Deaths & funerals

Harold D. Parham, 63, died April 30. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Clarkston First Baptist Church; Young Funeral Home.

Curtis Searcy, 54, died Monday. Graveside service, 1 p.m. Saturday, Durand Cemetery, Durand; Meadows Mortuary.

Bartow County

James "Jimmy" Bohannon, 62, of Cartersville died Wednesday. The body was cremated. Memorial service, 2 p.m. today, Parnick Jennings Funeral Home.

Richard Leroy Vielhaber, 67, of Cartersville died May 1. Funeral, 10 a.m. today, First Baptist Church Emerson in Cartersville; SouthCare Funeral Home, Marietta.

Carroll County

Shirley Mae Locklear, 58, of Temple died Tuesday. The body will be cremated. Private service will be held; Cremation Society of South, Marietta.

Rudy Parsons, 77, of Bowdon died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Hightower Funeral Home. Cherokee County

Margaret Nation, 72, of Canton, formerly of Dacula, died Thursday. Funeral, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville.

Clayton County

Martha Jeanette McKinzey Kight, 79, of Lake City died Tuesday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Saturday, Thomas L. Scroggs Funeral Home.

Cobb County

Ann Abbate, 93, of Marietta died Tuesday. The body will be cremated. No service is planned; Cremation Society of the South, Marietta.

Betty L. Atkinson, 73, of Powder Springs died Wednesday. Memorial service, 4 p.m. Saturday, Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home.

Melvin " Hotshot" Brown Jr., 78, of Powder Springs died Sunday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Saturday, New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church; Hanley-Shelton, Marietta.

Pauline Dunn, 93, of Marietta died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, West Cobb Funeral Home & Crematory.

Jimmy Eugene Hester Sr., 67, of Mableton died Thursday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Davis-Struempf Funeral Home.

Randall Paul "Randy" Kabani, 32, of Austell died Monday. Funeral, 7 p.m. Saturday, Roy Davis Funeral Home.

Vincenzo Lombardo, 78, of Marietta died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Kennesaw Memorial Park Cemetery; Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home.

Virginia McMutry Summeorur, 61, of Smyrna died Tuesday. Memorial service, 11 a.m. Saturday, Hanley-Shelton, Marietta.

Coweta County

Lucile C. Bond, 86, of Newnan died Tuesday. Private graveside service will be held; Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange.

Douglas County

Josefa Schnitzer, 70, of Douglasville died Wednesday. Memorial service, noon Saturday, Hightower's Memorial Chapel.

Fayette County

Roy Hugh Mask, 84, of Fayetteville died Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Carl J. Mowell & Son, Fayetteville.

Charles C. Rowe, 84, of Fayetteville died Monday. Funeral, 1 p.m. today, Carl J. Mowell & Son, Fayetteville.

Edd Lewis Simmons, 82, of Fayetteville died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Fayetteville First United Methodist Church; Carl J. Mowell & Son, Fayetteville.

Forsyth County

Ralph James Musone, 66, of Cumming died Wednesday. Funeral was Thursday; McDonald & Son Funeral Home.

Donna Lee Sharpe, 55, of Cumming died Thursday. Memorial Service 2 p.m. today, Grace Baptist Church; Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory.

Fulton County

Michael Aaron Casey, 39, of Fairburn died Tuesday. Funeral, 7 p.m. Saturday, Parrott Funeral Home.

Richard Hugh Eckles, 88, of Roswell died Monday. Graveside service, 2 p.m. today, Georgia National Cemetery, Canton; Northside Chapel Funeral Directors.

Violet Janitz, 86, of Alpharetta died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, St. Brigid Catholic Church; Roswell Funeral Home.

Gwinnett County

Kenneth B. Mitchell, 79, of Lilburn died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Tom M. Wages, Snellville.

Carolynn W. Spurrier, 54, of Lawrenceville died Monday. Private service will be held; Wages & Sons Funeral Home, Gwinnett Chapel.

Henry County

Kevin Brian Cochran, 45, of Hampton died Tuesday. Memorial service, 2 p.m. Saturday, Haisten Funeral Home, McDonough. Newton County

Stephanie Y. Brown, 52, of Covington died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Mansfield United Methodist Church; Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, Covington. Rockdale County

Willis "Tupps" Williams, 78, of Conyers died Tuesday. The body was cremated. Service, 2 p.m. today, Way of the Cross; Horis A. Ward, Olde Town Chapel. Georgia

Miles Eugene Clark, 75, of Plainville died Thursday. Funeral, 7 p.m. today, House of Prayer Baptist Church; Thomas Funeral Home, Calhoun. Dale William Chapman, 57, of Jackson died Thursday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Haisten Funeral Home, Jackson.

Jonathon Thomas "JT" Coggin, 13, of Canon died Monday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Bethany Baptist Church; Strickland Funeral Home.

Jay Louis Dentmon, 58, of Ridge Manor, Fla., formerly of Cedartown, died Monday. Funeral, 11 a.m. today, Olin L. Gammage & Sons Funeral Home.

Louvonia Evans, 89, of Union Point died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church; Watts Funeral Home.

Kimberly Doughty, 28, of Washington died Tuesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Springfield Baptist Church; McLendon Memorial Funeral Home.

Shirley Lowery Hall, 68, of Rome died Wednesday. Graveside service, 11 a.m. today, East View Cemetery; Fred Talley's Parkview Chapel Funeral Home.

Bobby Randall "Randy" Mashburn, 48, of Dalton died Tuesday. Funeral, 4 p.m. Saturday, Cedar Valley Cathedral of Praise; Ponders Funeral Home.

Cohen McClain, 88, of Tallapoosa died Wednesday. Graveside service was Thursday, Hollywood City Cemetery; Miller Funeral Home.

James Durward Mize, 80, of Tallapoosa died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Poplar Springs Baptist Church; Miller Funeral Home.

Virginia Fannie Nell Jones Lester Nix, 75, of Jefferson died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Evans Funeral Home.

Billy R. Riley, 78, of Hogansville died Thursday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Grace Covenant Worship Center, Hogansville; Claude A. McKibben & Sons Funeral Home.

John Edward Sikes, 80, of Jefferson died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Evans Funeral Home.

Sally Kate Brown Thomasson, 85, of Bremen died Wednesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Hutcheson's Memorial Chapel and Crematory, Buchanan.

Charles Hugh Travis, 82, of McCaysville died Wednes- day. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, River of Life Full Gospel Fellowship Baptist Church; Akins Funeral Home, Blue Ridge.

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