Monday, May 7, 2012
The parents of the 16-year-old killed in a SWAT standoff are questioning the actions of sheriff's officers.
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Monday, May 7
The funeral for Andrew Messina, the 16-year-old killed by a SWAT sniper during a standoff last week, will be today at 4 p.m. at Hillside United Methodist Church. Meanwhile, the Etowah High sophomore's parents are questioning the actions of the Cherokee County sheriff's officers after mother Lisa Messina called Tuesday evening about Andrew's brandishing of a .357 Magnum handgun inside their Eagle Watch house. “The threat was to kill himself and no one else,” father Nicholas Messina told WSB-TV before Sunday's visitation at Woodstock Funeral Home. Lisa Messina said she never felt her life was in danger. “If this is the best they can do, then they need a lot of improvement,” she said of sheriff's officers. Capt. Joe Satterfield, who commands …
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Follow the links to find the information about April arrangements and obituaries.
Greg Foster: April 13, 1967 - April 5, 2012 Eugene Theodore Kuzminski: Nov. 9, 1942 - April 3, 2012 Janie Elizabeth (Martin) Stokes: Oct. 23, 1950 - April 10, 2012 Zachary Gamble: Jan. 27, 1978 - April 8, 2012 Frederick R. Pfeiffer: Jan. 25, 1938 - April 8, 2012 Grace K. Marshall: Sept. 3, 1923 - April 6, 2012 Ronald Creighton Floyd: May 4, 1945 - April 6, 2012 Laura Mae Ortiz: Dec. 27, 1936 - April 2, 2012 May Alice Andersen: May 5, 1925 - April 2, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Visitation will be held for Zach Gamble at the Woodstock Funeral Home from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Funeral arrangements have been made for the Acworth Marine who died Sunday afternoon from head trauma suffered in Smyrna. The Woodstock Funeral Home will hold visitation for Zach Gamble, 34, Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m. for friends and family. The funeral will be held at Woodstock First Baptist at 2 p.m. Thursday, and burial will follow at Rolling Hills Memory Gardens in Acworth next to Gamble's father, James. Gamble's body will lie in state an hour before Thursday's service so people can pay their respects. Survivors include Gamble's 7-year-old son, Luke; a sister, Nikki Gamble of Acworth; his mother and stepfather, Tina and Leon Robbins of Gainesville; and grandparents Bernice and Howard Cook, according to the obituary posted on the …
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Donna Westbrook was involved in a car accident last month.
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Wednesday, March 21
When severe weather hits Cherokee County, everybody relies on Canton's Robby Westbrook. As director of the Cherokee County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, he tells residents when to take cover, when they're in the clear, and what roads to avoid after thunderstorms, snowstorms and tornadoes have passed. Now the community is rallying behind Westbrook, whose 49-year-old wife died on Tuesday at Northside Hospital-Cherokee, according to his Facebook page and the South Canton Funeral Home & Chapel website. In addition to her husband, Donna Westbrook leaves behind two children, son Daniel and daughter Emily. They will receive visitors from 2 p.m. Thursday until 11 a.m. Friday, the time of the funeral at South Canton …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Follow the links to find the information about March arrangements and obituaries.
John Thomas Warren: Nov. 10, 1937 - March 29, 2012 Mary Elizabeth Ashby: Sept. 24, 1921 - March 29, 2012 Ralph Edward Broughton: Jan. 19, 1925 - March 20, 2012 Tricia Marie Bradham: Oct. 23, 1969 - March 17, 2012 Wally W. Keightley: March 9, 1928 - March 17, 2012 Robert Paul Reeves: April 7, 1934 - March 10, 2012 Jane Coffey: Jan. 16, 1954 - March 7, 2012 May Alice Andersen: May 5, 1925 - April 2, 2012 Agnes Coleman: Aug. 18, 1918 - March 5, 2012 Jewel Carrie Edelblut: Dec. 13, 1922 - March 22, 2012 Fern Marie (Quinter) Rissmiller: Nov. 13, 1918 - March 24, 2012 Lillian Esther Cabe: Feb. 24, 1914 - March 21, 2012 Barbara Joyce Wilhoite-Johnson: March 7, 1947 - March 21, 2012 Dr. James William O'Hara Jr.: Sept. 11, 1929 - March 17…
Thursday, February 23, 2012
The funeral will be Saturday for the former City Council member's wife.
June Long, 77, wife of William G. Long, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 22. The viewing will be Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Marietta Funeral Home at 915 Piedmont Rd. in Marietta. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 25 at noon at the funeral home with interment to follow at Enon Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Little River United Methodist Church at 12455 Hwy. 92, Woodstock, GA 30188. She was a member here. Please check here for Long's full obituary. Contact the funeral home for additional information at 770 422-1234 or via their website. Mr. Long served the City of Woodstock as municipal judge, mayor and City Council Member during his 30 years of service. The William G. Long Senior Center was also…
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Follow the links to find the information about February arrangements and obituaries.
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Thursday, February 16
Obituaries and Arrangements from Lakeside Funeral Home: Laura Anne Mackinlay: Oct. 22, 1962 - Feb. 27, 2012 Salonia Deonne Willis-Lewis: March 25, 1966 - Feb. 26, 2012 Lawrence Dale McCorkle: Sept. 12, 1961 - Feb. 24, 2012 Rosemarie Grace Grogan: Feb. 5, 1948 - Feb. 22, 2012 Brenda Stansel Frady: Jan. 18, 1950 - Feb. 14, 2012 John Gordon Pawly: Nov. 14, 1928 - Feb. 8, 2012 Obituaries and Arrangements from Woodstock Funeral Home: Garner Burgess Williams III: Nov. 15, 1954 - Feb. 26, 2012 Jorge A. Monteagudo: Jan. 15, 1960 - Feb. 16, 2012 Civita Vastola: Aug. 14, 1924 - Feb. 15, 2012 William M. Riddlespurger: March 8, 1932 - Feb. 14, 2012 Gloria A. Mull: July 4, 1926 - Feb. 12, 2012 Frances Bernadette Sela: Jan. 20, 1927 - Feb. 9, 2012 …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The Woodstock Parks and Recreation Department placed an engraved marker at Bob's gravesite.
The community now has an official site to visit Bob the Turkey as he rests near his home on Main Street with a proper headstone. Members from the Woodstock Parks and Recreation Department placed a brick marker engraved with "'Bob' the Turkey 2012" this morning for the beloved town mascot. The memorial site is still surrounded by flowers, notes and the sign from his home across the street. Bob was buried last Tuesday, Jan. 17, by the Parks and Rec Department after he was first taken to the Rubes Creek Water Reclamation facility. But, because of the public demand, he was buried near the entrance of the Serenade subdivision and the Woodstock Welcome sign. Bob was hit and killed Sunday, Jan. 15, by a car on Main Street. He had been an idol of …
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Downtown Woodstock's Bob the Turkey was hit and killed by a driver on Main Street on Sunday.
Bob the Turkey was laid to rest in peace this morning. Members from the Woodstock Parks and Recreation Department buried Bob by the brick Welcome to Olde Towne Woodstock sign on Main Street. "This is where you would commonly see Bob wandering around," said Parks and Rec Director Preston Pooser. "Typically, cities don't do things like this, but we had people calling from two or three states away about Bob, and we wanted to give him a proper burial." Bob will have a brick as a place marker that reads, "Bob the Turkey 2012" for those who loved Woodstock's unofficial mascot to walk by and remember him. Bob was hit and killed by a driver Sunday afternoon on Main Street. He's been an idol of Downtown Woodstock since he made his home outside of …
Monday, January 16, 2012
Woodstock's unofficial mascot was hit by a driver coming down Main Street on Sunday.
A Woodstock legend was killed this weekend. Drivers frequently saw the unofficial mascot of downtown wandering around his own designated wildlife sign, skipping down the tracks in front of the Serenade subdivision and occasionally chasing police cars. According to Bob the Turkey's Facebook page, he was hit and killed by a driver coming down Main Street on Sunday. This was posted on the page around 4 p.m.: "We are so very sad to report that we have confirmed what some of Bob's friends have posted below. Bob was hit by a vehicle earlier today and is no longer with us. We are so thankful for all the happy memories we have of him and how in some ways he brought the community of Woodstock together. We love you so much, Bob! You were a …
Jennifer Toache
10:32 pm on Saturday, February 18, 2012
Im so sorry for their families, my best wishes and prayers be with you in this hard times, may God almighty bless you always. more ›