Funeral Announcements: Aug. 16, 2013

Bellamy Funeral Homes

Eloise Williams: The 78-year-old of Dallas died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Aug. 17, at 2 p.m. at Tabernacle Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Paulding Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive visitors at Tabernacle Baptist Church Friday, Aug. 16, from 6 to 8 p.m.; and again Saturday, Aug. 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Mayes Ward Dobbins Funeral Home & Crematory

William Lovic Cannon: Dec. 15, 1933 – Aug. 14, 2013. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, Aug. 17, at noon in the chapel of Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home in Powder Springs with Pastor Frank Bernat and the Rev. Tommy Willingham officiating. Interment will be at Cheatham Hill Cemetery in Marietta.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Masonic Children’s Home of Georgia in Macon, or Calvary Children’s Home in Powder Springs, in memory of Mr. Cannon.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday, Aug. 16, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Gloria Houston Spence Edwards: May 21, 1926 – Aug. 13, 2013. A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with the Rev. Dean Hunter officiating. Interment will be in Kennesaw Memorial Park Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to Wellstar Community Hospice, 4040 Hospital West Drive, Austell, GA 30106; or First Baptist Church, 148 Church St. NE, Marietta, GA 30060.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Madeline Mozelle Jackson: Aug. 14, 1947 – Aug. 12, 2013. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the America Cancer Society, In Memory of Madeline M. Jackson, 1825 Barrett Lakes Blvd., Suite 280, Kennesaw, GA, 30144.

The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, August 17, at Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home and Crematory Macland Chapel in Powder Springs.

Betty M. Turner: Aug. 17, 1931 – Aug. 13, 2013. Service will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home & Crematory Macland Chapel, Powder Springs, with the Rev. Tommy Willingham, the Rev. David Blackwood and the Rev. Charlie Marus officiating.

Contributions may be made to McEachern Memorial United Methodist Church, 4075 Macland Road, Powder Springs, GA 30127, www.mceachernumc.org; or The American Heart Fund, 1101 North Chase Parkway, Suite No. 1, Marietta, GA 30067, www.heart.org;

The family will receive friends at the funeral home following the service.

West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory

Robert L. McGuire: Dec. 19, 1926 – Aug. 11, 2013. Services will be scheduled at a later date. 

Joe Franklin Norsworthy: July 31, 1952 – Aug. 10, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 16, in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory with the Rev. Randy Cheek officiating. Interment will be at 2 p.m. at the Georgia National Cemetery, Canton.

Nicholas "Nick" B. Parry: July 28, 1963 – July 29, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Mt. Paran Central Church of God in Atlanta. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. He will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta.

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