Author: Connie Gaines

Mrs. Ethel Mae Richie, age 82 of Defoor Road, Toccoa, GA passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at Pruitt Health Toccoa.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, June 24, 2021 at the Trinity CME Church in Toccoa, GA with interment to follow in the Cleveland CME Church Cemetery, martin, GA.  Public viewing of Mrs. Richie will be […]

Jocile Thurmond McFarlin, of the Red Hill Community, passed away Sunday afternoon, June 13, 2021, at her home. Born February 21, 1938, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Mary Opal Kellar Thurmond. She was the widow of the late Joel Dewitt McFarlin, and sister-in-law of the late Rev. Truitt Brawner and Mike Elrod. She […]

Mrs. Joan Steele Savage Clary, age 88 of Toccoa entered into her Heavenly Father’s loving arms on June 13, 2021. A daughter of the late Maurice and Eleanor Steele, she was born on January 19, 1933 having lived all her life in Toccoa. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to all who met her. She became […]

Mr. William Andrew “Andy” Johnson age 84 of Cornelia passed away Friday June 11, 2021 at Habersham Medical Center. A son of the late Julius and Sarah Craig Johnson, he was born January 31, 1937 in Rabun County, Georgia having lived most of his life in Habersham County. He loved to hunt, fish, gardening and camping. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and was the best […]

Faye Andrews Ertzberger, 73, of Carnesville, passed away Friday afternoon, June 11, 2021, at the Sacred Heart Hospital. Born December 31, 1947, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Lorenzy Dow and Edna Julia Bailey Andrews. She was a 1965 graduate of Franklin County High School. She was an administrative assistant for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department […]