Category: Obituaries

Frances Ricks Buffington, 85, of the New Franklin Community of Canon, passed away Thursday morning, at the Nancy Hart Nursing Center in Elberton, Georgia. Born January 17, 1938, in Hart County, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Florence Risner Ricks. She was the widow of the late Bobby Lee Buffington, and mother-in-law of the late Nikki Guarnella […]

Mr. Mikah Donald Collins, age 63 of Freeman Creek Circle, Eastanollee passed away Tuesday, October 10,2023 at his residence. A son of the late Reverend Paul Edward Collins and Reba Kellar Collins, he was born February 5,1960 in Stephens County, Georgia where he had lived all his life.  He was employed with Sanders Machine Company as a machinist for a number […]

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 […]

Jeremy Edward Segars, 34, of Breckenridge, Texas, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Jeremy was a bright star in this often-difficult world and will be missed by so many of his friends and family members.   Jeremy was born to Jerry Segars and Sandra Taylor LaBounty on February 18, 1989, in Anderson, South Carolina. In 2011, Jeremy met […]

Funeral services for Mrs. Peggy Porter, age 83 of South Sage Street, Toccoa, GA will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 14,2023, at the Moss Stovall Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tramon Butts, officiating. Interment will follow in the Toccoa City Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday morning from 10am until the funeral hour. Moss Stovall-Neal Funeral Home […]

Mr. Leroy Cecil Couch, age 93, of Toccoa, passed away Thursday, October 5, 2023, at his home. Born May 13, 1930, in Stephens County, he was a son of the late Cecil Gabot and Era Ernestine Flynn Couch. Leroy was a charter member for the Toccoa Army National Guard in 1949 and became full army in 1955, where he retired […]

Render Jackson “Jay” Heard Jr., a proud veteran of the Marine Corps, passed away peacefully on September 26, 2023, at his home in Toccoa, GA. He was being loved and cared for by his niece, Darlan Goodman, his great-niece, Alexandra Goodman, and his friend and companion, Della Cannon. Born in Griffin, Georgia, he was the son of the late Render Jackson Heard Sr. of Toccoa, Georgia and Nelma […]

Mr. Joe Harold Norton, age 84 of Eastanollee, passed away Monday October 2, 2023, at his home. Born June 17, 1939, in Franklin County, GA, he was a son of the late Enoch Johnson and Queen Victoria Elizabeth Cobb Norton. Mr. Norton was a United States Army Veteran.  He was a member of Liberty Hill Church and retired from Milliken […]

Mrs. Virginia “Nan” Wilkinson Foster, age 84 of Mountain View Drive, Toccoa passed away Sunday, October 1, 2023, at her residence. A daughter of the late Joe Harrison Wilkinson and Mildred Purcell Wilkinson, she was born October 17, 1938, in Stephens County, Georgia having lived most of her life in the Tates Creek Community of Banks County.  She was a 1956 […]

Mr. Benny Morris Brown, age 82, of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, September 30, 2023, at his home. Born July 4, 1941 in Franklin County, Ga, he was a son of the late Vincent and Laura Jordan Brown. Benny retired from Coats and Clark as a machine technician, and also had worked in other professions during his life including road work, […]