Category: Obituaries

Mr. Edward Harold Simpson, age 52 of Sunset Lane, Toccoa passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at his residence.   A son of the late Frank and Christine Reed Simpson, he was born December 9, 1968 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all his life. He was employed as a greeter with Wal-Mart for a number of years. He […]

Mr. Roy Terry Lawson, age 74, of Toccoa, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Stephens County Hospital. Born March 3, 1947 in Toccoa, he was the son of the late Roy Clyde and Pauline Kirby Lawson. He was a member of the Toccoa Pentecostal Holiness Church and was retired welder having worked with Dempster and Patterson Pump.  Terry loved being […]

Mr. Oliver Welborn Kesler, age 90 of Cawthon Road, Toccoa passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at his residence.   A son of the late James Allen Kesler and Allice Gillespie Kesler, he was born June 10, 1930 in Banks County, Georgia having lived most of his life in Stephens County. He was retired from Bowen and Watson. He was […]

Mrs. Cynthia Dale Norris Smith, age 66 of Collins Road, Toccoa passed away Monday, March 15, 2021 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens.   A daughter of the late Frank and Laura Holbrooks Norris, she was born February 27, 1954 in Oconee County, South Carolina having lived most of her life in Stephens County. She was employed with Coats and […]

Dr. Jack Doyle Jones, age 85, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away Friday, March 12, 2021 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. The son of the late Ramsay Doyle and Margaret (Peggy) Jarrett Jones, he was born February 10, 1936 in Toccoa, Georgia. After graduating from Toccoa High School in 1954, he attended Emory University before transferring to the University […]

It is with great sorrow that the family of Ronald Charles Gaines, age 75, announces his passing on March 14, 2021.  After an extended period of declining health, he passed at his home in Spartanburg, SC.  Ron had previously resided in Panama City Beach, FL and Trinity, NC. Ron was the son of the late Chuck and Mitzi Gaines of […]

Mrs. Susie Mae Dorsey Brown, age 101 of Water Street, Clarkesville, GA passed away Friday, March 12, 2021 at her residence.  Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, March 14, 2021 at the Clarkesville City Cemetery with Pastor Benjamin Hawk, officiating.  There will be no public viewing for Mrs. Brown.  Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home of Toccoa is in charge of […]

Sara Sue Sosby Garner 91, of the Tom's Creek Community, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 10 2021, at her home. She was the daughter of John Sears Sr. and Bertha Leola Herron Sosby..  She was the widow of the late Charlie Telford Garner; the great-grandmother of the late Anthony Barberio, and the sister of the late John Sears Sosby, Jr.  […]

Mrs. Janie Pittman Eberhart, age 63 of of Pittman Road, Toccoa, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Northeast Ga Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 14, 2021 at the Cleveland Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Carnesville, GA with Pastor Daniel Merriett, officiating.  Public viewing for Mrs. Eberhart will be from 3-7:00 […]

Mr. Robert Lee Garmon, age 76 of Bobby Street, Toccoa passed away Monday, March 8, 2021 at the Stephens County Hospital. A son of the late Amos and Neva Brooks Garmon, he was born March 24, 1944 in Dekalb County, Georgia having lived most of his life in Toccoa. He was a member of Toccoa Assembly of God and his […]