Author: Phil Hobbs

Mr. Daniel Shockley, age 57, of Toccoa, passed away Monday, January 31, 2022 at his home. Born October 5, 1964 in Toccoa, he was the son of Sylvia Ann Simmons Shockley and the late Thomas Shockley, Jr. He was employed with Marel, Inc. and was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Family members include his mother, Sylvia Ann Shockley of […]

Dr. John Mark Carpenter Born October 16, 1929 in Toccoa, Ga and born again August 1942 at Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Eastanollee, Ga, Dr. John Mark Carpenter peacefully went to be with the Lord on Wednesday January 19, 2022 at the age of 92. He married his wife, Betty Sue (Hawkins) Carpenter from Gainesville in 1949 and this summer […]

Mrs. Patricia Carolyn Williams Davis, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend passed away peacefully at her home in Toccoa on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at the age of 81.   Pat was born in Toccoa, Georgia on August 16, 1940 to the late Hugh A. and Kathleen Wilson Williams.  She was a 1958 graduate of Toccoa High School where she was a cheerleader and homecoming queen.  She was […]

R.C. Robinson passed away at the age of 82 on the 26thday of January in the year of our Lord 2022.  He was born November 7th1939, in Stephens County. Born a son to the late Cliff Robinson and Artie B. Smith Robinson.  His siblings were the late Henry Robinson, T. C. Robinson, Charles Robinson and Vinnie Robinson Bolmon. Growing up […]

Mr. Richard A. “Dick” Stalnaker, age 95, of Union, South Carolina, widower of Rosinelle Bobo “Tootsie” Stalnaker, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Union Medical Center. Mr. Stalnaker was born December 29, 1926 in Atlanta, a son of the late Alexander Stalnaker and Josie Whitman Stalnaker.  He was a graduate of Lockhart High School and retired from BellSouth. He […]

Mr. Michael Wade “Purcy” Purcell, age 58 of Gooseneck Road, Eastanollee passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022. A son of the late Clarence and Robbie Powers Purcell, he was born August 29, 1963 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all his life.  He was a member of the FFA Alumni and the Cattlemen’s Association of Georgia.  He loved riding motorcycles, enjoyed fixing […]

Reverend Newton Phillips, age 88 of Toccoa passed away Friday January 21, 2022 at his residence. A son of the late Reese and Katie Rumsey Phillips, he was born April 23, 1933 in Habersham County, Georgia having lived most of his life in Toccoa. He was retired from Georgia Department of Transportation with twenty years of service. He was an ordained Baptist minister […]

Stephen Brian Hardegree, 52, of Snellville, Georgia, passed away unexpectedly in his home on January 20, 2022. Stephen was born July 31, 1969 in Fort Hood, Texas, the son of Jim and Judith Crump Hardegree. Stephen graduated from Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, South Carolina in 1987, then attended North Georgia College, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. […]