Category: Obituaries

Mr. Thomas Russell Crenshaw, age 92 of Simpsonville, South Carolina passed away Monday, December 25, 2023 at Simpsonville Post Acute – Long Term Care Facility. A son of the late Russ Lee Crenshaw and Ruby Carrol Crenshaw, he was born September 3, 1931 in Franklin County, Georgia having lived in Stephens County, Georgia before moving to Anderson, South Carolina in 1960.  He was retired from Wometco Enterprise with 35 years of service.  After his retirement with […]

Mrs. Helen Howe Addison Payne, age 93, of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, December 23,2023 at Manor Lake Hoschton. Born October 15,1930 in Carnesville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Grady and Alice Norton Howe. Mrs. Payne worked for R. G. LeTourneau’s,and retired from Stephens County Hospital with over 30 years as a cook, server and cashier.  She was […]

Deborah Joan Brooks, 69 of Royston, passed away Friday afternoon at Piedmont Athens Regional in Athens Ga. Born April 9,1954 in Royston GA, she is the daughter of the late Dwayne Dickerson and Ricky and the late Rebecca Standridge of Martin, GA. She retired from Southern Fabricators of Carnesville and was a member of Riverside Baptist Church in Sandy Cross. […]

Mrs. Patsy Elaine Collins Garner, age 75, of Toccoa, passed away Sunday, December 24,2023 at her son’s home. Born March 26,1948 in Stephens County, she was the daughter of the late Mose and Agnes Ward Collins. Mrs. Garner was a homemaker, and of the Congregational Holiness faith. Family members include her son, Randy Collins (Rebecca); daughter, Marie Dukes; son, Terry […]

Sherry Lynn Leaver, age 64 of Toccoa, Georgia, went to be with the Lord on December 18, 2023. She was born June 7, 1959, in Dekalb County to the late John and Barbara Pritchett Newman and also preceded in death by her brother, Charles Newman. She married the love of her life, Charles Leaver on December 21, 1985. They were […]

Ronnie Lee Holcomb, 63, of Toccoa, Georgia, went to be with the Lord December 16th,2023 at his home with his family, and his two dogs, Meko and Lucy. There will be a celebration of life for Ronnie at 3pm January 7th, 2024 at The River Church in Alto Georgia. The family asks if you had any relationship with Mr. Holcomb, […]

Mr. Floyd Yearwood, age 84 of Ethel Circle, Toccoa passed away Tuesday, December 19,2023 at New Horizons Habersham in Demorest, Georgia. A son of the late Arvle and Ila Richards Yearwood, he was born February 7,1939 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all his life.  He was retired from the City of Toccoa with many years of service.  He was of […]

Mr. David Rogers Mack, age 72 of Jonathan Drive, Toccoa passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at Piedmont Rockdale Hospital, Conyers, Georgia. A son of the late Hayes Jack, Sr. and Josephine Gideon Mack, he was born July 3, 1951 in Hart County, Georgia having lived all his life in Stephens County.  He was a 1969 graduate of Stephens County High School, a Veteran of the U.S. Army and […]

Mrs. Irma Lee Moore Godfrey, age 84 of Toccoa passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023 at her residence. A daughter of the late Edward Miller Godfrey and Dorothy Marie Powers Godfrey, she was born September 4,1939 in McComas, West Virginia having lived most of her life in Stephens County, Georgia.  She was retired from Pruitt Health Toccoa with 37 years of […]

Mrs. Billie Ruth Walters McClain, age 99, of Toccoa, GA, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2023 at Stephens County Hospital. Born November 16, 1924 in Carnesville, GA, she was the daughter of the late William M. and Lizzie Cheek Walters Mrs. McClain was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church and retired from Coats & Clark. Family members include her son, […]