Obituaries

Florence Medicia Wells

Florence Medicia Wells

Sep 26, 2019

Florence Medicia Wells (Flo) proceeded on her spiritual journey September 26, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta. Preceded in heaven by her husband of 59 years, Louis J. Wells, Jr., son, Randy Wells, and daughter, Susan Finley. Survivors include daughter, Debbie Phillips...

Mary J. Cobb

Mary J. Cobb

Sep 26, 2019

Mary Lou "Jo" Jones Cobb, age 88, of Marietta passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019. A memorial service will be held 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 29, 2019 at GracePointe Marietta Baptist Church with Rev. Tim Childers officiating. Mrs. Cobb was a lifelong resident of Cobb County and was a graduate of Osborne High School where she played on the Varsity...

Wesley F. Henson

Wesley F. Henson

Sep 26, 2019

Wesley F. Henson, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019. Arrangements will be announced.

Corporal Melvin Wesley Rush, USMC

Corporal Melvin Wesley Rush, USMC

Sep 23, 2019

Corporal Melvin Wesley Rush, USMC, age 90, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Monday, September 23, 2019. A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Friday, September 27, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Bruce Hamrick officiating. Born and raised in Mobile, AL, Mr. Rush graduated from Auburn University. He moved to Marietta...

Frances Rice

Frances Rice

Sep 22, 2019

Frances Caroline Lester Rice, a long-time Marietta resident, passed away September 22, 2019 at age 96 in Durham, NC. She was born in Akron, Ohio on April 28, 1923 to Ross Williams Lester and Marian Cranz Lester. She studied nursing at Akron City Hospital and Cleveland Hospital in Ohio during WWII. She and her late husband, Curtis L. Rice, operated...

James Bobby Thead

James Bobby Thead

Sep 22, 2019

James Bobby Thead, age 89, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, September 26, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Matt Petty officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta. Born and raised in Quitman, MS, Mr. Thead moved...

Ben Camp

Ben Camp

Sep 21, 2019

Benjamin Carey Camp, age 87, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. David Camp and Rev. Larry Ritch officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. Born in Atlanta, Mr. Camp lived...

Madhukar Krishnakumar Gandhi

Madhukar Krishnakumar Gandhi

Sep 20, 2019

On Friday, September 20, 2019, Madhukar Krishnakumar Gandhi, loving husband and father of two sons, passed away at age 67. Madhu was born on July 24, 1952 in Mumbai, India to Krishnakumar and Padma Gandhi. The middle of three brothers, Madhu Gandhi received degree from the Institute of Hotel Management in Shivaji Park Dadar, India in 1972. He met his...

Marlee James Grover

Marlee James Grover

Sep 19, 2019

Marlee Grover, age 60, of Douglasville, Georgia passed away September 19, 2019. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA. She was preceded in death by her mother Gertude Miller. Marlee was a native of Honduras and lived the past thirteen years in Douglasville,...

Janet M. Kriss

Janet M. Kriss

Sep 15, 2019

Janet Maye Kriss, 82, passed away September 15th, 2019. Janet was born March 3rd, 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Maye and Eugene Polliard. Janet lived an extraordinary life, filled to the brim with love and adventure. On October 27th, 1956, Janet married the love of her life, Warren Clark Kriss. Together they traveled all over the country and had 3...

Stacey Lynn Adams

Stacey Lynn Adams

Sep 15, 2019

On September 15, 2019 Stacey Adams, 49, went to her forever home. Stacey was a wonderful mother, daughter and granddaughter. She left many broken hearts and tears that will continue for months to come. She was born on July 15, 1970 with Spina Bifida. Her parents were told she would only live 48 hours. Well, she wasn't having any of...

Ella Margaret Roberts

Ella Margaret Roberts

Sep 13, 2019

Ella Margaret Roberts, age 94, of Marietta, Georgia passed away September 13, 2019. A Funeral Service will be held at 2 pm on Sunday, September 22, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Justin Moore officiating. Interment will be held at 1 pm (CST) on Monday, September 23, 2019 at Cookeville City Cemetery in Cookeville, Tennessee....

Jacqueline L. Plemmons

Jacqueline L. Plemmons

Sep 13, 2019

Jacqueline L. "Jackie" Plemmons, age 93, of Smyrna, Georgia passed away Friday, September 13, 2019. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Keith Collins, Rev. Chris Ware and Ceylon Plemmons officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta, Georgia with Freed...

Jean Shelton Twilley Rodie

Jean Shelton Twilley Rodie

Sep 13, 2019

Jean Shelton Twilley Rodie, 53, of Keller, TX, passed away unexpectedly on September 13, 2019. She was the daughter of Barbara and Robert Twilley, Sr., of Marietta/Kennesaw, GA. She earned degrees from Brenau University in Gainesville, GA and West Georgia in Carrollton, GA. She was employed by Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, TX. She was the Media Specialist at...

Barbara Hale Gresham Twilley

Barbara Hale Gresham Twilley

Sep 13, 2019

Barbara Hale Gresham Twilley, 88, passed away September 13, 2019. She was the daughter of Jessie Hale and Walter Quinn Gresham of Milner, GA. She earned degrees from GSCW (now Georgia College) in Milledgeville and from Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA and was a retired Cobb County school teacher. She was a communicant of St. James' Episcopal Church of Marietta,...

Charles V. Reuter

Charles V. Reuter

Sep 11, 2019

Thank you all for praying for my family and especially for my dad. As most of you know he fell last week and this morning he died. My sisters and I were in the room with him and we played his beloved Mozart for him to his last breath. Captain Charles Reuter Was once a four year old farmboy in...

Patricia Myra Durham

Patricia Myra Durham

Sep 10, 2019

Patricia Myra Durham, age 58, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2019. A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Scott Pope officiating. A lifelong resident of Marietta, Mrs. Durham worked for many years as an insurance agent. She loved reading, cooking,...

Morgan William Tuck

Morgan William Tuck

Sep 10, 2019

Morgan William Tuck, 86, Dallas, Georgia passed away on September 10, 2019 after prolonged health concerns. Mr. Tuck was born in Baltimore, MD on 12/24/1932 and traveled extensively around the world serving his country in the United States Army. He retired as Command Sergeant Major after 35 years in 1988. His accolades include a Silver Star and Bronze Star for...

Ellen Joan Noland

Ellen Joan Noland

Sep 8, 2019

Mrs. Ellen “Joan” Noland, 84, of Douglasville and more recently Dunwoody, GA passed away peacefully at home with her family on Sunday, September 8, 2019. Mrs. Noland had been retired for many years from a long career in the telephone answering service business. After retirement, she spent her time as the primary caregiver for her beloved husband, Bobby Eugene Noland,...

John Wesley Thompson Jr.

John Wesley Thompson Jr.

Sep 6, 2019

John Wesley Thompson, Jr., age 74, died September 6, 2019, at his residence in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of the late John Wesley Thompson, Sr. and Grace Bishop Thompson. Born in Spartanburg County, he graduated from Roebuck High School and Clemson University where he served in the Senate. As a Lieutenant and Armored Calvary Platoon leader in the...

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