Maria Estella Laurie

Maria Estella Laurie obituary

Maria Estella Laurie

Maria Laurie Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Tim Stewart Funeral Home - Lawrenceville on Sep. 8, 2025.

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LAURIE – Maria Estella (Casares) Laurie, age 79 of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2025. She will be interred with her late husband John Joseph Laurie, on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM in Georgia's National Veterans Cemetery in Canton, Georgia. She was an educator as well as a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Maria is preceded in death by her husband John Joseph Laurie, son Senior Deputy John Francis Laurie, grandson Andrew Joseph Laurie, parents Villa Maria (De Jesus) & Gustavo Casares and brother Billy Carares. She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Tracey Laurie Clark (Mark Clark) grandson, Dylan Christopher Laurie (Kerriann) Laurie, mother of great grandson Zaden Jackson Laurie and Haylee Skye Adams-Laurie, mother of great grandson Domonique Joseph Adams- Laurie, sisters Yolanda Armida and JoAnn Casares, brothers Matthew Casares and Johnny Casares. Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road SW, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046. 770.962.3100. Please sign the online guest registry at www.stewartfh.com.

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