Author: Connie Gaines

Mr. Joseph William Keye, age 76 of 72 Crestlawn Drive, Toccoa, GA passed away Monday, September 5, 2022 at Stephens County Hospital.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 17, 2022 at the Ellis Chapel CME Church with pastor  Alton Downer, officiating.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery.  The family will receive friends on Friday evening from […]

Mrs. Geraldine Maney Simmons, age 73 of Fowlertown Road, Toccoa passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. A daughter of the late Tommy Maney and Willie Mae Ballenger Maney, she was born April 25, 1949 in Banks County, Georgia having lived most of her life in Stephens County.  She was a homemaker. She loved her family and loved spending time with […]

Mrs. Mary Evelyn Murray Thurmond Smith, age 94, of Martin, GA, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2022 at Stephens County Hospital with her son by her side. Born March 10, 1928 in Banks County Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Luther J. and Lela Whitfield Murray. She was a long time member of Tom’s Creek Baptist Church where […]

Mr. Robert T. Washington, age 74 of Toccoa, Ga passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at the Bountiful Hills Senior Living in Commerce, Ga.  Funeral Service plans will be announced later by Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home of Toccoa, Ga.

Mrs. Jeanette “J-Net” Burrell Baird Viera, age 89, of Flowery Branch passed away peacefully Saturday, August 27, 2022 at her residence. Funeral Services for Mrs. Viera will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 1, 2022 in the Chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home with interment at 2:00 p.m., at Toccoa City Cemetery. Pastor Tim Hunter will officiate. The family will receive […]

Mrs. Patricia Darlene Harmon Thomas, age 62 of Combs Avenue, Martin passed away Monday, August 29, 2022 at her residence. A daughter of Lucille Smith Harmon and the late Harold Harmon, she was born December 15, 1959 in Stephens County, Georgia where she lived all her life.  She was employed with Southern Craftsman for a number of years.  She was a member of the Lavonia Moose Lodge […]