Category: Obituaries

Mr. Dale Royce Dickerson, age 77 of Fayetteville, Georgia and formerly of Toccoa passed away Thursday, January 5, 2023, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. A son of the late Roy M. and Lula Faye Ivester Dickerson, he was born September 15, 1945, in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived for a number of years before moving to Riverdale, Georgia and had […]

Mrs. Ericha Simmons Lewis, age 62 of Thomasville, Georgia and formerly of Toccoa, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2023, at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. A daughter of Mildred Pressley Simmons and the late Howard Lamar Simmons, she was born February 13, 1960, in Stephens County, Georgia, having lived most of her life in Toccoa and the last […]

Ray Junior Wright, 85, of the New Franklin Community, passed away Saturday January 7, 2023 at NEGA Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. Born April 19, 1937, in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Lee Roy and Essie Mae Holmes Wright. He was the widow of the late Betty Louise Cash Wright. He was the brother of the […]

Mr. Jerry Kenneth Holland, age 71 of Toccoa, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2023, at Pruitt Health Toccoa after a three-year battle with Alzheimer Disease.   A son of the late John and Susie Chambers Holland, he was born September 29, 1951, in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all his life.   He was employed as a heavy equipment operator in […]

Funeral services for Mr. Kenric Lamont Heard, age 46 of Hartwell, Ga will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 15, 2023, at the Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home Chapel in Toccoa, Ga., with Rev. Waukesha McClary, officiating. Public viewing for Mr. Heard will be Saturday from 3-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.   Moss-Stovall-Neal Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Bobbie Jean Payne Merck, age 87, of Toccoa, passed away Friday, January 6, 2023 at her home. Born March 1, 1935 in Franklin County, GA, she was the daughter of the late D. W. and Sarah Gunnells Payne. She was the founder of Great Love Ministries.  Bobbie Jean was a member of Christ Fellowship. Family members include her sons, Dan […]

Mr. Bruce Smith, age 72 of Oak Valley Road, Toccoa passed away Friday January 6, 2023, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A son of the late Hoyt Nuberry Smith and Veneeta Mae Whiten Smith, he was born January 26, 1950, in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all his life.  He was retired from the City of Toccoa Gas […]

Funeral service for Miss Shirlane Tate of Toccoa, Ga will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 14, 2023, at the Moss-Stovall-Neal Chapel with Rev. Will Curry, officiating.

Ronald Edwards, 78, of Bold Spring Community, passed away Thursday afternoon, January 5, 2023, at his home. Born February 12, 1944, he was the son of the late Mary Nell Varner Edwards and Stoy H. Edwards. He was a graduate of the 1962 Class of Banks County High and attended ABAC College. He had been a manager of Davis Brothers […]

Mrs. Mary F. Griffin Cordell Smith, age 78 of Toccoa, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2023, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Dee and Connie Pitts Griffin, born on February 15, 1944, in Stephens County, Georgia where she lived all her life.  She was a graduate of the University of North Georgia in 1981.  She was retired from […]