Category: Obituaries

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Dyer Holland, age 83, of Whisenant Street, Toccoa, GA, passed away Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Stephens County Hospital. A daughter of the late Ralph and Iola Blackwell Dyer, she was born September 7, 1937 in Stephens County where she lived her entire life.   She was retired from Fieldale Corporation and was a member of the Rock Quarry Congregational Holiness […]

Mrs. Geneva Roebuck Higginbotham, age 68 of Lavonia, GA passed away Friday, June 4, 2021 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at the New Light Baptist Church with Pastor  David Johnson, officiating.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery.   Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Gary Thomas Atkinson, 69, of Royston, GA and formerly of Toccoa passed away on Thursday, May 20, 2021, at his home. Mr. Atkinson was born in Toccoa, GA on October 8, 1951, son of the late Eldridge Thomas “Hoss” Atkinson and the late Zerlene Iona Shuler Atkinson. He was an engineer having worked for Caterpillar in Jefferson, GA and […]

Mr. Bobby Ramsey,  of Sylva, NC, formerly of Toccoa, Ga passed away Sunday, May 30, 2021 in Sylva, NC.  Funeral service plans will be announced later by Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home of Toccoa, Ga.

Mrs. Christie Lynn Martin Gordon, age 47 of Eastanollee, passed away Friday May 28, 2021 at Greenville Medical Center.   A daughter of the late Lamar and Jennie Sautter Martin, she was born January 31, 1974 in Tehran, Iran having lived in Nicholson, Georgia before moving to Toccoa. She was employed with the Pruitt Corporation as an accountant and was of the Baptist faith. She loved […]

Zelpha Grace McFarlin Canady, 88, of New Bethel Community, passed away Saturday morning, May 29, 2021. Born July 28, 1932, in Pelzer, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Avant and Ruby Grace Taylor McFarlin. She was the widow of the late David Canady, mother of the late Ann Canady Ward, and Dan Canady, and grandmother of the […]

Mrs. Polly Jordan Trexler, age 100 of Toccoa passed away Saturday, May 29, 2021 at her residence. A daughter of the late Enoch P. and Clifford Boswell Jordan, she was born September 19, 1920 in Molena, Georgia. She studied to be a Latin and English Teacher but never used that course study during her teaching career.  According to Mrs. Trexler, “World War II came […]

Mr. Roosevelt Truman Dyer, age 70 of Highway 145, Eastanollee passed away Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at his residence. A son of the late William Edge and Lucy May Dyer, he was born May 15, 1951 in Mt. Airy, Georgia having lived most of his life in Stephens County.  He was retired from Stephens County as a Convenience Site Attendant and attended The Pointe.  He loved fishing, golfing and gardening, […]

Mr. Roy Lee Edmonds, age 75 of Red Rock Road, Toccoa passed away Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at his residence. A son of the late James Willard Bill Edmonds and Teeny Standridge Edmonds, he was born April 21, 1946 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all his life.  He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army.  He was a barber before starting his own logging business, […]

Graveside service for Betty Joanne Zeigler will be held Thursday, May 27th, at 10am at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Lee Waller officiating. Joanne passed away on May 24, 2021 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. She was born on November 24, 1935, in Pavo. She was an active member of Dawson Street Baptist Church where she enjoyed her Sunday school class. […]