Obituaries
Alfonso Hurtado
Jan 26, 2022
Alfonso C. Hurtado, age 92, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away January 26, 2022. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta, Georgia. Preceded in death by his wife Adolfina and grandson Marcus. Alfonso was...
Lela Irene Hale
Jan 25, 2022
Lela Irene Hale, 93, of Powder Springs, formerly of Lost Mountain and Mableton, Georgia, passed away peacefully on January 25, 2022, after several years of declining health. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, January 28, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA with Rev. Keith Collins, Senior Pastor, Floyd Road Baptist...
Ernest Emile Bartholomew
Jan 24, 2022
Ernest E. Bartholomew of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022. Ernest was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and was preceded in death by his father Ernest Bartholomew. He is survived by his mother Betty Orborne of Picayune, Mississippi; wife Sacondra Bartholomew; their two daughters Saniya Bartholomew and Erianna Bartholomew; two step-sons Jamal Joseph Williams and Justin...
Elizabeth Margaret Oakley
Jan 22, 2022
Elizabeth Margaret Oakley, age 92, of Acworth, Georgia passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022 at her home. She was born October 23, 1929 to Lester and Bessie Smith in Ducktown, Tennessee. Ms. Oakley is survived by two daughters, Susan (son-in-law Larry) Cook of Marietta, GA, and Cindy Andrews of Acworth, GA; two grandsons, Matthew Cook of Atlanta, GA and Travis...
Jesse Joseph Pruitt-Black
Jan 22, 2022
Jesse Joseph Pruitt-Black, age 22, of Kennesaw, Georgia passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022. Funeral Services will be Private. Jesse was born February 11, 1999 to Kevin and Kandie Black. He was preceded in death by his father, Kevin Douglas Black, and grandmother, "Oma" Linda Pruitt. A lifelong resident of Cobb County, he graduated from Hillgrove High School in 2017....
Donnie Gene Ingram
Jan 22, 2022
Donnie Gene Ingram was born on June 21, 1942. He passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Saturday, January 22nd, 2022, after a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. He will forever be cherished and remembered as a loving and devoted Husband, Daddy, Granddaddy, and Great-granddaddy to his family. Donnie was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph Ingram...
Lew Ann Parham Bond
Jan 21, 2022
Lew-ann Parham Bond, age 65, was called home peacefully on Friday, January 21,2022, surrounded by her family, after an extended battle with cancer. Born in St. Petersburg, FL to Ann Wheatley Parham (who predeceased her) and Phillip Lewis Parham Sr, she spent her adolescent years in West Columbia, SC., Moving to Marietta, GA in 1975. She graduated from Brenau University,...
Arlene Olterman
Jan 20, 2022
Arlene Bolton Olterman (formerly of Kingsport, TN), a beloved wife, mother, Nana, and teacher passed away at her home in Acworth, GA, the afternoon of January 20, 2022. She was preceded in death by her longtime husband, Robert G. Olterman, and is survived by her three daughters: Stephanie Dressler of Alpharetta, GA, Francine Howley of Bluffton, SC, Richelle Elkins of...
Patty Johnston
Jan 20, 2022
Patty (Harris) Johnston, a longtime Cobb County teacher, and loving wife, mother and grandmother, died Jan. 20, 2022 after a battle with kidney disease. She was 81. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, January 23, 2022 at Mercy Hill Church (formerly Mount Calvary Baptist Church) in Marietta, GA with Rev. Tony Vismore officiating. Interment will be...
Glennis Story
Jan 19, 2022
Glennis Todd Story, age 79, of Dallas, Georgia passed away January 19, 2022. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at a later date at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia. Born and raised in Veal, GA, Mrs. Story lived in Marietta...
Lawrence Plamann
Jan 19, 2022
Lawrence Scott Plamann, age 65, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2022. No public services will be held at this time. A native of New Berlin, Wisconsin, Mr. Plamann had lived in Cobb County for most of his life. He retired from UK Precision as a CNC Machinist after 7 years of employment. After retirement, he was able...
Josephine Elizabeth Ramsey
Jan 18, 2022
Josephine Elizabeth Ramsey, age 93, of Kennesaw, Georgia passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Interment will be held at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Spartanburg, SC on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. A celebration of her life will take place at a later date. Mrs. Ramsey was born on November 9, 1928 in Duncan, SC, and was the 10th child of Ina...
Gail Farngalo
Jan 18, 2022
Sunrise: September 25, 1963 - Sunset: January 18, 2022 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." Revelation 21:4 It is with profound despair that the Farngalo, Mason, and Gatei families announce the untimely home-going of...
Patsy Butler
Jan 17, 2022
Mrs. Patsy Jean Butler, age 81, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away peacefully Monday, January 17, 2022. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. Interment will be in the Rock Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery in Buford, GA. She was preceded in death...
Richard Goode
Jan 17, 2022
Richard Anthony Goode III, of Powder Springs, Georgia, passed away on January 17, 2022 at the age of 62. Richard (Skip) Goode was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 21, 1959, to parents Richard and Ruby Goode. He went to Boston College High School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he excelled in his studies and was a member of the BC...
Elizabeth Ann Horne
Jan 16, 2022
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Elizabeth Ann Horne of Villa Rica Georgia, who passed away on January 16 2022, at the age of 65.leaving to mourn family and friends. She was a simple woman with a giant heart. She went by Ann her middle name. She loved the beach, shopping and her family more...
Zella Richardson
Jan 15, 2022
Zella Mae Richardson 96, of Powder Springs, Georgia entered her eternal place of resting on Saturday, January 15, 2022. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, January 28, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Pastor Jessie Norman officiating. Interment will follow at John Petree Road Church of Christ Cemetery. The family will...
Arthur Doyle Puryear
Jan 15, 2022
Arthur Doyle Puryear, age 81, of Austell, Georgia passed away peacefully Saturday, January 15, 2022, Surrounded by family. Funeral Service will be held at 4:00 pm on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA with Pastor George Cupp officiating. Interment will be held 2:30 pm on Friday, February 4, 2022 at Georgia...
Hedwig Sieglinde Pruitt "Linda"
Jan 15, 2022
Hedwig Sieglinde Mathilda Schulte-Pruitt "Linda", age 71 of Marietta, Ga. Passed peacefully on January 15,2022. The family will have a graveside service, at Kennesaw Memorial, 1306 Whitlock Avenue, Marietta, Ga, 30064 at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Hedwig or "Linda" as everyone knew her was born, July 2, 1950, in Fulda, Germany . She is preceded in death by...
Teresia L. Falcon
Jan 14, 2022
Teresia L Falcon, age 59, of Marietta, Georgia passed away January 14, 2022. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until 11:00 am prior to the ceremony at...