Obituaries
Billy Canup Jr.
May 9, 2022
Billy Jack Canup, Jr., age 57, of Mableton, Georgia passed away Monday, May 9, 2022. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 pm on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. A lifelong resident of Cobb County, Billy attended Pebblebrook High School where he played football. He was the Director of Production at Crystal...
Astrid E. Roley
May 7, 2022
Astrid E. Roley, age 74, of Marietta, Georgia passed away May 7, 2022. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. Interment will follow at 2:00 pm at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 6, 2022...
Katierine Jacobs
May 7, 2022
Katierine Lucas Jacobs, age 84, of Dallas, Georgia passed away Saturday, May 7, 2022. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Pastor Thomas and Teresa Goggins officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta. The family will receive friends on Saturday,...
Marcie Wanjiku Murago
May 6, 2022
Marcie Wanjiku Gachambi Murago, age 67 of Kennesaw GA, passed away on Friday May 6th 2022 in the hospital, surrounded by her 3 children. Visitation for friends and extended family will take place on Tuesday May 17th 2022 at 11AM at West Cobb Funeral Home, followed by the Funeral Service at 12PM, and interment at Kennesaw Memorial Park , Marietta,...
Lya T McGivney
May 6, 2022
Lya McGivney, age 99, of Marietta, passed away peacefully on May 6, 2022. Lya was born in Bremen, Germany. Lya earned an associate degree in business while also learning English. She moved to New York after WW2 working at The Pure Food Company. Where Lya met and married the love of her life. She was a long-time employee of Publix...
Robin Elaine Gruner
May 5, 2022
Robin S. Gruner passed away peacefully on May 5th, 2022 with her husband and sister by her side. She was a devoted wife, mother, sister, aunt, and earlier this year, became a grandmother (GranGran). Robin Elaine Scheeffer was born on September 25, 1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Janet and Robert Scheeffer. She graduated from Crispus Attucks High School in 1977....
Hemalathadevi Venkatarayappa Tarikere
May 4, 2022
Dr. Hemalathadevi V. Tarikere passed on May 4, 2022 at her home in Powder Springs, Georgia. She was the second child of Lakshmama Muniappa and T.S. Venkatrayappa. She grew up in police quarters in many parts of Karnataka, India. She entered Bangalore Medical College and graduated with her MBBS Degree in 1969. She passed EFCMG and FLEX exams and emigrated...
Adali Kupolati
May 3, 2022
Adali Ariel Kupolati was a beautiful, cute, perfect baby girl; who was born on June 11, 2020 to her proud parents, Kayanne Dunn and Kehinde Kupolati. Adali attending a Child Care Center until her untimely passing. She was such an angel and just a joy to be around. Very sweet, smart, lively, kind, and truly loved people. CoComelon was her...
William Robert "Bill" Harris
May 3, 2022
William Robert "Bill" Harris, age 53, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 7, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Ricky Gray officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta, Georgia. Born in Hampton, VA, Bill moved to Marietta, GA...
LaNelle M. Lester
May 2, 2022
LaNelle Moore Lester, age 87, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away Monday, May 2, 2022. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at First Baptist Church of Powder Springs in Powder Springs with Rev. Alan Davis officiating. The family will receive friends on Thursday, May 5, 2022 from 12:30 pm until 2:00 pm in...
Maria Del Carmen Lazo
May 1, 2022
As a believer we know she reach the glory To My beloved Maria I thank God for your life I thank God for the seeds you spread with love For all you gave without caring of your own needs For the good you did for the needy For all the soul's who cross your path ✨️ But mostly the example...
Johnny Shipp Reed
May 1, 2022
Johnny Shipp Reed, age 77, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022. A celebration of his life will be announced at a later date. Born in Decatur, Alabama, Mr. Reed lived in Valparaiso, FL, and Washington, DC for several years before moving to Marietta, GA in 1978. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served...
Kayanne Kim-Loy Dunn
May 1, 2022
Kayanne Kim-Loy Dunn was born on December 2, 1984 in Kingston, Jamaica. Kayanne along with her 1 year old toddler, Adali were involved in a car crash on May 1, 2022 in Hiram, Georgia. Sadly, this tragedy was fatal for Kayanne. Adali succumbed to her injuries and died two days later at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. KK spent the...
Lisa Ricketts
Apr 30, 2022
December 26, 1961 – April 30, 2022 Ms. Lisa D. Ricketts (Futrelle), age 60, of Canton, GA, passed serenely at home Saturday, April 30, 2022. Visitation for friends and extended family will take place at 11 AM, Saturday, May 7th at Milford Baptist Church in Marietta, followed by her Funeral Service at 12 PM in the same location. Interment will...
Margie Lindsey Pace Kingston
Apr 29, 2022
Margie Lindsey Pace Kingston, age 92, of Dallas, Georgia passed away April 29, 2022. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. Interment will follow at Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Dallas, GA. She was born September 7, 1929 in Atlanta. Mrs. Pace...
Dr. Charles Olive Jr.
Apr 25, 2022
Charles Whitney "Chuck" Olive, Jr., 85, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2022 at Wellstar Paulding Hospital after a brief illness. Charles was born in Newton, Massachusetts on June 26, 1936. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and went on to receive a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Biochemistry from Syracuse University. He published several...
Carolyn Anderson
Apr 23, 2022
Edna Carolyn Anderson, age 79, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Saturday, April 23, 2022 at WellStar Cobb Hospital. She was born on July 21, 1942 and grew up in the Chattanooga area. She is survived by her cousins, Mary Sue Gilbert, Kathy Gilbert Wilson, Conner F. Gilbert, Jr., Kari Gilbert Owens, and Kristi Gilbert Armour. She is also survived by...
Mary Lou Warden
Apr 21, 2022
Mary Lou Warden, age 89, of Dallas, Georgia passed away Thursday, April 21, 2022. A Memorial Service will be held at 3pm on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Creekside Pines Retirement Community Chapel, 1011 Merchants Drive, in Dallas, GA. Born in New Brunswick, NJ, Mrs. Warden moved to Marietta, GA in 1969, then to Dallas, GA 6 years ago. She...
Charles David King
Apr 20, 2022
Charles David King, 79, left this world on April 20, 2022, after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Sue King and their two children Chuck King (Laura) and Amy King Hilsman and is predeceased by a daughter Kelly Denise King. Four grandchildren, Silas Hayden Atkinson, Spencer Douglas King, Abigail Colleen Atkinson, and Bristol Grace...
Nina Haake Watts
Apr 16, 2022
Nina Haake Watts, age 85, of Austell, Georgia passed away April 16, 2022. Services were held at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. She was preceded in death by her parents Alvin and Wilma Haake, her husband Herman Daniel Watts and two sisters Gloria Haake and Rosemary Hanson, granddaughter Emily Watts. Mrs. Watts was a native...