Mildred Lively

July 15, 1919 - January 4, 2012

Mildred Smith Lively, age 92, of Marietta passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at Metropolitan Hospice in Marietta. A native of Haralson County, she and her husband William Doyal Lively raised their family in the Ben Hill neighborhood before moving to Austell in 1972. Mildred was a faithful and loved member of Trinity United Methodist Church of Austell and had worked as a hair stylist at Washington Road Beauty Salon after attending West Georgia College. Mildred Smith Lively is preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, William Doyal Lively in 1982; her sister, Vivian O'Brien; her brothers, Tom Smith and Jim Smith; and her parents, Tom and Zona Smith. Survivors include her son, Doy Lively and his wife Carole of Marietta; granddaughters, Jessica and her husband Marty Hamby and Caroline and her husband John Hill O'Neal; great-granddaughter, Madison Hamby; brother in law, Clinton O'Brien; and many loving nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 6:00pm-8:00pm Friday, January 6, 2012 at Gene Davis-White Columns Funeral Chapel in Mableton. A funeral service will be held at 11:00am Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Austell. Interment will follow at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta.