Category: Obituaries

Mrs. Fannie Holcomb Payne, age 99, of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2023 at The Wilkinson Care Center in Toccoa. Born April 13,1924 in Alpharetta, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Truman and Mattie Holcomb and was the last of 6 brothers and sisters. Mrs. Payne was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.  She was a very […]

Mrs.  Lucy Helen Smith Warren, age 96, of Toccoa, passed away Friday, November 3, 2023, at her home. Born March 14, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Earl C. and Helen Felt Smith.  She was also preceded in death by her husband W.G. Warren. Mrs. Warren was a graduate of Albany State Teachers College, and […]

Mr. Lansing James “Skip” Gardner, Jr., age 75, of Toccoa passed away Tuesday, October 31,2023 at his home. Born on July 23,1948, he was the son of the late Lansing James and Edith Winifred Luffman Gardner, Sr. Mr. Gardner was a Master Ford Mechanic.  He was an avid builder and collector of model cars and trucks, who loved going to […]

Mrs. Inez Blondeanor Hardy Ivester, age 88, of Stockbridge, GA, formerly of Toccoa, passed away Thursday, November 2,2023 at Hope Center Memory Care in Fayetteville, GA.   Born March 10,1935 in Toccoa, she was the daughter of the late Claud and Mary Garner Hardy.   Mrs. Ivester was of the Christian faith and was a Personnel Manager at Sears.   […]

Mr. Daniel Merritt, Sr., age 71 of Freeman Road, Martin, Ga passed away Thursday, November 2, 2023 at Northeast GA Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga. Funeral services for Pastor Daniel Merritt Sr. will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, November 6 2023 at the Cleveland Grove Holiness Church, Carnesville GA. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends […]

Mr. Richard Avery Bender, age 72, of Lavonia, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at his home. Born October 31,1950 in Detroit, MI, he was the son of the late Donald Avery Bender and Marjorie Jane Pine Emmons. Mr. Bender was a United States Veteran and was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church.  He was a self-employed welder, and […]

Mr. Frank Donald Sanders, age 78 of Robinson Way, Toccoa passed away Monday, October 30, 2023 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville. A son of the late James Logan Sanders and Rena Ledford Peek, he was born September 5, 1945 in Franklin, North Carolina where he lived for 40 plus years before moving to Toccoa in 1987.  Before moving to […]

Emily Eugenia Cape Bruce, 96, of Carnesville, passed away Monday evening, October 30, 2023, at the Brown Health and Rehab, in Royston. Born June 9, 1927, in Carnesville, she was the daughter of Tom Watson and Bennie Eva Hamilton Cape. She was the widow of Elton William Bruce, Sr.; mother of the late Joyce McElroy, and Larry Malloy; grandmother of […]

Mrs. Shirley Kelly Pless Agnew, age 87, of Eastanollee, GA, passed away Monday, October 30,2023 at her home. Born March 23,1936 in Stephens County, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Harrison and Laura Alice Sheriff Kelly. Mrs. Agnew retired from Wellstar Cobb Hospital and was a member of Confidence United Methodist Church. Family members include her stepson and […]

Margaret Ann Ellard Lovell, age 74, of Mineral Bluff, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, October 25,2023 in Blue Ridge, Georgia. Born August 24,1949 in Toccoa, GA, she was a daughter of the late Claude Ellard and Eunice Lee Posey.  Ms. Lovell was a homemaker and was of the Pentecostal faith. She deeply loved her family, and enjoyed birdwatching, and growing flowers […]