Obituaries

Funeral Announcements: Dec. 29, 2012

Death notices and funeral announcements from Paulding and West Cobb funeral homes for Saturday, Dec. 29. Click on the names of the deceased to be taken to their full obituaries posted on the funeral homes' websites.

Bellamy Funeral Homes

Larry L. Baker: The 54-year-old of Lithia Springs died Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Memorial service to be announced at a later date.

Amalie Gray: The 76-year-old passed away Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 5, at noon at Bellamy Funeral Homes in Hiram.

Joyce A. McLarty: The 72-year-old Hiram resident died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Memorial services will be held Sunday, Dec. 30 at 3 p.m. at Bellamy Powder Springs Chapel. The family will receive visitors Sunday from 1 p.m. until the service time at the funeral home.

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Benson Funeral Home Inc.

No new announcements

Clark Funeral Home

Ronald James Brooks: July 25, 1948 - Dec. 24, 2012. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 3 p.m. from Clark Funeral Home. The family will receive at Clark Funeral Home on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, from noon until the service time. Final funeral services will be held in Baltimore, Md.

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Chuck Sprayberry: Sept. 29, 1966 - Dec. 26, 2012. Funeral services will be Saturday, Dec. 29, at 3 p.m. from Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lamar Rackley, the Rev. Snyder Turner and the Rev. Brian Busby officiating. Music will be provided by The Old Paths Quartet. The body will lie-in-state at the church from 2 p.m. until the service time. Interment will be in New Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery, with Brent Head, Conner Head, Andrew Burchell, Nick Goodwin, Brent Busby, Shane Head, C.J. Martin and DeWayne Swann serving as pallbearers.

In lieu of flowers, you may make donations to Calvary Children’s Home, 1430 Lost Mountain Road, Powder Springs, GA 30127.

Shawn Edward Williams: Sept. 5, 1983 - Dec. 19, 2012. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Dec. 29, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Clark Funeral Home with the Rev. Randy Newton officiating.

Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home

Mary Evelyn Burns: Oct. 1, 1941 – Dec. 22, 2012. A memorial service will be held in the chapel of Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Thomas Cole officiating. Music will be provided by Ginger McClure.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, from 11 a.m. until the time of service.

West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory

Austin Jason Chapman: April 4, 1995 - Dec. 26, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, in the dhapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with the Rev. Howard Koepka officiating. Interment will follow at Crest Lawn Memorial Park in Atlanta.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday, Dec. 30, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Donald Bert Dickey: April 25, 1933 - Dec. 24, 2012. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, at the First United Methodist Church of Greensboro South Campus with Merry Grayson officiating.

Donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Greensboro, 4741 Carey Station Road, Greensboro, GA 30642; or Tranquility Hospice at Kennesaw Mountain, 475 Dickson Ave., Marietta, GA 30064. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at First United Methodist Church of Greensboro in the Narthex.

Allan Wesley Jones: Dec. 4, 1947 - Dec. 27, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road in Marietta, with Pastor John W. Freeland officiating. Inurnment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Marietta.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 1 p.m. until the service.

In lieu of flowers, you may make a donation to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, www.stjude.org.


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