Category: Obituaries

Mrs. Zandra Yearwood Traudt age 69 of Yearwood Street, Toccoa passed away Thursday February 27, 2020 at her residence. A daughter of Cora Lee Norton Yearwood and the late Reverend Almon Jefferson Yearwood, she was born September 9, 1950 in Stephens County, Georgia having lived in Chicago for 35 years before moving back to Toccoa. She was a member of […]

Patricia Miller McDuffie, 83, of Mayesville, passed away Wednesday morning, February 26, 2020, at the Northridge Health and Rehabilitation Center in Commerce. Born April 1, 1936 in Stirling, Scotland, she was the daughter of the late John Miller and Martha Winspere Meiklejohn McGill. She was the sister of the late John L. Wright, Frank Wright, and Thomas Alan Wright. She […]

Mr. Thomas Faulkner, age 75 of Homer, Ga, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at the Hill Haven, Commerce, Ga.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2020 at the Homer First Baptist Church.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery.  The body will be placed in the church at 12:00 noon on Sunday for a […]

Mr. Hayward Cochran Jr., age 65 of Sherri Lane, Toccoa, Ga passed away Monday, February 24, 2020 in Habersham County. Funeral will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 29, 2020 at the Crossroad Baptist Church Life Center with Pastor J. M. Knox officiating.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, evening from 6-8:00 […]

Mrs. Emily Edwards Acree peacefully passed away on February 4, 2020 at her home on Rosedale Street. The daughter of the late Henry A. and Emily Wynne Edwards, she was born in Augusta, Georgia on January 14, 1928. The Augusta native attended Mary Baldwin College and graduated from the University of Georgia where she was a member of Alpha Delta […]

Mrs. Mary Sallie Martin, age 80 of 301 South Sage Street, Toccoa, GA will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 at the Shiloh Baptist Church, Sylacauga, AL. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Sunset Memorial Chapel of Childersburg, AL is in charge of arrangements. This message courtesy of Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home, Toccoa, Ga.

Mr. Ray Roberts, age 83, of Toccoa, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2020 at Stephens County Hospital. Born June 7, 1936 in Carnesville, GA, he was the son of the late Frank and Gladys Isabell Cheek Roberts. Ray was the owner of Toccoa Exterminating Company and was an active member of the Toccoa First Baptist Church serving as a deacon […]

Mrs. Charlotte Fern Asher Williams, age 86, of Eastanollee, GA, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020 at Stephens County Hospital. Born October 27, 1933, in Ripley, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Euphie Foster Asher. She was a member of Tom’s Creek Baptist Church and was retired from Milliken. Family members include sons and daughters-in-law, Johnnie […]

Mr. Irving Hamilton “Hamp” Whitworth, age 81, of Toccoa, passed away Friday, February 21, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. Born August 14, 1938 in Franklin County, GA, he was the son of the late Roy Lee Whitworth and the late Katie Lou Holcomb Whitworth. He was of the Baptist Faith and served six years with the Untied […]

Frances Cooper Stancil Camp was born December 12, 1927 in Oconee County South Carolina, having lived all of her adult life in Stephens County. She was the daughter of the late Charlie Garnet Cooper and Lillie Mae Cooper. She was predeceased by her husband of 45 years, Bill Stancil and her second husband, Frank Camp; two sons, Terry Stancil and […]