Obituaries

Funeral Announcements: Dec. 31, 2012

Death notices and funeral announcements from Paulding and West Cobb funeral homes for Monday, Dec. 31. 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.

John William Lee: The 78-year-old Powder Springs resident died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Bellamy Chapel Powder Springs. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. at Lake View Cemetery in Social Circle. The family will receive visitors Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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Dillard E. Worley: The 81-year-old Hiram resident died Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Bellamy Hiram Chapel. Interment will be at Powder Springs Memorial Gardens.

Benson Funeral Home Inc.

Elder Rader Gurley: April 17, 1936 - Dec. 29, 2012. Funeral services for the Dallas resident will be held Monday, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m. from the Benson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Miller, the Rev. Leonard Chambers and the Rev. Dorsey Denton officiating. Grandson Brandon Gurley will give a eulogy. Interment will follow in the Victory Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery on Mulberry Rock Road, with Brandon Gurley, Adam Gurley, Allen McPherson, Ben Mahaffey, Wes Evett, Charles Gamel and Austin Gurley serving as pallbearers.

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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.

Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home

Henry F. "Hank" Boston III:  Dec. 22, 1957 – Dec. 29, 2012. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of the Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Crestlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday, Jan. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m.; and on Wednesday, Jan. 2, from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour.

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. 

Mae B. "MaeBell" Cole: Oct. 16, 1921 – Dec. 29, 2012. Graveside and interment services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 1 p.m. at the Paulding Memorial Gardens with Brother Todd Brown officiating. Matthew Cole, Christopher Ingram, Mike Chamblee, Aaron Chamblee, Danny Chamblee and Brian Chamblee will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday, Jan. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m.; and Wednesday, Jan. 2, from 9 a.m. until departure in procession for the cemetery.

Michael Edward Deaver: June 15, 1954 – Dec. 28, 2012. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Young and the Rev. Grover Hillard officiating. Interment will follow in the Sweetwater Memorial Park. Serving as pallbearers will be Jerry Womack, Rudy Griffin, Mike Cochran, Raymond Deaver, Gary Norton and Cody Brock.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday, Dec. 31, from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour.

L.D. Sinard: April 30, 1932 – Dec. 30, 2012. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 1, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home with the Rev. Kent Bankston officiating. Interment will follow in the New Hope Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday, Dec. 31, from 4 to 9 p.m.; and Tuesday, Jan. 1, from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour.

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.

Clarence Donald "Don" Cheek: Nov. 26, 1934 - Dec. 28, 2012. Arrangements will be announced soon.

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. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at First United Methodist Church of Greensboro in the Narthex.

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.

William M. "Big Bill" Dromo: June 28, 1937 - Dec. 28, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 4, in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with the Rev. Bobby Simmons officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday and Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 12502 USF Pine Drive, Tampa, FL 33612; or www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org.

Mary Shannon Robinson-Gunn: Aug.15, 1953 - Dec. 28, 2012. Arrangements will be announced soon.


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