Obituaries

Maria del Socorro Vega

Maria del Socorro Vega

Oct 1, 2013

Maria del Socorro Vega, age 38, of Marietta, GA, passed away on Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Friday, October 4, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta. Interment will follow at Mableton Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12pm...

Ruth Clark

Ruth Clark

Sep 30, 2013

Ruth Clark, age 92, of Marietta, GA passed away on Monday, September 30, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Larry Ritch officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. A lifelong resident of Marietta, Mrs. Clark was a member of Welcome Grove...

Olivia Dawn Mysliwiec

Olivia Dawn Mysliwiec

Sep 29, 2013

Olivia Dawn Mysliwiec, age 38, of Dallas, GA passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 7pm on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Ron Burgess officiating. Olivia was a long time resident of Powder Springs before moving to Dallas 12 years ago. She had attended...

Garry Kenneth Howard

Garry Kenneth Howard

Sep 28, 2013

Garry Kenneth Howard, Sr., age 57,of Dallas, GA, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013. A memorial service will be held at a later date. var item = document.getElementById("tukios_iframe"); // Now calculate our height.

Aletha Chappell

Aletha Chappell

Sep 28, 2013

Aletha Downs Chappell, age 76, of Smyrna, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Saturday, October 5, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Jimmy Summey officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta. Born in Bay Springs, MS, Mrs. Chappell...

Kenneth Larry Cason

Kenneth Larry Cason

Sep 28, 2013

Kenneth Larry Cason, age 57, of Temple, GA, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta. Interment will be held at Peaceful Meadows Memorial Cemetery in Dallas. Mr. Cason was a store manager for Quik...

Joseph W. Lawrence

Joseph W. Lawrence

Sep 27, 2013

Joseph W. Lawrence, age 82, of Marietta, GA passed away on Friday, September 27, 2013. A Graveside Service will be held at 3pm on Sunday, September 29th at Mountain View Cemetery in Marietta. A native of Greenville, Alabama, Mr. Lawrence lived in Marietta for the past 60 years. He retired from Lockheed after 37 years of employment. He was a...

Joan Hawkins Gilcrest

Joan Hawkins Gilcrest

Sep 26, 2013

Joan Hawkins Gilcrest, age 73, of Marietta, GA, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, September 29, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta with Rev. Trentis “Butch” Wilson officiating. Born in Akron, OH, Mrs. Gilcrest lived in New Lexington and Columbus, OH...

Paul Justin Oliver

Paul Justin Oliver

Sep 24, 2013

Paul Justin Oliver, age 29, of Marietta, GA passed away on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. A celebration of Paul’s life will be held 2pm on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at Burnt Hickory Baptist Church, 5145 Due West Road, Powder Springs, GA 30127, with Rev. Bob Byrd and Rev. Mike Stephens officiating and speakers, Coach Mark Richt (head football coach at...

Richard Allen "Rick" Sheldon

Richard Allen "Rick" Sheldon

Sep 23, 2013

Richard Allen “Rick” Sheldon, age 56, of Marietta, GA passed away on Monday, September 23, 2013. Funeral Services will be held 11 am on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park. Born in Rockwood, TN, Mr. Sheldon lived most of his life in Marietta, GA. He was...

Jim Kennon Barker

Jim Kennon Barker

Sep 18, 2013

Jim Kennon Barker, age 89, of Marietta passed away September 18, 2013. Private Family Services will be held at a later date. Mr. Barker was a native of Columbus and lived in Smyrna most of his life. After retiring from Lockheed Martin after 34 years, he moved to Florida. He served in the Marines during WWII . He was a...

Sara Rodriguez

Sara Rodriguez

Sep 18, 2013

Sara M. Rodriguez, age 88, of Acworth, GA passed away on Wednesday, September 18, 2013. Graveside Services will be held at 11am on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Kennesaw Memorial Park with Pastor Juan Rodriguez officiating. Born in Puerto Rico, Mrs. Rodriguez moved to the United States 66 years ago. She was a resident of Cobb County for the past...

Beverly Jean Martin

Beverly Jean Martin

Sep 17, 2013

Beverly Jean Martin, age 82, of Marietta, GA, formerly of Bloomington, IN, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2013. A graveside service will be held at 2pm on Thursday, September 19, 2013, at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta, GA. Born in LaPorte, IN, Mrs. Martin and her late husband, Lyle Walter Martin, Jr., lived in Bloomington, IN for 48...

Esther R. Wheelock

Esther R. Wheelock

Sep 15, 2013

Esther R. Wheelock, age 94, of Kennesaw, GA (formerly of Peachtree City) passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2013. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. A native of Troy, Ohio, Mrs. Wheelock retired to Peachtree City with her husband, the late William Wheelock, in 1985. She was a Registered Nurse, and was a member of Holy Trinity...

Judy Beth Clark

Judy Beth Clark

Sep 13, 2013

Judy Beth Clark, age 73, of Kennesaw, GA passed away Friday, September 13, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 1 pm on Tuesday, September 17 at Burnt Hickory Baptist Church, Powder Springs, GA with Rev. Mike Stephens officiating. Mrs. Clark will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service. Interment will be on Saturday, Sept....

Jackie Lee "Jack" Meeks Sr.

Jackie Lee "Jack" Meeks Sr.

Sep 12, 2013

Jackie Lee “Jack” Meeks, Sr., age 67, of Marietta, GA passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 3pm on Sunday, September 15, 2013 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Terry Meeks officiating. A native of Thomaston, GA, Mr. Meeks had worked at Beaudry Ford in Atlanta as a salesman...

Billy Donald Black

Billy Donald Black

Sep 8, 2013

Billy Donald Black, age 74, of Marietta passed away Sunday, September 8, 2013. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Hollydale United Methodist Church, 2364 Powder Springs Road, Marietta with Reverend Leonard Akers and Reverend David Wilson officiating. Mr. Black lived in the Atlanta area all of his life. He retired from...

Ashley Victoria Garland

Ashley Victoria Garland

Sep 7, 2013

Ashley Victoria Garland, age 28, of Powder Springs, passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta with Rev. Ryan Lawson officiating. Interment will follow at 4pm at Greenlawn Cemetery in Union Point, GA, with Pastor...

Ret. Col. Donald Lee Keil

Ret. Col. Donald Lee Keil

Sep 6, 2013

Retired Colonel Donald Lee Keil, U.S. Army, age 78, of Marietta, GA, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at the Marietta First United Methodist Church with Rev's Sam Matthews, Caludette Farmer and Elaine Wilder officiating. Interment will be at Bluff Hall Church Cemetery in Quincy, IL...

Ernest Heinrich Franke

Ernest Heinrich Franke

Sep 6, 2013

Ernest Franke, 86, a retired Defense Intelligence Agency employee, died September 6, 2013, at his home in Powder Springs, GA, of cancer. At the height of the Cold War, Mr. Franke supervised human intelligence collection operations at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He retired from that position in 1981 after a 37-year career with military intelligence at locations in the United...

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