J F Phillips Mortuary

ByKatieSullivan Published 2:44 PM EST Jan 26, 2018 ...

Funeral, 11:30 a.m. today, Catholic Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Hanley-Shelton Funeral Directors, Marietta. Joseph C. Strickland, 65, died Monday. A private service will be held. Georgia Funeral Care, Acworth. Ravis O. Taylor, 64, died Tuesday. No service is planned. Georgia Funeral Care, Acworth.Otis L. Williams, 75, died Nov. 8. Funeral, 1 p.m. Saturday, New Springfield Baptist Church, East Point. Donald Trimble Mortuary, Decatur. Shelby Jean Gause Workman, 76, died Nov. 11. Memorial service, noon Monday, Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home, Marietta. CHEROKEE COUNTYWilliam Murray Sanford, 72, of Woodstock died Saturday. Memorial service, 1 p.m. Nov. 24, Piedmont Church, Marietta. Jones-Wynn Funeral Home, Douglasville. -- Richard “Trick” Stewart, 75, of Woodstock died Nov. 10. Memorial service, 3 p.m. Sunday, Sosebee Funeral Home, Canton.CLAYTON COUNTYVictoria Sweetman, 97, of Riverdale died Tuesday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Zion Hill Baptist Church, Jonesboro. Ford-Stewart Funeral Home, Jonesboro.COBB COUNTYGaines Rutherford Burnett Sr., 90, of Powder Springs died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Davis-Struempf Funeral Home, Austell.Paul Anthony Dinos, 51, of Kennesaw died Tuesday. Funeral, noon today, H.M. Patterson and Son Arlington Chapel, Sandy Springs.Melvin Harshaw, 52, of Powder Springs died Nov. 9. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Hanley-Shelton Funeral Directors, Marietta.Elsie White Howard, 86, of Marietta died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Sandy Springs. H.M. Patterson and Son, Canton Hill.Winona Smith Hughes, 96, of Marietta died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, West Cobb Funeral Home.Carolyn Newton, 78, of Mableton died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Roy Davis Funeral Home, Austell.W.D. “Bill” Pritchett, 86, of Marietta died Thursday. Funeral, 1 p.m. Saturday, Carmichael Funeral Home, Smyrna.COWETA COUNTYJanie Carter, 77, of Newnan died Wednesday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Saturday, Smith Chapel United Methodist Church. Sellers-Smith Funeral Home.Sara...

Along a side wall, several handmade quilts are draped over a rack, gifts from families served here. And on a long table in the side meeting room, where a bay window lets the light in from this stretch of South Main Street in the small town of Nichols in Tioga County, funeral director Jody Cooley has set out a silver tray upon which she's placed several small bottles of water, hand sanitizer, a box of tissues and two clear dishes: one filled with miniature Hershey bars and the other with silver-foil-wrapped York peppermint patties. ...