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The Stephens County Lady Indians won one and lost one Monday in the opening day of the State Softball Playoffs. The double-elimination, four-team bracket with Stephens County is being played at Gordon Lee in Chickamauga. The Lady Indians, the number 3 seed from Region 8-AAA, played the number 2 team from Region 5, Carver of Atlanta, in the first game and […]
Read moreFrances Ricks Buffington, 85, of the New Franklin Community of Canon, passed away Thursday morning, at the Nancy Hart Nursing Center in Elberton, Georgia. Born January 17, 1938, in Hart County, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Florence Risner Ricks. She was the widow of the late Bobby Lee Buffington, and mother-in-law of the late Nikki Guarnella […]
Read moreMr. Mikah Donald Collins, age 63 of Freeman Creek Circle, Eastanollee passed away Tuesday, October 10,2023 at his residence. A son of the late Reverend Paul Edward Collins and Reba Kellar Collins, he was born February 5,1960 in Stephens County, Georgia where he had lived all his life. He was employed with Sanders Machine Company as a machinist for a number […]
Read moreJavin Gordon scored six touchdowns, five coming in the first half, and the undefeated Stephens County Indians rolled to a 52-7 win over Franklin County Friday night at The Reservation. Gordon scored on runs of 61, 23, 10, 5, and 1 in the first half and added a 54-yard touchdown run on the first play of the 2nd half. Gordon […]
Read moreMr. Leroy Cecil Couch, age 93, of Toccoa, passed away Thursday, October 5, 2023, at his home. Born May 13, 1930, in Stephens County, he was a son of the late Cecil Gabot and Era Ernestine Flynn Couch. Leroy was a charter member for the Toccoa Army National Guard in 1949 and became full army in 1955, where he retired […]
Read moreRender Jackson “Jay” Heard Jr., a proud veteran of the Marine Corps, passed away peacefully on September 26, 2023, at his home in Toccoa, GA. He was being loved and cared for by his niece, Darlan Goodman, his great-niece, Alexandra Goodman, and his friend and companion, Della Cannon. Born in Griffin, Georgia, he was the son of the late Render Jackson Heard Sr. of Toccoa, Georgia and Nelma […]
Read moreMr. Joe Harold Norton, age 84 of Eastanollee, passed away Monday October 2, 2023, at his home. Born June 17, 1939, in Franklin County, GA, he was a son of the late Enoch Johnson and Queen Victoria Elizabeth Cobb Norton. Mr. Norton was a United States Army Veteran. He was a member of Liberty Hill Church and retired from Milliken […]
Read moreStephens County Farm Bureau Player of Game with Monroe Area is Tripp Underwood. Brittany Martin from Farm Bureau is pictured presenting Tripp with the Farm Bureau Player of the Game football.
Read moreMrs. Virginia “Nan” Wilkinson Foster, age 84 of Mountain View Drive, Toccoa passed away Sunday, October 1, 2023, at her residence. A daughter of the late Joe Harrison Wilkinson and Mildred Purcell Wilkinson, she was born October 17, 1938, in Stephens County, Georgia having lived most of her life in the Tates Creek Community of Banks County. She was a 1956 […]
Read moreMr. Benny Morris Brown, age 82, of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, September 30, 2023, at his home. Born July 4, 1941 in Franklin County, Ga, he was a son of the late Vincent and Laura Jordan Brown. Benny retired from Coats and Clark as a machine technician, and also had worked in other professions during his life including road work, […]
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