Category: Obituaries

After A Month-Long Battle with Covid-19, Dr. Mark Arnold Ivester, age 57 of Cross Creek Drive, Toccoa passed away Saturday, September 12, 2020 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Braselton.   A son of Arnold and Joetta Cabe Ivester, he was born May 5, 1963 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived most of his life. He was a […]

Mary Thurmond Bentley, of Red Hill, passed away Thursday afternoon, September 10, 2020, at the home of her daughter, Paula Ledford. Born April 23, 1934, in Carnesville, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Cyrus Hubert and Ella Mae Carlin Thurmond. She was the widow of William Paul Bentley. She was the grandmother of the late Michael Neal Ledford […]

Mr. Roy Whiten, age 82 of Riverdale Road, Toccoa passed away September 10, 2020 at his residence.   A son of the late Henry Benjamin and Lucy Mae Leopard Whiten, he was born July 1, 1938 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all of his life. He was employed with Big A Alignment for a number of years and […]

Mrs. Mary Ansley Herron, age 89, of Toccoa, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at Pruitt Healthcare of Toccoa. Born September 18, 1930 in Toccoa, she was the daughter of the late William Dolphus and Sally Belle Pritchett Ansley. She was a member of Carnes Creek Baptist Church.  Mrs. Herron graduated from Eastanollee High School in 1947 and attended Breneau […]

Mrs. Clifford Shirley Kimsey, age 90 of Toccoa passed away Monday, September 7, 2020 at Pruitt Health Toccoa. A daughter of the late Benny Wilson Shirley and Mattie Ann Holmes Shirley, she was born November 6, 1929 in Rabun County, Georgia having lived most of her life in Stephens County. She was a homemaker and a member of The Pointe […]

Mrs. Mavis Morene Simonds Davis, age 87 of Holly Springs Road, Toccoa passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at her residence. A daughter of the late Paul Lee Simonds and Bennie Bruce Simonds, she was born September 2, 1933 in Dawson County, Georgia having lived in Toccoa for the past 30 years. She was employed with Truett McConnell College for […]

Mrs. Ruby Lee Adams King, age 92 of Toccoa passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. A daughter of the late James (Jim) and Jewel McCurley Adams, the oldest of six children, she was born in Anderson, South Carolina having lived most of her life in Toccoa, Georgia. She was a housewife who enjoyed sewing, […]

Mr. Wade Hampton Holcomb, age 76, of Eastanollee, GA, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at his home. Born February 16, 1944 in Toccoa, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Clara Duncan Holcomb. He was of the Baptist Faith and was retired from the Stephens County Road Department. Family members include his wife, Mabel Sellers Holcomb; daughter […]

Mrs. Willie Frances Drew Smith, age 97 of Toccoa, passed away Monday (Sep 7) in Atlanta after an extended illness. Services will be held Saturday morning (Sep 12) at 11:00am from Trinity C.M.E. Church with burial to follow in Toccoa City Cemetery. Drew Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Willie Frances Drew Smith.

Mrs. Barbara Jean Oglesby Neal, age 75 of Hwy 63, Commerce GA passed away Monday, September 7, 2020 at her residence. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 12, 2020 at the Bush River Baptist Church Cemetery, Hwy. 63, Commerce, GA with Pastor Julius Mack, officiating. Public viewing for Mrs. Neal will be from 2-6:00 p.m. Friday […]