Francis “Frank” Wearon Huckaby

Francis “Frank” Wearon Huckaby, 78, husband of the late Cynthia “Cindy” Huckaby, of Summerville, South Carolina, formerly of Williamsburg, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. Frank was born in Toccoa, Georgia on July 23, 1944. He was the son of the late Wearon and Frances Huckaby. Growing up in Toccoa, Georgia, Frank worked for his father’s company, Tugalo Construction. After graduating high school, he attended Truett-McConnell College then went […]

Read more

18 Traffic Fatalities in Georgia During Thanksgiving Travel Period

Georgia State Patrol Troopers investigated three fatal crashes, and local law enforcement agencies investigated 12 fatal traffic crashes, resulting in 18 deaths across Georgia during the 102-hour Thanksgiving holiday travel period. Local law enforcement agencies reporting fatalities during the holiday period which began Wednesday, November 23, at 6 p.m. and ended at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, November 27, include the Atlanta […]

Read more

LADY INDIANS WIN BIG-INDIAN BOYS FALL IN OPENER

By: Ted Taylor THE STEPHENS COUNTY LADY INDIANS PICKED UP THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A RESOUNDING 74-11 WIN OVER THE LADY JAGUARS OF SECKINGER HIGH SCHOOL. TYTIUNNA TUKES LED ALL SCORERS WITH 17 POINTS. ANIYA MARIWEATHER CHIPPED IN WITH 10 POINTS AS EVERYONE ON THE TEAM SCORED FOR COACH LAURA BAKER’S CLUB. THE VICTORY WAS […]

Read more

Indians Basketball Returns on Tuesday

The Stephens County boys and girls will take to the basketball court at Currahee Arena on Tuesday hosting Seckinger. This will be the opener for the Indians boys team. The Indians season ended last year in the Region-8 tournament and an overall record of 6-20. The Stephens County Lady Indians have already played in two games this season falling to […]

Read more

Mr. James Vernon Moore

Mr. James Vernon Moore, age 78, of Eastanollee, passed away Friday, November 25, 2022 at The Clary Care Center in Toccoa, GA. Born March 27, 1944 in Toccoa, GA he was the son of the late James Mira “Pete” and Nannie Lee Voyles Moore. He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, was a four-year veteran of The United States […]

Read more

Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Goddard Mitchell

Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Goddard Mitchell, age 85, of 482 E. Tugalo Street, Toccoa, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at Stephens County Hospital.   A daughter of the late Volney and Elizabeth Graham Goddard, she was born August 28, 1937, in Birmingham, Alabama, although she lived most of her childhood in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where she graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1955. She attended Salem College in Winston Salem, North Carolina, graduating […]

Read more

Mrs. Joyce Rider Allen

Mrs. Joyce Rider Allen, age 59, of Hazlehurst, Georgia, formerly of Toccoa, passed away Tuesday November 22, 2022, at Memorial Hospital in Savannah. A daughter of the late Joe and Qunnie Mae Weaver Rider, she was born December 26, 1962, in Stephens County, Georgia where she lived most of her life before moving to Hazlehurst in 2017. She enjoyed doing […]

Read more

Local Voice of Democracy Essay Winners Announced

The local Voice of Democracy Essay Contest was held last week. Established in 1947, the Voice of Democracy audio-essay program provides high school students with the unique opportunity to express themselves in regard to a democratic and patriotic-themed recorded essay. Each year, nearly 40,000 9-12 grade students from across the country enter to win their share of $2.1 million in […]

Read more

Mr. Joshua Kane Isbell

Mr. Joshua Kane Isbell, age 37 of Toccoa passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at his residence. A son of Debbie Isbell, and the late Fred Robert Edmonds, Sr. he was born January 31, 1985 in Stephens County, Georgia where he had lived all his life.  He was employed with Industries Control Electric as an electrician.  He was a member of Rock Creek Baptist Church.  He loved his son and family, […]

Read more
1 62 63 64 65 66 246