Funeral Announcements: May 29, 2013

Bellamy Funeral Homes

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Mayes Ward Dobbins Funeral Home & Crematory

Gisele Prophete Joseph: March 17, 1928 - May 21, 2013. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 31. 

Gladys Wigley Smith: April 11, 1918 - May 28, 2013. Visitation will be at Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. A service of celebration of life will be Friday at 11 a.m. in the Mayes Ward Chapel. Interment will be in Kennesaw Memorial Park Cemetery. 

West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory

Edwina Robbie Hughes: May 4, 1943 - May 26, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Lamar Rackley officiating. Mrs. Hughes will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery. 

Memorial contributions may be made to Good Samaritan Baptist Mission or missionaries Rich and Patty Comer. 

Erin Olivia Matthews: Jan. 21, 1994 - May 26, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, at Burnt Hickory Baptist Church with the Rev. Mike Stephens officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your local Humane Society. 

Virginia Lee Pilgrim: Nov. 14, 1932 - May 26, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with the Rev. Scott Truitt officiating. Interment will follow at Sunrise Memorial Gardens in Douglasville. 

Benson Funeral Home Inc.

Orlando LaCorra: Feb. 12, 1936 - May 27, 2013. Funeral mass for the Dallas resident will be held Thursday, May 30, at noon at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Father Adrian Pleus will officiate. The remains will be cremated following the service. 

Visitation will be Wednesday, May 29, from 4 to 8 p.m. 

Clark Funeral Home

Topper Duffy: Sept. 7, 1988 - May 25, 2013. Funeral services will be Friday, May 31, at 3 p.m. from Clark Funeral Home, with Seab Baker officiating. Interment will follow in Peaceful Meadows Memorial Cemetery, with John Pilia, Nick Curtis, Jo Herrera, Josh Vance and Aaron Bing serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends Thursday, May 30, at Clark Funeral Home, from 4 to 8 p.m. 

George Michael Shaw: June 26, 1988 - May 27, 2013. Funeral services will be Thursday, May 30, at 2 p.m. from Clark Funeral Home, with the Rev. Wayne Bray officiating. Interment will follow in Peaceful Meadows Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday, May 29, at Clark Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m.

Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home

Billie Mae Staton: Sept. 2, 1932 - May 22, 2013. A memorial service in her honor will be held Saturday, June 1, at noon at her residence in Douglasville.

Linda Ann Wilcher: Jan. 5, 1945 - May 27, 2013. No memorial services are planned at this time.