Funeral Announcements: Feb. 22, 2013

Bellamy Funeral Homes

Gladys Lorene Rakestraw Edwards: The 95-year-old died Feb. 16, 2013, at the Penobscot Nursing Home, Penobscot, Maine.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Bellamy Funeral Home Powder Springs. Chapel service will be 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25. Burial will be at Bullard Cemetery.

West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory

Lawrence Darwin Freeman: April 10, 1943 - Feb. 15, 2013. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Roseland United Methodist Church with the Rev. Nancy Willard officiating. Interment will follow at Taylor Memorial Methodist Church Cemetery in Jackson Springs, N.C.

Donald Wayne Hagemann: Oct. 9, 1933 - Jan. 18, 2013. Memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, at 11 a.m. at Northstar Church.

Trent Alexander Madison: Nov. 4, 1990 - Feb. 16, 2013. Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at West Ridge Church in Dallas, with Shane Williamson, Justin Walker and Scotti Madison officiating. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. A reception will he held immediately after the service.

Janet Meyerson Wetstone: April 19, 1928 - Feb. 20, 2013. A memorial service for friends and family will be held this spring in Charleston, S.C., where much of Jan's family resides. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Art Center Sarasota (www.artsarasota.org).

Benson Funeral Home Inc.

Gladys R. Morris: Aug. 30, 1917 - Feb. 20, 2013. Funeral services for the Dallas resident will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, at 11 a.m. from the Benson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Don Voyles officiating. Interment will follow in the New Hope Cemetery with Michael Pope, Harlon Baxter, Deron McCoy, Justin Pitts, Josh Pope and Derrick Craton serving as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends Friday, Feb. 22, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Clark Funeral Home

Gerald Winston Blount: Oct. 26, 1926 - Feb. 18, 2013. A memorial service will be held Sunday, Feb. 24, at 3 p.m. from the West Metro Church of Christ, with Minister Loran Crowe and Assistant Minister Kevin Billips officiating.

Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home

Franklin Dee Swafford Sr.: Nov. 22, 1945 – Feb. 17, 2013. Memorial services will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, at 11 a.m. at the Full Life Gospel Ministries, 102 Saber Parkway, Villa Rica, with Pastor Johnny Hightower officiating.