Obituaries

Victor Manuel Munoz

Victor Manuel Munoz

Sep 5, 2020

On Saturday, September 5th, 2020, Victor Manuel Munoz “Don Pilo,” loving husband and father of six children passed away at the age of 73. Victor was born on October 12th, 1946 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. He was a member of the Cartilla Militar from 1964-1966 and most known as a contractor and local businessman for his entire adult life....

Joshua Smelser

Joshua Smelser

Sep 5, 2020

The world tragically lost another gentle, kind, and caring soul when Joshua James Smelser had his life stolen by a senseless act of gun violence during a robbery at his Detroit home, on Sept. 5, 2020. He is survived by Susan Smelser (mother), Steven Smelser (father), and Sarah Smelser Simmons (sister) along with a number of aunts, uncles, cousins, and...

James Edward Meadows

James Edward Meadows

Sep 5, 2020

James Edward Meadows, age 83, of Acworth, Georgia passed away Saturday, September 5, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Powder Springs Cemetery. Born in Powder Springs, Mr. Meadows lived in Chicago for 10 years before moving back to Cobb...

Joyce Ann Martin

Joyce Ann Martin

Sep 3, 2020

Joyce Ann Martin, age 74, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away September 3, 2020. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. Interment will follow at Powder Springs Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Powder Springs, GA. After a childhood on the Lost Mountain farm of...

Luther "Jack" Shields, Jr.

Luther "Jack" Shields, Jr.

Sep 2, 2020

Luther Jackson "Jack" Shields, Jr. age 95, of Hiram, Georgia, formerly of Smyrna, passed away September 2, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at Floyd Road Baptist Church in Austell with the Rev. Keith Collins officiating. Internment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta, Georgia. Jack was born in Murray County,...

Frances Chatham

Frances Chatham

Sep 2, 2020

Frances M. Chatham, age 68, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020. A Graveside Service will be held at 4:00 pm on Sunday, September 6, 2020 at Mozley Memorial Gardens in Lithia Springs with Rev. Matt Petty officiating. Frances Martin Chatham was born on June 20, 1952, in Austell, Georgia. She lived a life of service and...

Richard Spain

Richard Spain

Sep 1, 2020

Richard Claiborne Spain was one of the rare people lucky enough to live several lives in his not-quite-a-century on Earth. He was born on March 11, 1927, in Petersburg, Virginia. He received a bachelor's degree from Mississippi College and a Master of Divinity degree from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He could speak, read, or write in seven languages....

Marquita Joanna Tyner

Marquita Joanna Tyner

Aug 31, 2020

Marquita Joanna Tyner, age 65, of Douglasville, Georgia, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020. Marquita was born on January 10, 1955, in Fort Benning, Georgia, to Anna and Romell Tyner Jr. She grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and eventually joined the United States Air Force. Marquita served for four years before settling in Alaska post-military. She eventually relocated to Georgia...

Nancy H. Chandler

Nancy H. Chandler

Aug 29, 2020

Nancy H. Chandler, age 74, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away August 29, 2020. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA with Rev. Bill Rorie officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta, Georgia.. She was preceded in death by...

Agnes Achiaa

Agnes Achiaa

Aug 28, 2020

With profound sadness we are heartbroken to share the news of the passing of our mother, sister and grandmother Agnes Achiaa (Auntie Aggie, Ama Akyaa, Madam) on Friday August 28, 2020 at the Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia. She was 69. Agnes story starts when she was born in Kumasi, Ghana to Mr. John Amankwaah and Madam Mercy Akua Frimpomaa,...

Emory G. Burkhalter

Emory G. Burkhalter

Aug 27, 2020

Emory G. Burkhalter, age 75, of Crestview, Florida passed away August 27, 2020. Funeral Service will be held at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA with Rev. Mike White officiating. Interment will follow at 2:30 pm at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia. He was Preceded in death...

Connie Williams

Connie Williams

Aug 26, 2020

Connie D. Williams, age 70, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Memorial Services will be announced soon. A native of Michigan, Mrs. Williams lived in Powder Springs for the past 40 years. She was a talented and published artist. Survivors include: Husband of 40 years, Chuck Williams; 2 Sons, Shane (Cassie) Williams, Acworth, GA and Wayne...

Margaret Levi

Margaret Levi

Aug 24, 2020

Margaret Levi, 79, died on Monday, August 24, 2020, at home with her family by her side. Margaret was born in Jamaica on October 31, 1940 to Eric and Hyacinth Elliott. She married Paul Levi, the love of her life, on May 25, 1965, and they enjoyed 55 loving years together. They moved to New York where they raised their...

Joslynne Rillie Jones

Joslynne Rillie Jones

Aug 23, 2020

Joslynne Rillie Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 26, 1957, the second child of Aletha Beatrice Kennedy Jones and Paul Daniel Jones (both deceased). She transitioned at WellStar Hospital in Austell, GA on Aug. 23, 2020. When Joslynne was a small child, the family moved to Los Angeles, California. After her mother's death, Joslynne, older sister Sheryl and...

Wanda Nalley Conner

Wanda Nalley Conner

Aug 23, 2020

Wanda N. Conner, age 81, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Sunday, August 23, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, August 28, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Reverend Donald Richards officiating. Interment will follow at 1:30 pm at Green Lawn Cemetery in Roswell, Georgia. A native of Roswell, GA, Mrs....

Ralph Miller

Ralph Miller

Aug 22, 2020

Ralph Kay Miller, Sr., age 89, of Mableton, Georgia passed away August 22, 2020. Funeral Service will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA with Rev. Alan Davis officiating. Interment will be held at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia. Ralph Miller was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia...

Joy Christensen

Joy Christensen

Aug 22, 2020

Joy (Bewersdorf) Christensen, 92 of Marietta, GA passed away on August 22, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. Joy was born February 18, 1928, in Chicago, IL to Herbert and Violet Bewersdorf. Joy was predeceased by her father and mother and her husband Robert H. Christensen. She is survived by her children Gay (Donald) Schumaker (Gay passed away October 9,...

Latanya Marie Durham

Latanya Marie Durham

Aug 19, 2020

With the start of a new life, Dr. Latanya Marie Durham, DC, age 38, has made the transition from earth to glory. At 02:01 p.m., she boarded train 2020, Car No. 8, took the 19th seat and the train moved on. Her work is now finished. She was a young, sweet, beautiful young lady and a talented, well respected doctor...

Kevin Douglas Monstrola

Kevin Douglas Monstrola

Aug 19, 2020

Kevin Douglas Monstrola, age 41, of Dallas, Georgia passed away August 19, 2020. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. Kevin was born to parents Doug and Debbie Monstrola on July 26, 1979 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He grew up in Brighton, Michigan,...

Sarah Elise Reece

Sarah Elise Reece

Aug 19, 2020

Sarah Elise Reece, age 95, of Buford, Georgia passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at Cheatham Hill Baptist Church in Marietta with Pastor Ryan McElhaney and Rev. Steven McEntyre officiating. Interment will follow at 4:30pm at Big Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery in Woodstock, Georgia. She will...