Friday, May 4, 2012
Residents came out to pay their respects to Army 1st Lt. Jonathan Walsh on Wednesday, and a memorial service is planned for today at 2:30 at KSU.
Kennesaw State University will honor its first alumnus killed while serving in the military during a special ceremony today on the campus green. American flags flew proudly in downtown Kennesaw Wednesday as the city honored fallen Kennesaw soldier 1st Lt. Jonathan Walsh, who was killed by an improvised explosive device while serving in Afghanistan. Walsh was escorted by law enforcement and 50 riders from the Patriot Riders motorcycle group following the arrival of his remains at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta. Walsh, a 28-year-old paratrooper, died April 22 while serving in Ghazni province. Walsh was an infantry platoon leader with the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He is survived by his wife and son, Debbra and …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
First Lt. Jonathan Walsh of Kennesaw was killed by an improvised explosive device while serving in Afghanistan.
The body of a Kennesaw soldier killed in Afghanistan by a blast from an improvised explosive device will be escorted by law enforcement today following the arrival of his remains at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta. First Lt. Jonathan Walsh, a 28-year-old paratrooper, died April 22 while serving in Ghazni province. The motorcade is expected to depart Dobbins between 10 and 11 a.m., the Cobb County government says. The procession will travel north along Atlanta Road, turn right onto South Cobb Drive, head north on Cobb Parkway, turn right onto Blue Springs Road in Acworth, then right onto Old Highway 41, left onto McCollum Parkway in Kennesaw, left on Frey Road and right onto Shiloh Road. Shiloh Road, which becomes Shallowford Road and …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
First Lt. Jonathan Walsh was one of two paratroopers who died in an IED blast Sunday.
A paratrooper from Kennesaw was killed Sunday in a blast from an improvised explosive device in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, a Fort Bragg spokeswoman said Tuesday. First Lt. Jonathan Walsh, 28, was killed when the explosion hit his vehicle, Fort Bragg Patch reported. Another soldier in the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division, Pfc. Michael Metcalf, 22, died later from wounds sustained in the blast. Both men were assigned to Fort Bragg, NC. Walsh was an infantry platoon leader with the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He is survived by his wife and son, Debbra and Austin Walsh, who live in Raeford, NC, and his parents, Paul and Carolyn Walsh of Kennesaw. He graduated from Kennesaw State University and …
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. Zach Gamble, 34, had worked as a corporate planner/buyer with Uni-Select in Kennesaw. The Woodstock Funeral Home will hold visitation for Gamble 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 …
Thursday, February 23, 2012
There will be a memorial service and a celebration of his life at the First Baptist Church of Douglasville Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Thursday, February 23
By Ruth Mandt Charles Lewis Mandt of Lithia Springs 8/30/1942 -2/17/2012 Chuck was the son of the late Virginia Nearman and Charles Mandt of Charleston WV. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Carol “Ruth” Branscome Mandt, four children and six grandchildren. Charles “Charlie” L Mandt II and Tasha of Lithia Springs Julia “Julie” Lorraine Mandt Marc Edward Mandt Linda “Lynn” Kay Mandt Brother, Robert “Bob” Ernest Mandt of Cross Lanes, WV Chuck is a member of the First Baptist Church of Douglasville, where he enjoyed playing the piano for more than 20 years. He was blessed with the gift of music and honored by Steinway Pianos as “A Steinway Artist.” He was a member of Atlanta Musician’s Union local 148-462 and a well-known jazz and …
Sunday, February 12, 2012
More than $50,000 has been raised for funeral arrangements and Lidiane’s medical bills.
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Sunday, February 12
The funeral for Kennesaw’s Carmo family will be held Monday at 4 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Marietta. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the public service will follow a visitation starting at 1:30 p.m. at the church at 56 Whitlock Ave., a little more than three miles from the small, 2-year-old Brazilian-immigrant church Jose Carmo Jr. served as pastor, Igreja Internacional da Restauracao (International Church of the Restoration). Carmo; his wife, Adriana; their first daughter, Leticia, 17; his brother Edson; and Edson’s girlfriend, Roselia DeSilva, died early Jan. 29 in a pileup on fog-shrouded Interstate 75 south of Gainesville, FL. The Carmos’ younger daughter, Lidiane, survived the crash and is recovering at …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Community members gathered on the soccer field at Living Hope Church Tuesday to celebrate the life and legacy of Coach Jay.
Yellow balloons floated into a sunlit sky Tuesday afternoon as more than 1500 people gathered on the Living Hope Church soccer field in Kennesaw to mourn, remember, and celebrate the life of Jeffrey "Jay" Ingram. The 32-year-old father of two died Friday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle while jogging on North Booth Road Thursday morning. "Coach Jay" was many things to many people. He was a youth soccer coach, a physical education teacher at Kennesaw Charter Science and Math Academy, an active member of his church, a loving husband to wife Corinne, and a father to Aiden and Kailyn. Helicopters passed overhead during the 2 p.m. service, and cars whizzed by on Stilesboro Road. If these passersby had taken notice, they would have seen…
Saturday, January 28, 2012
A friend shares a touching tribute to Jay Ingram.
The Kennesaw Charter teacher who died Friday after being struck by a vehicle has helped others through organ donation.
In life, Jay Ingram touched many lives in the Kennesaw community as a youth soccer coach, a physical education teacher at Kennesaw Charter Science and Math Academy, and a loving husband and father of two. In death, he continues to help others through the gift of organ donation. Ingram, 32, was struck by a vehicle Thursday morning while jogging on North Booth Road in Kennesaw. He died Friday at 3:30 p.m. due to complications from a severe traumatic brain injury. Ingram donated all his organs, according to an update posted on Facebook Saturday morning by Ingram's wife, Corinne: His heart is going to a fifty year old, his lungs to a 27 year old, a kidney and liver to a patient with liver failure, a kidney and pancreas to a patient with …
Friday, January 27, 2012
Coach Jay Ingram died Friday after being struck by a vehicle Thursday morning.
Updated Saturday at 7 a.m. Hundreds of community members attended a candlelight vigil for Coach Jay Ingram at the Quest Soccer Field in Kennesaw Friday night. The 32-year-old Kennesaw soccer coach and physical education teacher at Kennesaw Charter Science and Math Academy was struck by a vehicle Thursday morning while jogging on North Booth Road in Kennesaw. Ingram was transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital in critical condition and died of his injuries Friday afternoon. Ingram's wife, Corinne, announced his death on Facebook to family and friends: I want to make all of you aware that my husband and father of our two children, Jay Ingram, passed away today at 330 due to complications from a severe traumatic brain injury caused by …
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