Category: Obituaries

Mr. Matthew James Corley, age 36, of Toccoa, passed away Friday, October 14, 2022, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Born April 24, 1986 in Atlanta, he was a son of the late James “Jimmy” Corley and the late Tracy Lynn Ford Corley.  Matthew was a member of Welcome Faith Baptist Church. Family members include a brother, Kevin Wayne […]

Mr. Hershel Ansel Hill, age 81, of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2022, at Pruitt Health of Toccoa. Born March 25, 1941 in Florida, he was a son of the late John Cecil Hill and Oakes McCall Hill.  He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and was retired from Coats and Clark. Family members include his wife of […]

Mr. Edward Lee Coan, 60 years old, of Toccoa, GA, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 14th, at the Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, surrounded by loving friends and family.  He was a multiple myeloma cancer warrior for eight years and fought valiantly. Born July 4, 1962 in Peru, Indiana, he was the […]

Betty Davis Carson, 94, of Red Hill, passed away Wednesday evening, October 12, 2022 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Braselton. Born September 29, 1928, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Cornelius Neal and Hallie Etta Cherry Davis. She was the widow of the late John Roy Carson. She was the sister of the late Alice […]

M. Charleen Isaacs, age 97 of Pinellas Park,Florida and formerly of Toccoa, Georgia passed away Monday October 10, 2022, at Oak Manor Hospice of Largo, Florida. The daughter of the late Charlie Garnett Cooper and Lillie Mae Cooper (Wilson), she was born September 4, 1925, in Toccoa, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her former husbands, Vernon Moore (22 years), Emory Qualls […]

Mrs. Elizabeth Betty Edge Cox, age 90 of Skyline Drive, Toccoa passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2022. A daughter of the late David C. and Rosa Friar Edge, she was born September 4, 1932 in Stephens County, Georgia where she lived all her life.  She was a 1950 graduate of Toccoa High School and attended Business College.  She was a homemaker, a member of First Baptist Church Toccoa, dedicated choir member and church worker.  In […]

Mrs. Glenda Jamison Cheesebro, age 67 of Davis Avenue, Toccoa passed away Monday, October 10, 2022 at her residence. A daughter of the late Glenn and Rose Buchanan Jamison, she was born October 24, 1954 in Habersham County, County having lived most of her life in Stephens County.  She attended Shirley Grove Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, David Jamison and […]

Mr. Douglas “Doug” Downs, age 80 of Pendleton, South Carolina and formerly of Toccoa, Georgia passed away Sunday, October 9, 2022 at Upstate Hospice of Anderson, South Carolina. The son of the late Charles Leroy Downs and Wrethea Faine Holbrook, he was born December 16, 1941 in Franklin, North Carolina.  He was a 1961 graduate of Stephens County High School, was employed with Rico Chemical for a […]

Mrs. Eula Mae Simpson Adams, age 83 of Toccoa passed away Saturday, October 8, 2022 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Braselton. A daughter of the late John and Ollie Mae Holcomb Simpson, she was born April 2, 1939 in Stephens County, Georgia where she lived all her life.  She was a homemaker and attended Rock Quarry Congregational Holiness Church.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death […]

Deborah Ann Baskins Worley, 54, of Carnesville, passed away Thursday morning, October 6, 2022, at her residence. Born October 22, 1967, in Royston, Georgia, she was the daughter of Melvin Baskins and the later Betty Jean Peeples Baskins. She was the aunt of the late Justin Baskins. She was a loving, dedicated, and caring mother of her autistic son. She […]