May 5, 2023. Born in Ellijay, Georgia on November 27, 1928, just a few months prior to the onset of the Great Depression, Mary Sue...
Diane Bell Sakacs
May 4, 2023
Diane Bell Sakacs, 72, passed peacefully in her home on May 4, 2023. Diane was born December 10, 1950, to loving parents TJ Bell and Hazel Robinson in Bremen, Georgia. Diane was one of four siblings, including Jo Bell Livingston, Alan and George Bell. Diane attended Lithia Springs Elementary and went on to graduate from Douglas County High School in...
Bettye Green Williamson
Apr 30, 2023
Bettye Green Williamson, age 89, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away April 30, 2023 at her residence. She was preceded in death by her husband Floyd David Williamson, step-daughter Kathy Louise Busbin, parents James Green and Inez Goldfarb and sister Sarah Foster. Mrs. Williamson was a native of Sebastian, FL living in Fitzgerald, GA before moving to Powder Springs, GA...
Gary Moll
Apr 30, 2023
Gary Ray Moll, age 84, passed away on April 30, 2023, in Powder Springs, Georgia, due to cardiac arrest due to covid complications. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, Georgia. Gary is survived by his wife Tommie Neal and by his three children,...
Jean Bowen
Apr 30, 2023
Jean Nix Bowen, 83 years young, went home to be with her Savior on April 30, 2023, in Marietta, Georgia. Jean was born to parents John D. Nix and Ruth Tyler on September 19, 1939, in Birmingham, Alabama. Jean began her childhood in Birmingham, and eventually moved to West Virginia with her family. She graduated from Magnolia High School in...
Erik Demmers
Apr 27, 2023
Erik Lucas Demmers, a man with a very big heart, moved on to his next adventure on April 27, 2023 at the age of 43 years old. Erik was born on May 21, 1979 in Clear Lake City Texas and moved with his parents to Atlanta Georgia during the spring of the following year. He grew up in the city,...
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted
