Obituaries

Norma Banks

Norma Banks

Jul 26, 2020

Norma Sue Banks, age 81, of Dallas, Georgia passed away July 26, 2020. Graveside Service will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta, GA. She was preceded in death by her husband William Edward Banks. Mrs. Banks was a native of Pocahontas, VA. She lived most of her life in...

Rose Short

Rose Short

Jul 25, 2020

Rose Marie Short, age 75, of Canton, Georgia passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020 at Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton, GA. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at St Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church in Woodstock with Father Larry Niese officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. Born...

Donald Tolbert Hollingsworth

Donald Tolbert Hollingsworth

Jul 25, 2020

Donald Tolbert Hollingsworth, age 88, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, July 31, 2020 at Eastwood Baptist Church in Marietta. A Private Interment will follow at the Georgia National Cemetery on Monday, August 3rd. Born in Atlanta, Mr. Hollingsworth lived most of his life in Cobb...

Michael Reyes

Michael Reyes

Jul 24, 2020

Michael Antonio Reyes, age 67, of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away July 24, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. A native of the Dominican Republic, Mr. Reyes moved to Stone Mountain 2 years ago...

James Edward O'Neal, Sr.

James Edward O'Neal, Sr.

Jul 24, 2020

James Edward O'Neal, Sr. (Jim), age 76, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Friday, July 24, 2020, at his home in Marietta, Georgia. The family will receive friends on Friday, July 31, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, Georgia. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. with Dr. Philip West...

Eric Richard Yero

Eric Richard Yero

Jul 20, 2020

Eric Richard Yero, age 29, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away July 20, 2020. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, July 24, 2020 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 maternal grandparents John and Thelma DiGeorge and...

Gerald Martin

Gerald Martin

Jul 18, 2020

Gerald Wayne Martin, age 71, of Temple, Georgia passed away July 18, 2020. Funeral Service will be held at 12:00 pm on Thursday, July 23, 2020 at Calvary Baptist Church in Smyrna with Dr. T. P. Johnston, Jr. and Rev. Doug Huggins officiating. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park in Marietta, Georgia. Mr. Martin was a native of Harlan,...

Ekpoumo O. Udonkuku

Ekpoumo O. Udonkuku

Jul 18, 2020

Ekpoumo O. Udonkuku, age 44, of Marietta, Georgia passed away July 18, 2020. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, August 1, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Mount Harmony Memorial Gardens in Mableton, Georgia. Ekpoumo was a native of Charleston, WV. She loved spending time with her family...

Fred Wyatt Chambers

Fred Wyatt Chambers

Jul 18, 2020

Fred Wyatt Chambers passed away peacefully nine months ago on July 18, 2020 at age 84. Strong and resilient, with a good sense of humor, Fred fought valiantly through a number of near death experiences, suffering from numerous conditions. His family often joked that he was a man gifted with 9 lives. Fred was born in Clayton GA of Rabun...

Vincent Le

Vincent Le

Jul 17, 2020

Vincent (Vinh) Le, age 20, of Marietta, Georgia passed away July 17, 2020 Vincent was born in California and spent a little more than half of his life growing up in Georgia where he made many lifelong friends and memories. He loved playing video games with his close friends, practicing the guitar and violin, and doing cool tricks on a...

Dorothy Mae Sedlak

Dorothy Mae Sedlak

Jul 16, 2020

Dorothy Mae Sedlak, age 85, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Thursday, July 16, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park in Marietta. Born in Atlanta, Mrs. Sedlak lived most of her life in Cobb County. She retired...

Ronald Lamar Green

Ronald Lamar Green

Jul 16, 2020

Ronald Lamar Green, age 29, of Marietta, Georgia passed away July 16, 2020. Funeral Service will be held at 5:00 pm on Friday, July 24, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta. He was preceded in death by his father, Roland Green, grandmother, Birtha Pennington and niece Audrey Grace Lee. Ronald was a native and lifelong...

Robert A. Beaty

Robert A. Beaty

Jul 12, 2020

Robert A."Bob" Beaty, age 65, of Dallas, Georgia passed away Sunday, July 12, 2020. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, August 9, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Pastor Jacob Beaty officiating. Interment will follow at the Georgia National Cemetery on a later date. A native of Cobb County, Mr....

Lillian Hopkins

Lillian Hopkins

Jul 12, 2020

Lillian Lois Hopkins, age 86, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Sunday, July 12, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Howard Byrd and Rev. Jackie Sanders officiating. Entombment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta. Mrs. Hopkins was a lifelong...

Gerald Koenig

Gerald Koenig

Jul 10, 2020

Gerald Koenig was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York during the tumult of the Great Depression and the Second World War that followed. His college studies were interrupted by the United States Army; during the Korean War he served in Germany as a Combat Engineer in the 1st Infantry Division (basically blowing things up, as he put it). He...

Betty Canup

Betty Canup

Jul 9, 2020

Betty Jane Canup, age 83, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away Thursday, July 9, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Monday, July 13, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta, Georgia. A lifelong resident of Cobb County, Mrs. Canup retired as a teacher...

Paul R. Potts

Paul R. Potts

Jul 8, 2020

Paul R. Potts, of Marietta, GA, (formerly of Madison, AL) died after a brief illness on July 8, 2020 at the age of 90. He was born in Barnesville, GA and moved to Alexandria, VA in his teenage years where he met his wife. Paul served in the U.S. Army and was employed for over 45 years with the U.S....

Robert "Bob" James Kroner

Robert "Bob" James Kroner

Jul 8, 2020

Robert "Bob" James Kroner, age 95, of Dallas, Georgia passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at Nativity Lutheran Church in Austell with Pastor Dena Lane officiating. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia. Born on June 15, 1925, Mr. Kroner moved to Atlanta in...

Everett Ivan Cook

Everett Ivan Cook

Jul 7, 2020

Everett Cook, age 75, of Winston, Georgia, formerly of Cobb County, passed away peacefully at his home Tuesday, July 7, 2020 after a year long illness. He was retired from the City of Atlanta Police Department after 30 years where he was a Captain and retired again from Ryder after 15 years as a truck driver. He was a member...

Wayne A. Witherell

Wayne A. Witherell

Jul 5, 2020

Wayne Witherell, age 94 is survived by his wife of sixty-nine years, Frances Witherell, his daughter Susan and Carlos Arce, his daughter Andrea and Julio Velasquez and his daughter Lucinda and Lee Lawrence. Wayne has ten grandchildren and spouses and twenty four great grandchildren. He is also survived by one sister, Barbara McCrorie, and multiple nieces and nephews. There will...