How much do you know about notable people buried in Cobb County? Take the quiz and find out

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Posted By: Larry Felton Johnson March 1, 2026

By Larry Felton Johnson

[This is an evergreen quiz. We run it every couple of months, and often edit it to change out some of the questions]

I’ve had an interest in cemeteries for my whole adult life (and at 74 years old, that’s a long run). So it makes sense that as I put quizzes together, I’d also ask myself, and the Courier’s readers: How much do you know about Cobb County cemeteries and the people buried there? Take the quiz below to find out.

We run daily quizzes in the Cobb County Courier newsletter (if you’re interested in subscribing to our free newsletter, the previous link contains a big green subscribe button about halfway down the text), and recently decided to move the Saturday and Sunday quizzes onto our main website and expand them to ten-question quizzes.

Each quiz will focus on a place or topic about Cobb County. The intent of these quizzes is not only to find out how much our readers already know about the county, but to educate them. Informed citizens have a much better chance of engaging with the community productively.

After the quiz there is a list of links to learn more about the answers.

This quiz focuses on notable people buried in cemeteries in Cobb County

1.

This murdered child, a beauty pageant contestant, was the subject of national news and a controversial murder investigation, still unsolved. She is buried at St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery in Marietta.

2.

This famed singer/songwriter is buried at Mount Harmony Memorial Gardens in Mableton.

3.

This long-time Cobb County BOC chairman was instrumental in bringing Six Flags to Cobb County, and is buried in Kennesaw Memorial Park.

4.

Born into slavery in 1833, he became a charter member and the second pastor of Zion Baptist Church (founded 1866), and founded multiple African‑American Baptist congregations in Marietta. He is buried in Marietta City Cemetery.

5.

This comedian and gospel singer created the comedy routine about unknowingly booking a performance at a snake handling that is still popular today. He is buried at Riverview Memorial Gardens.

6.

The teen victim of another notorious murder, this child, murdered in an Atlanta pencil factory in 1913, is buried in Marietta City Cemetery.

7.

This man, buried in St. James Episcopal Cemetery in Marietta, was Georgia’s first elected Commissioner of Agriculture, and also served as a Georgia state senator.

8.

Nineteen enslaved and formerly enslaved people are buried in a “slave lot” at this prominent early Cobb County cemetery.

9.

This career bandit, a rare holdover from the Depression-era outlaws, is buried in Riverview Memorial Gardens, and was in the news frequently in the 1950s and 60s due to his escape artistry and the nature of his death.

10.

This former university president has a college football stadium named after him, and is buried in Marietta City Cemetery.


 

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