Obituaries
Herman Charles Butler
Jan 11, 2014
Herman C. Butler, Sr., 86, of Mableton, GA passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2014. Funeral Services will be held 2pm on Monday, January 13, 2014 at Floyd Road Baptist Church with Rev. Burman Cape Jr. officiating. He will lie in state at the church from 1pm until time of service. Interment will follow at Mt. Harmony Memorial Gardens in...
Norman Edward Cook
Jan 11, 2014
Norman Edward Cook, age 85, of Marietta, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 4pm on Monday, January 13, 2014, at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta with Dr. Thomas Chapman officiating. Interment will follow at Praise Tabernacle Church Cemetery in Powder Springs. Mr. Cook was born in Banning, GA...
Alford Glenn Olvey
Jan 8, 2014
Alford “Glenn” Olvey, age 84, a longtime resident of Mableton, GA passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Jerry McCurdy and Rev. Cindy Blocksidge officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. A native of Atlanta,...
Lucy Patton Singleton
Jan 8, 2014
Lucy Patton Singleton, age 82, of Marietta, passed away January 8, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 2pm Sunday, January 12, 2014, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, Marietta, with Rev. Johnny Foster officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park. Mrs. Singleton was a life-long resident of Cobb County. She was a homemaker and...
Leon Thomas Ellis
Jan 7, 2014
Leon Thomas Ellis, age 83, of Kennesaw, GA, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. No services are planned at this time. Survivors include his wife, Kathryn Ellis; daughter, Karen Glover Lambis; son, Steve Ellis; sister, Ruth Jackson; grandsons, Donnie Lawrence and Brandon Lawrence and great-granddaughter, Kristen Lawrence.
Brad Douglas Fahey
Jan 3, 2014
Brad Douglas Fahey, 34, passed away on January 3rd, 2014. He was born in Mission Viejo, California on November 20th, 1979. In 1998, he graduated from Konawaena High School in Kealakekua, Hawaii. He went on to work at Classic Vision Care in Kennesaw, Georgia, prior to founding F5 Contracting, a construction company named in honor of his four brothers. The...
Nancy Irene McCarty
Jan 3, 2014
Nancy Raley McCarty, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, died Friday, January 3, 2014. She was 71 years old. Nancy grew up in the Buckhead area of Atlanta graduating from Northside High School in 1960. She studied ballet from Ruth Mitchell and was quite accomplished. Painting was also a passion of hers that brought her great joy. However, her parents, James...
William Sherwood Florence Jr.
Dec 31, 2013
William Sherwood Florence Jr., 73, of Marietta, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Kennesaw Memorial Park with Rev. Scott Bailey officiating. Mr. Florence was a veteran of the United States Navy and was a Surveyor with the Georgia Department of Transportation. He was also a license Real Estate Agent...
William David Arnold
Dec 31, 2013
Dr. William David Arnold, DVM passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, after a full 76 years of gratefully living, loving, and serving his Lord, family, friends, country and all living creatures both big and small. Services will be 2pm Friday, January 3, 2014 at Powder Springs First United Methodist Church with Rev. Roger Vest officiating. He will lie...
Clinton Eugene "Gene" Cannon
Dec 31, 2013
Clinton Eugene “Gene” Cannon, age 93, of Powder Springs, GA passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 2pm on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park with full Military and Masonic honors. Mr. Cannon served in the United States National Guard...
Mary Ann Beasley
Dec 31, 2013
Mary Ann Beasley, age 69, of Kennesaw passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 4 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, Marietta with Dr. Ernest Easley and Rev. Bill Beasley officiating. A private family interment will follow the service. Mrs. Beasley is survived by her loving...
Clinton Scott Gilbert
Dec 30, 2013
Clinton Scott Gilbert, age 28, of Powder Springs, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2013. The family will receive friends at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta on Friday, January 3, 2014, from 7pm-9pm. Mr. Gilbert was a life-long resident of Cobb County. Survivors include his mother, Tammy Gilbert of Powder Springs; brothers, Nicholas and Jared...
Patricia Paulson
Dec 29, 2013
Patricia Paulson, 67 of Powder Springs passed away Sunday, December 29, 2013. Memorial Services will be 5:00p.m. Friday, January 3, 2014 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and the family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:00p.m. until the time of service. A native of Watertown, TN, Ms. Paulson was employed with MetLife as a Medical...
Timothy Glenn Craig
Dec 28, 2013
Timothy Glenn Craig, age 52, of Hiram, GA passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2013. Graveside Services will be held at 3pm on Monday at Meadow Brook Memory Gardens, 1100 Hickory Level Road, Villa Rica, GA. A native of Langhorne, PA, Mr. Craig moved to Georgia in 1986. He worked as an Advanced Technical Service Representative for SunChemical for 34...
Eric K. Chepkuto
Dec 28, 2013
Eric Chepkuto, age 36, of Sandy Springs, GA, passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 10am on Saturday, January 11, 2014, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta, GA 30064. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday from 9am until the service. var...
Mark Alan Staebler
Dec 25, 2013
Mark Alan Staebler, age 50, of Powder Springs passed away December 25, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, December 28 at the First Baptist Church Powder Springs with Rev. Mike Woods officiating. Interment will follow at Powder Springs Cemetery, Powder Springs. Mr. Staebler was preceded in death by his mother, Therese Staebler and is survived...
Elmer Harvey Thomerson
Dec 25, 2013
Harvey went to the immediate presence of his Savior on Dec. 25th, 2013, due to respiratory problems. He was born May 21, 1944, to Elmer Harvey Thomerson and Mary Annibel Martin Thomerson, in Winston Salem. He graduated from RJ Reynolds High and also received a BS in Psychology from UNC-G. He served in the US Army in Thailand. He worked...
Elija Maxie Hicks
Dec 25, 2013
Elija M. "Lige" Hicks, Jr. was born on August 26, 1920 to parents Elijah M. Hicks and Jessie Bryant Hicks. He grew up in Florence, South Carolina, graduating from Florence High School in 1937. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from Furman University in 1941 as valedictorian of his class. Continuing his education, Hicks also received an MS and a...
Bobby Eugene Anderson
Dec 22, 2013
Bobby Eugene Anderson, age 66, of Powder Springs, passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 12pm on Thursday, December 26, 2013, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta. Inurnment will follow at 2pm at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. Bob, aka “Ricky” (because he always...
Michelle Angela Lawrence
Dec 21, 2013
Mrs. Michelle A. Joseph Lawrence, devoted loving mother, passed away on December 21, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 12 p.m. on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Destiny World Church, 7400 Factory Shoals Road in Austell, GA with Pastor Gwaine Davis officiating. She will lie in state at the church from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. On the morning...