Author: Phil Hobbs

Mr. Carol Davie Stancil, age 70 of Toccoa passed away Friday, April 28, 2023 at his home. A son of the late Lam David Stancil and Anne Jarrett Stancil, he was born in Stephens County, Georgia August 19, 1952.  He lived all his life in Stephens County with his loving wife Gail Stancil, happily married to each other for 42 years until her death in January of 2020.  He […]

Mr. Steven Morris Henry, age 71, of Eastanollee, Ga passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at his residence. Born July 21, 1951 in Atlanta, GA., he was the son of the late Pat and Stella Jo Smallwood Henry. Mr. Henry was of the Baptist Faith and was a Truck Driver for Fieldale Farms. Family members include his wife, Catherine “Cathy” […]

Barbara June Leach Carabin, age 77, of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2023 at Hospice of Northeast Georgia in Gainesville. Born July 19, 1945 in Virginia, she was retired from Wal-Mart and was of the Baptist Faith. Family members include her son, Timothy Carabin and his fiance` Chrissy Dover of Toccoa; sisters and a brother-in-law, Peggy Allison of Virginia […]

Ms. Mary “Jeanette” McCollum Jamieson, age 81, of Toccoa, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at her home. Born on November 28, 1941 in Kings Mountain, NC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Clarence and Modena Garland McCollum. Ms. Jamieson was a veteran public servant serving six years as a Stephens County Commissioner, 24 years as an elected […]

Elva Poole Collins, age 89 of Eastanollee, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2023 in Madison, Georgia. A daughter of the late Walter E. Poole, Sr. and Ella Ruth Johnson Poole, she was born December 1, 1933 in Elberton, Georgia. She was a graduate of Elbert County High School where she was valedictorian. She retired from the Stephens County School System. She was of the Pentecostal faith and a […]

Mrs. Sandra Gail Benton Fowler, 69, of Valley Road, Toccoa, passed away peacefully at her home, Monday, April 24, 2023. A daughter of the late Owen Franklin Benton, Jr. and RayeNell Wilkins Benton, she was born October 28, 1953 in Cartersville, Georgia.  She was a 1972 graduate of Stephens County High School, entering college at the University of Georgia and later graduating at Georgia State University with a Bachelors Degree in Medical Technology.  She was employed […]

Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Grafton Jarrett, age 79 of Toccoa passed away Thursday, April 20, 2023, at the home of her son. A daughter of the late Joe P. Grafton, Sr. and Jewell Ivester Grafton, she was born January 7, 1944, in Stephens County, Georgia where she lived all her life.  She was a homemaker and a member of Tates Creek Baptist […]