Author: Connie Gaines

Mr. Daniel Otis Griffin age 60 of Persimmon Street passed away July 15, 2021 at his residence. A son of Jean Fowler Griffin and the late Roy Lee Griffin, he was born February 6, 1961 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all of his life. He was employed with Tugalo Construction for over twenty years and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death […]

Mrs. Jimmie M. Hill Geter, age 101 of 288 South Sage Street, Toccoa, formerly of Elberton, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at her residence. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 18, 2021 at Lincoln Heights Cemetery, Elberton, GA with Pastor Damion Hutchins, officiating.  Public viewing will be on Saturday, July 17, 2021 from 3-7:00 p.m. […]

Mrs. Lorraine Price Perkins, age 96 of Toccoa passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Hospice Center in Gainesville. She was born to the late Winfred Price and Mary Garner Price on March 20, 1925 in Franklin County, Georgia. She lived most of her life in Stephens County and was preceded in death by her husband, J. R. Perkins, sisters, Ione Morris, Genora Price, Faye Dickerson, halfsisters, Irene Yearwood, Naomi Gant, Louise Hardy and Gloria Jean Gibson and by step-brothers, Jule, Bury, Dorsey and Jim Hardy. Lorraine was an office clerk during World War II at Camp Toccoa at Currahee and was later employed with Coats and Clark. She managed Martha Parks dress shop and several other retail stores and later co- owned and operated L & L Fabrics. She […]

Mr. Adam Segars, age 59 of Midway Crossing, Cornelia, Georgia passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021 at his residence. A son of the late Jack L. and Lorene Grace Ivester Segars, he was born September 16, 1961 in Jackson County, Georgia having lived most of his life in Habersham County, Georgia.  He was a logger with Jack Irvin Logging for 30 years.  He was of the Baptist faith.  In addition to his […]

Mr. Guy Anderson Purcell, age 93, of Toccoa, passed away Friday, July 9, 2021 at Pruitt Health of Toccoa. Born May 31, 1928, in Stephens County, he was the son of the late Dorse F. and Mollie Harrison Purcell. He was a member of Liberty Hill Baptist Church, a graduate of Piedmont College in 1958 and was retired from Coats […]