Author: Connie Gaines

Rev. Riki Hazen Wise, age 53 of Grand View Drive, Toccoa passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at the Stephens County Hospital. A son of Timothy Wise and the late Charlotte Mihill Wise, he was born March 11, 1973 in Saranac Lake, New York where he lived in his young years before moving to Toccoa in 1991 to attend Toccoa Falls College.  He was a U.S. Army Veteran, having […]

Mrs. Robbie Hulsey Nations, age 86, of Eastanollee, passed away Friday, July 24, 2026 at her home. Born May 8, 1940 in Madison County, GA, she was the daughter of the late George “Elmer” and Mary Ann Drake Hulsey, Sr. Mrs. Nations was a retired school bus driver from the Stephens County and Habersham County School Systems, and was a […]

Mrs. Mary Agnes Smith Vandiver, age 69 of Vandiver Road, Carnesville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at her residence. A daughter of the late John Clayton Smith and Ruth Roberts Smith, she was born October 2, 1956, in Stephens County, Georgia, having lived most of her life in Franklin County, Georgia. She was of the Baptist faith and […]

Mr. Octavious Cannon, age 54 of 245 S. Hill Street in Toccoa, passed away Thursday morning (July  23) at New Horizons Nursing Center in Gainesville. Memorial services will be held Saturday, August 8 at 2:00pm from Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Toccoa. Drew Funeral Home of Toccoa is in charge of arrangements for Octavious Cannon.

Mrs. Sharon Bohannon Englin, age 66 of Jenkins Ferry Road, Martin, Georgia passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. A daughter of the late Troy and Jeanette Merck Bohannon, she was born October 10,1959 in Stephens County, Georgia where she had lived all her life.  She was a homemaker.  She loved shopping, blue eye shadow, the color […]

Ms. Thelma Terrell, age 88, of Toccoa, Ga, passed away, Saturday, July 11, 2026. There will be public viewing Friday, July 24, 2026, from 3pm – 6pm, at Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, July 25, 2026, 2pm, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Toccoa, Ga.