Obituaries

Funeral Announcements: March 9, 2013

Death notices and funeral announcements from Paulding and West Cobb funeral homes for Saturday, March 9. Click on the names of the deceased to be taken to their full obituaries posted on the funeral homes' websites.

Bellamy Funeral Homes

Rita Anderson: Services are pending.

Willis "Billy" Burton: The 71-year-old of Mableton died Saturday, March 2, 2013. The family will receive visitors Monday, March 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a chapel service to follow.

West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory

Philip Kirk Brown: June 29, 1938 - March 7, 2013. A graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at Powder Springs City Cemetery.

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In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your local Boy Scout Troop.

The family will receive friends Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road, Marietta.

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Johnnie Lee Coons Sr.: Oct. 7, 1934 - March 4, 2013. The family will receive friends at Anderson Funeral Home, 201 Sanford St., New Brunswick, N.J., on Tuesday, March 12, from 9 to 11 a.m., with a funeral service beginning at 11. Interment will follow at Washington Monumental Cemetery in South River, N.J.

There will be a reception and celebration of life service for Mr. Coons immediately following the burial at Everlasting Ministries, 241 Second St., South Anvoy, NJ.

Memorial contributions can be made to Cathedral International Church, 5150 Stilesboro Road, Kennesaw, GA 30152.

David James Harris: May 6, 1957 - March 6, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta. Interment will follow at Georgia Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Donald Arthur Wallace: Dec. 11, 1939 - March 6, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with the Rev. Michael Stovall and the Rev. Randy Sharp officiating. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta.

Benson Funeral Home Inc.

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Clark Funeral Home

Earl Howard Geho III: May 10, 1952 - March 5, 2013. Memorial services will be held Saturday, March 9, at 3 p.m. from Clark Funeral Home, with Barry Martins officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday, March 9, from 2 to 3 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, you may make donations to Cancer Society of America, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123.

Lynn D. Gunter: Dec. 13, 1946 - March 6, 2013. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 9, at 11 a.m. from Clark Funeral Home, with the Rev. Tony Samples officiating. Entombment will follow in Cheatham Hill Memorial Park.

Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to Piedmont Healthcare Foundation, P.O. Box 105452, Atlanta, GA 30348-5452 (www.piedmonthospital.org).

Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home

Jerry Lee Brown: April 15, 1937 - March 5, 2013. A memorial service will be held at Dallas 1st United Methodist Church on Saturday, March 9, at 10 a.m. with Dr. Steve Schofield officiating. Music will include CD selections “Who Am I,” “Beyond the Sunset,” “Amazing Grace,” “How Great Thou Art” and “The Lord’s Prayer” performed by Doug Brown.

The family will receive friends at Dallas 1st United Methodist Church from 9 a.m. until the time of service.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his honor to Dallas 1st United Methodist Church at www.dallasfirstumc.org, 141 E. Memorial Drive, Dallas, GA 30132; and Helping Hands located in Dallas, Ga., at www.helpinghandspauldingga.org, 228 W. Spring St., Dallas, GA 30132.

Hugh Norris Hall: Jan. 8, 1958 - March 1, 2013. A memorial service will be held in the chapel of Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home on Sunday, March 10, at 5 p.m. with the Rev. Thomas Cole officiating.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday, March 10, from 3 to 5 p.m.

Linda Joyce Gray Hunt: Feb. 16, 1944 - March 7, 2013. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 9, in the chapel of the Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home with the Rev. Jim McDermott officiating. Music selections will include “O Holy Night” and “Amazing Grace” to be sung by Jeff Eberhart. Interment will follow in the Poplar Springs Historic Cemetery in Hiram. Chip WIlson, Steven Bonds, Chase Plummer, Chad Mulkey, Josh Stone, Dustin Hardy, Shawn Koch and Gary Godfrey will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday, March 9, from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour.


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