Category: Obituaries

Lamar Cash, 85, passed away September 13, 2020. Mr. Cash was born October 22, 1934 in Lavonia, Georgia to the late Howard and Vera Martin Cash. He was a graduate of Georgia Tech. He served as a Sargent in the United States Air Force. He was retired from Boeing as an engineer. He was of Methodist faith. Mr. Cash is […]

Mr. Joe Earl Dean, age 50 of Cleveland, Georgia passed away Monday September 14, 2020 from injuries obtained in a motorcycle accident.   A son of Sarah Whitmire Wright and the late Carl G. Dean, he was born October 2, 1969 in Fulton County, Georgia having lived most of his life in Stephens County. He was employed with Scrap Masters […]

Mr. Garrett Daniel Looney, age 21, of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2020 at his home.  Born December 5, 1998 in Gainesville, GA, he was the son of Tony and Kerry Steele Looney. Garrett graduated from Stephens County High School in 2018 and he attended Ebenezer Baptist Church.  Garrett assisted in the Office and hall Ways at Stephens County […]

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, […]