All Obituaries

Mr. William Hugh York, 89 of Ball Ground, Ga passed away on Thursday, September 20, 2018.  Mr. York, a native of Syracuse, NY was preceded in death by his parents William E. York and Yula E. Killam York and a daughter, Sharon Goodloe.  He is survived by his wife Joan York of Ball Ground, sons Jeff York (Lucinda) of Cumming, Ga,  Michael York of Syracuse, NY, a daughter Debra Powers of Orlando, FL and one sister Shirley Cin-Qumars of Cicero, NY, 10 grandchildren and 15 great...

Benjamin Turkovic 38 of Austell, passed away unexpectedly while visiting his home country of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He is survived by his mother Fatima Turkovic, a brother Amir Turkovic, and a sister Aida Masic. A U.S. Marine veteran, Mr Turkovic will be interred at the Georgia National Cemetery at 1:00pm Thursday September 27th, 2018 following a memorial service at 11:00am in the chapel of Canton Funeral Home. Canton Funeral Home is honored to be serving this veteran's...

Robert Shapiro, 61 originally from Roseville NY passed away on September 14, 2018. A technology executive Robert was predeceased by by his parents Charles and Shirley Shapiro. He is survived by his wife Patty, sons Matthias(Bethany), Joel,  Dr. John Shapiro(Elizabeth), Dr. Nathaniel Shapiro and daughters Abigail, and AnnaYonkofski(Rick). A memorial service is planned for Saturday September 22, 2018  11:00am at Cherokee Presbyterian Church located at 1498 Johnson Brady Rd,...

Ruth Ann Teague Moore of Ghent, West Virginia passed away Monday, September 10, 2018.  She is survived by her children James A. Moore, Joy L. McHenry and Beverly J. Hinson, five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapels of Beckley, West Virginia has charge of the arrangements and can be reached at (304) 253-4461 for funeral details.

Claudia Garner, age 91 passed away on Wednesday, September 5, 2018. Claudia was preceded in death by her husband Clifford Garner, her parents William Claude Adams and Julie Ingram Adams, a brother Thomas Adams, and a sister Faye Adams.  She was also preceded in death by two children, Tommy Garner and Judy Shirley and a grand child, Jason McMillan.  She is survived by six children, David Garner, Tracy Garner (Lillie), Jerry Garner, Gene Garner, Betty Garner Bailey and Geneva Shirley...

Reverend Lauren Stanley Hartman, of Canton, passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at the age of 94 at Hidden Lake Assisted Living Home. A funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 11 am at Cherokee Presbyterian Church in Canton, Ga.  After the funeral a graveside will be held at Macedonia Memorial cemetery.  Interment will follow at Macedonia Memorial Park.  The family will receive friends at the church on Saturday from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ...

Elizabeth "Lizzy" Jenkins McFarland passed away Monday, September 3, 2018 at the age of 65.  Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband David McFarland, her parents Jimmy Lee Jenkins and Zona Wood-Jenkins, a daughter Claudia McFarland Velasquez, a brother Ernest Lee Jenkins and a sister Tammy Jenkins Dowdle (David). She had one brother Sam Jenkins (Glenda) and three sisters Debbie Jones, Lynn Dowdle (Gene), and Gail Harris (Timmy). She had three beloved...

Elvira Scalia de Paiva passed away Monday, August 27, 2018.  A native of Goias, Brazil she was a resident of Cobb County.  She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband Jose Paiva.  She is survived by two daughters Vick Ferreira of Kennesaw and Lorena de Paiva of Marietta, two sons Anderson de Paiva and Alessandro de Paiva both of Marietta. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 from 12 pm-4 pm in the Chapel of...

Lilly Kaye Franklin passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018.  Lilly is survived by her parents Joshua Franklin and Cydney Unck of Canton and one brother Eastyn Franklin. A memorial service for Lilly will take place on Friday, August 31st at 6 pm in the chapel of Canton Funeral Home.  An inurnment will be held prior to the memorial service in the cemetery of Macedonia Memorial Park. Canton Funeral Home and Cemetery is honored to serve the family of Lilly Kaye Franklin.

Jean Anne Thorman of Fairmount, passed away August 25, 2018 at the age of 83.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd and Mildred Storck Kaiser both of Belleville, Illinois, a brother, John Kaiser and a son, Ronald J. Thorman (Donna).  She is survived by her husband, Ronald Thorman, sons Steve Thorman (Kathleen), Thomas Thorman (Nikola), and Joern Thorman (Debbie).  She also had 16 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.  Visitation is planned for...