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James Dean Obituary
Dean, age 72 of Sweetgum
Road, Toccoa passed away
Sunday, July 6, 2025 at the
Stephens County Hospital.
A son of the late Frank
Phillip Dean and Whitman
Fay Smith Dean, he was
born September 24, 1952 in
Stephens County, Georgia
where he had lived all his
life. He retired from Coats
and Clark with 27 years of
service as a maintenance
technician and later
worked for Eaton
Aerospace for several
years and retired from
there due to his health. He
was a member of East-
anollee Baptist Church
and had accepted Jesus
Christ as his Savior at the
age of 12 and continued to
be strong in his faith. He
loved working on Old
School Chevrolets, loved
racing and gardening. He
was a loving husband, fa-
ther and grandfather to
his family.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded in
death by two sisters, Mar-
garet Dean and Mary Dean
and by three brothers,
John Dean, Thomas
William Dean and Edwin
Frank Dean.
Survivors include his
wife of the home, Nancy
Kelley Dean; two sons and
daughter-in-law, Christo-
pher Dean of Toccoa and
James H. Dean, Jr. and
Kimberly of Martin;
daughter, Carrie Dean of
Toccoa; grandchildren,
Chelsea Dean, Britney
Dean and Marissa Dean;
sisters and brother-in-law,
Gladys Bolmon of Toccoa,
Fay and Dan Rickman of
Toccoa, Sara Ruth Kinney
of Mt. Airy and Rebecca
Bohannon of Eastanollee;
sister-in-law, Geraldine
Dean of Lavonia; a num-
ber of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
Thursday, July 10, 2025, 2
p.m. in the Hillcrest
Chapel of the Acree-Davis
Funeral Home with The
Reverend Curtis Long offi-
ciating.
The following gentle-
men and lady will serve as
pallbearers, Freddie Kel-
ley, Wendall Kelley,
Christopher Dean, James
Norris, Marissa Dean and
Clint Sanders.
The family will be at
their respective homes
and will receive friends at
the Acree-Davis Funeral
Home on Wednesday, July
9, 2025, 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.
and 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. On-
line condolences may be
left for the family at
www.acree-davisfh.com.
Interment will follow in
the Stephens Memorial
Gardens with the Acree-
Davis Funeral Home and
Crematory in charge of the
arrangements for Mr.
James Herbert Dean.
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