Author: Phil Hobbs

Mrs. Sarah Jo Ballew Glovan, age 86 of Toccoa passed away Friday, November 4, 2022 at the Stephens County Hospital. A daughter of the late Clarence and Bessie Ross Ballew, she was born September 4, 1936 in Fannin County, Georgia, having lived in Baldwin, Georgia for a number of years before moving to Toccoa in 2000.  She was first employed with Head Start and later worked with the State […]

Mrs. Jeannie Rae Henson Gathany, age 60, of Toccoa passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at her residence.   A daughter of the late Henry Ray Henson and Jean McAllester Henson, she was born November 28, 1961 in Alexandria, Virginia, and later lived in Florida where she attended massage therapy school. She left Florida in 1991 to care for her grandmother, moving to Toccoa where she met her […]

Della Sue (Dickson) DeBerry, 74, of Cairo, WV passed away November 5, 2022 at home with her husband. She was born May 22, 1948 in Toccoa, GA, a daughter of the late Willie and Eula Dickson. Mrs. DeBerry served in the United States Army from January 1974 to July 1978. She met and married (Grant) Eugene DeBerry at Ft. Lee, […]

Mrs. Judith “Judy” Zemily Westmoreland Whitworth, age 73, of Toccoa, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family. Born December 12, 1948 in Toccoa, GA, she was the daughter of the late William Marvin and Maida Collier Westmoreland. She attended First United Methodist Church and was a member of the Grace Sunday School Class. She […]

Bobby Crowe, long-time fixture in the Atlanta Restaurant Business, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2022, surrounded by his children. The family moved to Atlanta at the onset of World War II.  Bobby’s dad worked as a barber while his mother maintained their home.  Bobby was the third of five children born to John Crowe and Farry Bailey Crowe.  Bobby Clifton […]

Funeral services for Mr. Jerry Curby Johnson, age 77 of Hicks Road, Toccoa, GA will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 11, 2022 at the Full Gospel Baptist Church in Martin, Ga.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery.  The family is at the residence. Moss-Stovall-Neal funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Marlene Murphy Sharretts was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend who passed away at home in Toccoa, GA surrounded by her husband and children on November 4, 2022, at age 85. Marlene was born to Merrill, Sr., and Daisy Murphy on June 4, 1937, in Coudersport, PA, and was the younger sister of Merrill, III, and Roger F. Murphy.  Her lifelong attention to detail […]