Category: Obituaries

Mrs. Julia Deborah “Debbie” Hayes Savage, age 73 of Goosepoint Drive, Toccoa passed away Thursday, April 21, 2022 at her residence. A daughter of the late Henry and Elizabeth Turnbull Hayes, she was born April 1, 1949 in Stephens County, Georgia where she lived all her life.  She was retired from Stephens County Hospital as a Ward Clerk with 27 years of service.  She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church and a member of […]

Linda Joan “Lindy” Harrell, 67, passed away at her home in Toccoa, GA on April 15, 2022. Lindy was born May 18, 1954 in California to Willis E. and Shirley Joan Strawhecker Harrell. Lindy is survived by her siblings, Suzanne Harrell Brandt, Willis E. (Tim) Harrell (Alice), and Bonnie Harrell Provence (Dan), her nieces and nephews, Heather, Trevor, Tim, Jennifer, […]

Mr. Charles Thurman Baumgartner, age 79 of Deer Run Road, Ellenwood, Georgia passed away Monday, April 18, 2022 at Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia. A son of the late Ralph Joseph Baumgartner and Nellie Jane Attaway Baumgartner, he was born March 2, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia having lived in West End, Georgia but most of his life in Ellenwood, Georgia.  He was a Veteran Navigator with the Coastguard.  He was retired from Georgia Power Company with 37 years of […]

Mr. Kerry Cleveland Wilkes, age 78, of Hartwell, GA, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022 at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, SC. Born June 11, 1943 in Telfair County, GA, he was the son of the late George Leon and Cynthia Perry Wilkes. He was of the Baptist Faith and was retired from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. Family members […]

Ms. Teresa Agnes Baker Reeves, passed peacefully March 12 at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, South Carolina. Ms. Reeves was born on April 4, 1934 in Charleston, South Carolina to Jesse David Baker and Mary E. Slemons Baker. She attended Charleston High School. She retired from Kroger after 25 years. She resided in Toccoa for over 20 years. She was a member of The Pointe Church. Ms. Reeves was known […]

Barbara LaTrelle Walters Smith, age 86 of Foley, Alabama passed away on April 18, 2022. The daughter of the late Jim and Mary James Walters, LaTrelle was born September 10, 1935, in Franklin County, Georgia. She was a graduate of Franklin County High and Truett McConnell College. Before retiring to the Red Hill community, she lived in Atlanta and worked for Retail Credit/Equifax for many years. LaTrelle was a member of Broad […]

Mr. Richard “Ricky” Terry McCall, age 68 of Fern Point, Toccoa entered into glory on Sunday, April 17, 2022 at his residence.   Ricky was the son of Robert McCall and the late Virginia Deloris Stamey McCall. He was born March 15, 1954 in Stephens County, Georgia and lived in Atlanta for a number of years before moving back to Toccoa in 1997.  He was employed by […]

Tony D. Reese, 69 of Canon, Georgia, passed away Saturday evening, April 16, 2022, a Anderson Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his family. Born October 5, 1952, in Anderson, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Dorsey Lee and Mary Ruth Parten Reese. He was a member of the Franklin County High School class of 1970, and was retired […]

Louise LeCroy Crawford, age 92, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, April 16, 2022. She was born on January 16, 1930. She was a resident of Toccoa, Georgia and was a life-long member of Allen’s United Methodist Church in Red Hill, Georgia. Louise retired from Coats and Clark as a stenographer in August of 1991. She loved working in her yard especially growing beautiful flowers and cutting her grass. She married […]

Denis Layne Burk, Lavonia GA, entered into eternal rest on April 14, 2022, at Stephens County Hospital.  Denis was born with Down Syndrome in McCook, Nebraska to Elmer and Agnes Burk, April 1, 1962.  He grew up on a farm outside McDonald, Kansas and was the youngest with two brothers and two sisters.  His family was instrumental in helping him […]