Funeral On Sunday For Woman, Baby Found Dead Inside Home

ACWORTH, GA — Friends and family will say goodbye to the Acworth woman and her baby boy who were found dead earlier this week inside their home in Cherokee County.

The funeral service for Holly Michelle Whitley, 31, and her infant son, Alex Lee Fuentes, will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, July 22 at Sosebee Funeral Home in Canton, according to their obituaries. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, the obituary adds.

Whitley and Alex, who was six months old, were found deceased inside the home in the 2900 block of Cedar Mill Crossing, which is located off Kellogg Creek Road in southwest Cherokee County. Deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the home request of a family member "due to the lack of contact" with Whitley.

An autopsy conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on both bodies did not reveal a cause of death, but the sheriff's office said it did not find any signs of foul play. The GBI's report is pending additional testing. A toddler also found inside the home was unharmed, the sheriff's office added. Whitley's obituary notes she "loved her children and spending time with family."

"She enjoyed traveling, music, arts and being outdoors," Whitley's life story goes on to state.

Whitley and little Alex are survived by her fiancé and father, Mario Fuentes; daughter and sister, Ava Alana Fuentes; parents and grandparents, Donald and Beverly Whitley; and several cousins and many friends.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to assist the family with funeral expense.

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