Mrs. Elizabeth Cohen of Atlanta passed August 13, 2021. Funeral Service will be held August 21, 2021 at 1:30 pm in our Chapel (3047 Campbellton Rd. SW. Atlanta, Ga. 30311). Viewing for Mrs. Cohen is Friday August 20, 2021 from 1pm to 6pm. All participants must wear a mask. Our Chapel seats 400 which allows for social distancing. Service will be live stream. Go to (www.smithdennissmithfuneralhome.com) and you find the link at the end of her obituary. You may call us at 404 -349-2400. Interment; Westview Cemetery.

Obituary

Elizabeth Haynes Cohen was born August 3, 1945, in Colleton County, South Carolina. She was the second of six children born to the late Lewis and Lillie Mae Haynes. Elizabeth was educated in Hampton County schools. Being an articulate and vivacious personality, she took advantage of every opportunity for self-improvement, especially in the area of nursing. Her love of cooking enabled her to encourage and uplift her many friends and family. Elizabeth loved people and never met a stranger. She always said her years living in Brooklyn, NY were so special because there was always an opportunity to interact with different people. For many years Elizabeth was employed as a CNA on Hilton Head Island, SC as a personal caregiver to many clients. She enjoyed being able to care for her patients and continued this work until her health began to decline. On Friday, August 13, 2021, at Emory Hospital, Atlanta Georgia, God called her home to rest. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lewis and Lillie Mae Haynes, two sisters, Rachel Haynes and Betty Barnwell and a lifelong friend and confidant, Eddie Knight. She leaves to cherish her memories a daughter, Maxine Mahmoud, Douglasville, GA and two sons, James C. Bryant, Conyers, GA and Alexander L. Bryant, Atlanta GA.; Five grandchildren; 20 great-granchildren; three sisters, Beaulah Speaks, Scotia, SC, Barbara Walker(Amos), Covington, GA, Annie Buffaloe, Brooklyn, NY and Inez Priester, Tampa, FL; and a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.