Category: Obituaries

Mr. James Ray Sims, age 76 of Highway 198, Homer passed away Friday, June 18 2021 at the Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. A son of the late Sherman B. Sims and Ora Mae Clark Sims, he was born August 21, 1944 in Stephens County, Georgia having lived in Banks County the last 30 years.  He was retired from the U.S. Army with 22 years of service having served […]

Mrs. Shirley Richardson Ward, age 84 of Toccoa passed away Thursday June 17, 2021 at Brickmont Assisted Living in Alpharetta, Georgia. A daughter of the late Norris and Sara Rice Richardson, she was born December 24, 1936 in Fair Play, South Carolina having lived most of her life in Toccoa. She married Lamar Ward in 1956 and worked for the City of Toccoa for 32 years. […]

Mrs. Judy Lamar Thompson Slater, age 73, of Toccoa, GA, passed away Friday, June 18, 2021. Born June 28, 1947 in Hartwell, GA., she was the daughter of the late Luther and Nancy Kay Thompson. Mrs. Slater attended The Pointe in Toccoa and was a retired bus monitor for Hart County Schools.  Judy was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother […]

Mrs. Ruth Pittman, age 92 of Shady Street, Toccoa, GA passed away Thursday, June 17, 2021 in Savannah, Ga following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at the Toccoa 7th Day Adventist Church.  Interment will follow in the Toccoa City Cemetery. Public viewing of Mrs. Pittman will be on Tuesday, June […]

Mr. Walter Marrow Daves, Jr., age 78 of Addington Drive, Toccoa passed away Thursday, June 17, 2021 at the Stephens County Hospital. A son of the late Walter M. Daves, Sr. and Gertrude Gullie Daves, he was born August 4, 1942 in Durham, North Carolina having lived in Toccoa since 1969.  He was a graduate of Durham High School where he excelled in football and all sports, being named Athlete of […]

Mrs. Betty Jo Lee Poole, age 77 of Walton Creek Drive, Toccoa passed away Thursday June 17, 2021 at her residence. A daughter of the late Joseph King Lee and Betty Garrison Lee, she was born February 27, 1944 in Stephens County, Georgia where she lived all her life.  She was a 1962 graduate of Toccoa High School and attended Piedmont College.  She was employed with WABCO for 17 years and retired […]

Miss Christina Ann Pittman, age 44 of Rothell Toccoa, GA passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at Piedmont Athens Regional Healthcare in Athens, GA. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 20, 2021 at the Bethlehem Baptist  Church Cemetery in Homer, GA with Pastor Bartez Gillespie, officiating.  Public viewing for Miss Pittman will be on Saturday, June 19, 2021 […]

Mrs. Ethel Mae Richie, age 82 of Defoor Road, Toccoa, GA passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at Pruitt Health Toccoa.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, June 24, 2021 at the Trinity CME Church in Toccoa, GA with interment to follow in the Cleveland CME Church Cemetery, martin, GA.  Public viewing of Mrs. Richie will be […]

Jocile Thurmond McFarlin, of the Red Hill Community, passed away Sunday afternoon, June 13, 2021, at her home. Born February 21, 1938, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Mary Opal Kellar Thurmond. She was the widow of the late Joel Dewitt McFarlin, and sister-in-law of the late Rev. Truitt Brawner and Mike Elrod. She […]

Mrs. Joan Steele Savage Clary, age 88 of Toccoa entered into her Heavenly Father’s loving arms on June 13, 2021. A daughter of the late Maurice and Eleanor Steele, she was born on January 19, 1933 having lived all her life in Toccoa. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to all who met her. She became […]