Category: Obituaries

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 […]

Mrs. Johnnie Mae Cash Burton, of Prather Park Drive, Toccoa, GA passed away Sunday, September 6. 2020 at Northeast GA medical Center in Gainesville, Ga. Memorial Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 12, 2020 at the Cleveland CME Church with Pastor Jim Allen, officiating. Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.  

“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of HIS Saints”  – Psalm 116:15 Mr. Ronnie Dell Smith, age 66 of Macon, Georgia passed away Friday, August 28, 2020 at Medical Management Health and Rehab in Macon, Georgia.                                Mr. Ronnie Dell Smith, first child born to the late Joshua Coin Smith (a.k.a. J.C) and Willie Ruth Palmer […]

Mrs. Ruihua Zhao, age 68 of Toccoa, passed away Thursday September 3, 2020 at Emory Hospital in Decatur, Georgia. Graveside services will be held Monday at 2 P.M. at Stephens Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Monday from noon until service time. A full obituary will be announced later. Acree-Davis Funeral Home is […]

Mr. Haskell Alfred Norris, age 79 of Indian Drive, Eastanollee passed away Friday, September 4, 2020 at his residence. A son of the late Claude F. Norris and Nora Lake Gibson Norris, he was born April 20, 1941 in Franklin County, Georgia having lived in Franklin and Stephens Counties all his life. He was employed with Toccoa Casket Company for […]

Mr. Timothy Earl York, age 63 of Toccoa, passed away September 4, 2020 at his residence. A son of Jessie Childs York and the late Earl York, he was born July 5, 1957 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all of his life. He was employed with GEM Southeast for 17 years and was a member of The Pointe […]

Ms. Brenda Gail Allen, age 70, of Toccoa, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2020 at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, GA. Born June 18, 1950, in Pinehurst, N.C., she was the daughter of the late A. C. and Mearl Cassady Allen. She was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy in Robbins North Carolina and was […]

Captain Stanley Curtis Elrod, age 49, of Danielsville, GA, formerly of Toccoa, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2020. Born December 1, 1970, he was the son of Julian Perry and Linda Addison Elrod. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church of Danielsville, GA where he served in many capacities.  Stan was a Captain with Georgia Department of Natural Resources […]

Teresa Joy Straner, age 67, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Georgia. Joy was born on July 13th, 1953 in Toccoa, Georgia, residing in north Georgia for most of her life. She was a 1971 graduate of Woody Gap High School, then later graduated with her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Tift […]