Obituaries
Pastor Carl Braswell
Dec 16, 2020
Rev. Carl Braswell, age 83, of Cumming, Georgia passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, December 19, 2020 at McDonald and Son Funeral Home, 150 Sawnee Drive, Cumming, GA 30040 with Pastor Noe Mendoza and Pastor Mark Biddy officiating. A Graveside Service will follow at Riverview Cemetery in Smyrna, Georgia at...
Deena Williams
Dec 16, 2020
Deena Leigh Marshall Williams, age 62, of Hiram, Georgia passed away December 16, 2020. She was born May 9, 1958. She was preceded in death by her father Dewey L. Marshall, grand parents-Floyd and Ruth Wofford, John and Barbara and Ann Marshall. Deena grew up in Dalton, GA and has spent the last 20 years in Hiram, GA. She graduated...
Eugene Smith
Dec 16, 2020
Eugene Bernard "Gene" Smith, age 85, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020. A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Mike Stephens officiating. The family will receive friends on Sunday, December 20th from 2:00 pm until 3pm at the...
Rojelio Portillo
Dec 15, 2020
Rojelio Portillo, age 56, of Mableton, Georgia passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020. A Graveside Service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Georgia Memorial Park in Marietta. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 from 9:00 am until 11:00 am at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Online guest...
Donald Ester New
Dec 13, 2020
Donald Ester New, age 88, of Marietta, Georgia passed away December 13, 2020 after a brief illness. Funeral Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Monday, December 21, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his son, Ray New. Donald...
Christine Gikanga
Dec 13, 2020
It is with humble acceptance of God's will, the Gikanga family announces the promotion to Glory of Christine Gikanga on 12/13/2020 after a long battle with Rheumatoid Arthritis. She is the beloved and elder sister to Wangari Gikanga, Njoki Gikanga, and Kariuki Gikanga (deceased), and adopted daughter to Irene Gikanga and daughter of the late Kariuki Gikanga and Margaret Mukami...
John S. Virden, Jr.
Dec 13, 2020
John S. Virden, Jr. age 61, of Marietta, Georgia passed away December 13, 2020. Private Memorial Service will be held at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Barbara Virden. John was a native of Baton Rouge, LA moving to Georgia in 1972 and spent the last...
Ramino Olivier
Dec 12, 2020
Reverend Ramino Olivier was born on October 05, 1928 to Pierre and Princina Olivier; and was the second child of 13 children. He left us on December 12, 2020 surrounded by his loving family. Ramino Olivier was born and grew up in Hinche (Haiti) where he also went to Seminary School. He met Marie Nelly Lafalaise of Thomode while getting...
Charles A. Allen
Dec 12, 2020
Mr. Charles Atwater Allen, age 80, of Marietta Ga, passed away Saturday evening, December 12, 2020. Charles is survived by his children, daughter, Debora Allen: two grandsons, Justin Niebrand and Tyler Niebrand: one great granddaughter, ZoraJoe Niebrand: son, David Charles Allen: granddaughter, Miranda Kee Pourier: two great grandsons, Anthony and Alexander Pourier. Charles requested to be cremated and his ashes...
Peter Inesta
Dec 10, 2020
Peter Kevin Inesta, age 53, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Thursday, December 10, 2020. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, December 14, 2020 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marietta. A native of New Jersey, Mr. Inesta moved to Marietta 29 years ago. He graduated from St. Mary's of Ostrabrama and South River High School...
Sidney D. Ellis Sr.
Dec 10, 2020
Sidney D. Ellis, Sr., age 95, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away Thursday, December 10, 2020. A Graveside Service will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at Mountain View Cemetery in Marietta with Sidney Garrett Ellis officiating. A native of Fayetteville, GA, Mr. Ellis has lived in Cobb County since 1961. He was a veteran of...
Chrystelle "Chris" Ragland
Dec 10, 2020
Chrystelle "Chris" Ragland Chrystelle (Mangum) Ragland, age 94, of Marietta, Georgia passed away peacefully December 10, 2020. She was born in Lake Village, Arkansas, the daughter of Annie Jane (Stubbs) and Henry Lowery Mangum. She was the youngest of eight children. All of her siblings preceded her in death. Chris spent most of her adult life in Memphis, Tennessee. In...
Margaret Joan Martin
Dec 8, 2020
Margaret Joan Martin, age 73, of Hiram, Georgia passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 pm on Friday, December 11, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Bryan Alexander officiating. Interment will follow at Morris Cemetery in Powder Springs, Georgia. A native and lifelong resident of Cobb County, Mrs....
Bentley C. Fallis
Dec 7, 2020
Bentley Crowe Fallis, 75, of Marietta, passed away on December 7, 2020. He was born on December 16, 1944, and was the son of the late Sherry and Gladys Fallis of LaGrange. He was a graduate of LaGrange High School and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in education from the University of West Georgia. He taught for thirty years in...
Jeanine Angeline Tibbs
Dec 7, 2020
With Profound sadness we announce the passing of Jeanine, our loving and devoted Mother and friend to all whose lives she touched, on December 7, 2020. She left us while sleeping. She was in her 89th year. Born in Bordeaux, France to Emile and Renee Horvat on January 3, 1931. She would witness incredible changes to her country with the...
Walter Howard Bailey Jr.
Dec 7, 2020
Walter Howard Bailey, age 63, of Dallas, Georgia passed away Monday, December 7, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, December 14, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. Born in Atlanta, Mr. Bailey lived in Powder Springs for many years before moving to Dallas,...
Hu Taing
Dec 6, 2020
It is with the greatest sadness that we announce the passing of Hu Taing, 70, of Kennesaw, Georgia on December 6, 2020 after a hard fought battle with lung cancer. He has joined his heavenly father and is at peace. Visitation will be held at the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home Marietta, GA on Thursday, December 10, 2020 from...
Stella Grace Meers
Dec 5, 2020
Stella Grace Meers, 101 yrs old, Born August 29, 1919 of Powder Springs, GA passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020. Family will receive friends during a visitation at West Cobb Funeral Home Marietta, GA on Tuesday December 8, 2020 from 4:00 - 7:00 PM. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Ron...
Glover Allen Smith
Dec 4, 2020
Glover Allen Smith, age 85, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away December 4, 2020. A graveside service will be held 2:30pm, Monday, December 7, 2020 at Kennesaw Memorial Park with Rev. Matthew Smith officiating. Allen was a graduate of John McEachern High School and owned and operated Glover A. Smith Distributors Inc. He was a charter member and deacon of...
Virginia Ann Bearden
Dec 4, 2020
Virginia Ann Bearden, age 75, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away December 4, 2020. Funeral Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. She enjoyed doing for others and supporting her family with even their slightest need. Those who were close and loved her called her by...