Marietta Daily Journal

Mr. John L. (Jerry) Taylor, III, age 85, of Smyrna, passed away April 17, 2024. He was 30 plus year employee with Continental Can and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by a son, Joel Taylor. Survived by his wife of 62 years, Betty Jo Taylor; children, Tyla Glover, Robert Taylor, and his wife Stacey Taylor; grandchildren, Ashtyn, Brittany, Chelsey, Chase, Callie; great grandchildren, Emery, Holland, Caster; nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 1 PM at Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Sammy Burgess officiating. The family will receive friends between the hours of 6 until 8 PM Friday at the funeral home. Fond memorial...

Colonel Thomas Nelson Britton, Jr.(retired), age 96 of Smyrna, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2024. A funeral service will be held 11 am Thursday, April 25, 2024 in the chapel of Carmichael Funeral Home in Smyrna. Interment will be at the Georgia National Cemetery with full military honors beginning at 2 pm. Colonel Britton was born in Bainbridge Ga, was a graduate of the University of Alabama and earned a Masters at the University of Maryland. Colonel Britton served in the US Army, with duty stations in Japan, Germany, Turkey and throughout the United States. In addition to having served 2 tours in Vietnam as an infantry officer, Thomas was recognized and awarded with...

Gail Warren, age 61, of Marietta, Georgia passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 pm on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta with Rev. Richard Wilkins officiating. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta. Born in Atlanta, Mrs. Warren had lived in Marietta for most of her life. She worked at Assurance America Insurance Company in Atlanta for the past 20 years. She was a member of West Ridge Church in Dallas, and also enjoyed antiques, going to the mountains, baking and sewing. She was preceded in death by a son, Shane Moody, and a sister, Lynn Duffee. Survivors include: Husband of 41 years, Larry...

Charlene Williams Miller, age 83, passed away peacefully at home on April 16, 2024, following an extended illness. Born in Atlanta, Charlene was a 1959 Graduate of West Fulton High School. She retired from Calgon/Merck after 25 years of service. She is preceded in death by the Love of her Life, Paul Miller, her Parents, Louise Williams Davenport and Charles Edgar Williams, and 3 Brothers, Doug Williams, Randy Williams and Ronnie Williams. She is survived by her children, Tod Miller and Cathy (Marvin) Creamer; Grandchildren, Austin (Taylor) Creamer and Kelly Creamer, (Chris). Charlene was always the life of the party! Her family will have many stories to pass down to generations to come. ...

Thomas Kenneth "Ken" Johnston, age 86 of Austell, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2024. A funeral service will be held 12 pm Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in the chapel of Carmichael Funeral Home in Smyrna. Interment will be in Beech Springs UMC Cemetery in Jeffersonville, GA at 3:30 pm. Mr. Johnston served in the US Army, a member of Bethany United Methodist Church, and was owner and operator of Ken's Corner Grill in Smyrna for many years before retiring. He was preceded in death by his parents Blanche Capps Johnston and John Mimms Johnston, Sr., wife Jacqueline P. Johnston, brother John Mimms Johnston, Jr. and granddaughter Brooke Elizabeth Hendley. Surviving are his daughters Vickie...

Lawrence Glover Chastain was born in 1931, in Acworth, Georgia and passed away April 13, 2023. He was a graduate of Cartersville High School and worked over 46 years at Lockheed Martin. Glover met his wife, Jean, at Lockheed, and they were married in 1953. Glover was a decades long member of Christ Worship Center in Marietta, Georgia. He served as the Chief Usher, Sunday School Superintendent, a long-time deacon and on various committees over the years. He loved working on cars and could repair anything with a motor. He and his best friend, Howell Wilson, could be found working on their cars or cutting the grass at the church on most Saturdays. He also enjoyed traveling, taking bus tours...

Jo "Momma Jo" Avery of Canton, formerly of Marietta, reunited with those she missed so dearly on April 13, 2024. Jo was born in Decatur, Alabama and later moved to Georgia with her then husband and oldest daughter, Ginger. After having her second daughter, Wendy, she began driving special education buses for the Cobb County Department of Transportation in the late 1970s. She later became a CDL instructor as well as a school bus dispatcher there and worked until her retirement in 2010. It was also here that she met the love of her life and second husband, Ronald Avery. After divorcing their father, she became a single mother of two teenage daughters and made sure that even on limited...

Dorothy "Dot" N. Dean, age 94, died Thursday, April 11, 2024. Funeral and visitation will be held Monday, April 15, at Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 11am followed by a Chapel service at 12pm with Rev. Alex Stroud officiating. Survivors are: Daughter - Nancy Dean Milton (Steve); Son - Walter Franklin Dean; Grandchildren - Nicole Underwood (Matthew), Jeffrey Milton (Erin), Christopher Dean, Michael Dean (Amanda), Sarah Dean, and Elliot Dean (Lisa); Great Grandchildren - Emma and Abby Underwood; Ellie, Gracie, and Bennett Milton; Cooper and Eli Dean.

James David Stokes, age 81, died April 10, 2024. Services will be held on Friday, April 19, at 11:00 AM at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3003 Howell Mill Road in Atlanta. Visitation will follow. Born in Macon, Georgia, in 1942, Jim graduated from Lanier High School in 1960. After starting college at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, he completed his undergraduate degree at Mars Hill College in North Carolina. He returned to his hometown to attend Mercer Law School, completing his JD and being admitted to the Bar in 1967. As a First Lieutenant in the Marine Corps, he was admitted to the U.S. Military Court of Appeals in 1968. He completed a tour of duty in Vietnam before being...

Ronald "Ron" Gary Hausman, age 79 of Acworth died Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Funeral service will be 2 pm Monday in the Chapel of Carmichael Funeral Home in Marietta with Scott Hermansen officiating. Burial will be in Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Hausman lived in Acworth for 23 years. He worked for Lockheed Aeronautical for 30 years before retiring as a Manager of Union Negotiations. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Survivors include: Wife- Bobbie Hausman of Acworth, and Brother- Edward John Hausman, II of Canton. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 3 to 5 PM at the Carmichael Funeral Home in Marietta. www.carmichaelcares.com, 770-424-4924.

Donald "Don" F. Wise, 81, of Kennesaw, GA passed away on April 9, 2024. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 20th at Mayes Ward Dobbins Funeral Home, Historic Marietta Chapel with a reception to follow. Don is survived by his loving wife, Carol Wise; children, Mike Wise, Chris Wise, Donya Wise Paull and Matt Willson; 13 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Don was born in Jefferson, GA and graduated from Southern Tech with a degree in Industrial Engineering. He started his own company, Engineered Specialty Products (ESP) where he worked for over 30 years until he retired. He enjoyed traveling and playing tennis. He will be remembered as a...

Betty Jean Hayes King of Marietta passed away at home peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus on April 8, 2024 having just recently turned 91. She joins her husband Harold Leon King and many other family and friends that preceded her. She and Leon both graduated from Marietta High School with Betty being the Salutatorian. They married soon after in 1952 and had 4 children: Terry Leon (Patti), Randy Harold (Tina), Mickey Eugene (Lyn) and LaTricia King Payne (Scott). She was a very supportive wife and homemaker for years and went back to school once the kids were all in school and got her Nursing degree. She was a critical care/recovery/ICU nurse at Kennestone full and part time. In her later...

Steve Dylan Turner, age 74 of Canton died Sunday, April 7, 2024. A funeral service will be 11 am Monday, April 15 in the Chapel of Carmichael Funeral Home in Marietta. Burial will be in Kennesaw Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 AM to 11 AM on Monday, before the service at the Funeral Home. A native of Atlanta, Mr. Turner worked as an Environmental Inspector for the City of Smyrna before retiring. He loved classic cars and loved to dance. He was preceded in death by his Brother- Richard Turner, to whom he donated a kidney. Survivors include: Wife- Ellie Turner of Canton, Daughter's- Nickie Everett (Wade) of Acworth, Brooke Graham of Holly Springs, Step...

James Eldred "Bud" Baxter, age 101 of Austell passed away April 7, 2024. The family will receive friends for visitation Tuesday, April 9, 2024 from 5:00-8:00 PM at Davis-Struempf Funeral Home, Austell. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, 11:00AM at Austell First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery, Austell. www.davisstruempf.com

Mrs. Patricia Ann Chesser, age 80, of Powder Springs, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2024. She was retired from Allstate Insurance after 35 plus years and a member of Marietta First Baptist Church for 56 years. Survived by her husband of 56 years, Elmer J. (Jim) Chesser; children, Mandy Halstead and her husband, Doug Halstead, Justin Chesser and his wife, Erin Chesser; sister, Elizabeth Carter and her husband, Watson Carter; grandchildren, Avery Croker, Nina Halstead, Ella Chesser, Ryan Chesser; nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Friday, April 12, 2024 at 2 PM in the chapel of Georgia Memorial Park Funeral Home with Rev. Brandon Owen officiating. Interment will follow in Georgia...

Kathryn Hennessee, known by her friends and family as "Ena" Hennessee, passed away on Saturday, April 6, at the age of 37. Born on May 19, 1986, in Birmingham, AL. She was the third of four children of Jane Hurst, Boynton Beach, FL and Tim Coefield, Vestavia, AL. Raised in Georgia, Ena was a Marietta, GA native and a graduate of Lassiter High School in 2004. Ena and her true love, Alex, were married in 2014, and thus began their great adventure together which lasted for nearly a decade. Ena saw the world through the lens of a creative artist, and held to a pragmatic perspective of life. Although Ena focused most of her talents on tattooing, she was nonetheless a gifted musician and canvas...