Author: Phil Hobbs

Frank Edward Poole, 56 of Carnesville, GA passed away Wednesday afternoon on December 6, 2022, at his residence. Born December 7, 1966, in Toccoa, he was the son of the late Jerry and Pat Poole. He was a foreman for Asplundh tree service. He was a avid firearms collector & shooter. He was  a firearms instructor for the NRA and […]

Mrs. Ella M. Johnson, age 70 of Carnesville, Ga passed away Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 at St. Mary’s Health Systems, Athens, GA.  Funeral service plans will be announced later by Moss Stovall Neal Funeral Home of Toccoa, Ga.

Mr. Henry A. Whitworth, age 92, of Martin, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at The Clary Care Center in Toccoa. Born August 5,1931 in Stephens County, GA, he was the son of the late Henry A. and Ellen Mulkey Whitworth. Mr. Whitworth lived most of his life in Franklin County.  He was a heavy equipment machinist at RJ LaTourneau/WABCO, […]

Blondean Pressley Bennett, age 86, of Clarkesville, passed away on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Born on July 4, 1937, in Toccoa, she was a daughter of the late Wade Sanford Pressley and Mamie Louise Presley Pressley. Mrs. Bennett was a machine operator at Coats and Clark for 15 years before becoming a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking, singing, reading, grocery shopping, […]

Mrs. Jane Bodie Young, age 90, of Toccoa, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at The Clary Care Center in Toccoa. Born October 26,1933 in South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Lowell and Matilda Bodie. Throughout her lifetime, Mrs. Young worked in a variety of jobs, including cashier and cook.  She was a member of Conyers First United […]

Dr. Norman E. Allison, Jr., formerly of Toccoa, passed into the Lord’s presence on November 27, 2023.  Dr. Allison and his wife, Judy, were Alliance Missionaries to the Middle East, and Dr. Allison was the long-time Director of Missions at Toccoa Falls College.  Please be in prayer for his wife, Judy, and children Mark Allison, Kathy Hober, and Heather Broom.  […]

Mrs. Cheryl Ann Gibby Payne, age 73 of Corbet Chappelear Road, Martin passed away Tuesday, December 5,2023 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville. A daughter of the late Gaither Creal Gibby and Betty Jo Mitchel Gibby, she was born February 10,1950 in Habersham County, Georgia having lived in Norcross, Georgia for many years before moving to Franklin County, Georgia […]