William Benjamin Maloney

A Celebration of the life of William Benjamin Maloney William Benjamin Maloney was born and raised in Marietta,Georgia. He attended Marietta High School and Kennesaw State University where he majored in chemistry and was an honor student. He and Kacey were active members of North Metro Church in Kennesaw, and were involved in a young married couples small group. He worked as a construction manager and in sales for Atlanta Porch and Patio. Ben is survived by his wife Kacey Wilson Maloney, his one year-old son Liam Maloney, his parents Donna and Steve Arrants, his grandparents Bob and Lou Jean Arrants, his brothers Dale, Davis, Josh and Sam Arrants, and his sisters Hannah and Clare Maloney. He also had a large extended family of loving aunts, uncles and cousins. He was predeceased by his Dad, Phillip Maloney and grandparents Bill and Dorothy and Maloney, and Edna and TV Brown. During his Dad's illness, Ben was a loving caretaker to his father. He visited every day when he was in hospice, often bringing him meals and playing guitar for him. After his dad passed away Ben continued to visit the others in hospice to bring them movies, food and play music for them. In his youth Ben was an honor student, and participated on the MHS wrestling team, cross country, baseball, skateboarding and swimming. He loved all sports, especially basketball, golf, disk golf and was a big fan of Georgia Tech and Alabama football. He was active in his church's youth group, praise band and Boy Scouts. Ben also loved the outdoors. He loved fishing, hunting, kayaking, rafting, canoeing, camping, hiking and all outdoor nature activities. In addition, he was an excellent cook and loved to grill out on his smoker for his friends and family. Ben was blessed with many gifts from God. He had a sharp intellect, and great sense of humor and a keen mind. He was a gifted musician who played many different instruments including drums, piano, and was a talented guitarist. He enjoyed all kinds of music including rock, jazz, praise music and especially Bluegrass. His favorite band was Phish he attended over 50 of their concerts, where he made friends from all over the United States. Ben was also very creative, and he enjoyed drawing and painting as a child, and more recently writing, composing music, and the art of glass blowing. Ben loved to travel. He had been to Europe, and had traveled all across the United States making new friends. Perhaps his greatest gift was his charismatic and outgoing personality, and his love of people. He had the ability to make everyone feel special. Ben had a huge heart and loved everyone. If he loved you he made sure you knew it. He loved BIG and gave the best hugs. He had a very close relationship with his friends, his wife and son, his parents, his grandparents and each one of his siblings. He was proud of his Irish heritage and his big family. He was talented in sales had an entrepreneurial spirit. As a young teenager he started his own skateboard company, designed his own logo and had a major retail store sell his skateboards. Ben met Kacey and they begin dating in 2014 and were married in a beautiful chapel in Mentone, Alabama in 2016. Ben and Kacey had many special times together and enjoyed traveling together. Ben was overjoyed when he became a new father. He shared a very close and special relationship with Liam and could make Liam's eyes light up when he entered the room. He enjoyed teaching his son to talk, reading books to Liam and he got to see him learn to crawl and walk. He was thrilled when Liam learned to say Dada, and most recently,"Hey Dada!" Liam turned 1 year old this month and had a big family party where Kacey and Ben and family enjoyed watching him dive into his Birthday smash cake. During the last few weeks Kacey and Ben had many happy times. They celebrated Liam's birthday by spending the week taking Liam to the zoo, the aquarium, The Coke museum, Fernbank, and the CNN Center and having a family caricature portrait drawn. Ben was happy and excited about his future with Kacey and Liam. On the evening before Ben passed away he shared the news that they were surprised but excited to learn that they were expecting another precious child. He was happy to know that Liam would have a sibling so close in age. He spoke about how precious Liam was. He said he was a miracle and had changed his life. When Ben went home that night he never woke up. We can take solace in the fact that we know Ben was a Believer in Christ. He accepted Christ as a child and continued to seek him throughout his life, even during the tough times. We know that you are in the presence of God. We can't imagine this world without you. We are going to miss your million dollar smile and huge heart. We are going to miss your big laugh, your calls, your texts and especially your hugs. We love you Ben, and we will make sure that we keep your memory alive for Liam and that he knows how much you loved him. We love you forever, love you for always. And we look forward to one day being reunited. Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." . Contributions may be made to Stephen Ministry at North Metro Church, 2305 Barrett Parkway NW, Marietta, GA 30064.

William Benjamin Maloney

May 15, 1986 - October 21, 2017