Vivian LaVerne Poole Cash

Mrs. Vivian LaVerne Poole Cash, age 81 of Toccoa passed away peacefully with her family at her bedside on Tuesday, August 30, 2022.

A daughter of the late Oscar Allen Poole and Sallie Crapps Poole, she was born July 13, 1941 in Stephens County, Georgia having lived her early childhood in Alma, Georgia but most of her adult life in Stephens County.  She was an undergraduate of Berry College and Piedmont College and obtained her Masters Degree from the University of Georgia.  She was retired from the Stephens County School System as a first grade teacher with 37 years of service.  She was a member of Toccoa Creek Baptist Church where she served in many capacities, teaching Sunday School and Discipleship Training, Sunbeam and Girls in Action Leader, a member of the WMU serving as the mission project coordinator for many years and serving on the Hope for the Hungry Food Ministry. Vacation Bible School was one of her favorites as she loved sharing Jesus with all the children. She loved her family and was known as “Mimi” to her grandchildren.

In addition to her church related activities, she was active in her community by volunteering with the Stephens County Literacy Program, teaching many adults to learn to read, delivering Meals on Wheels to the seniors in the community, Blue Bird Leader, Cub Scout Leader and serving as a Pink Lady with the Stephens County Auxiliary.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lynn Howard Cash; brother, Royce Poole and by a sister, Faye Moore. 

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Angela and Kendall Payne of Winterville, Georgia; son and daughter-in-law, Andy and Misty Cash of Toccoa; grandchildren, Mason Cash, Kendra Lynne Payne Hart (Blake) and Zachary Jonathon Payne; great-grandchildren, Emery Blair Hart ad Ellasyn Brielle Hart; a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Saturday, September 3, 2022, 4 o’clock p.m. at Toccoa Creek Baptist Church with The Reverend Joey Whitlock officiating.  The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers, Billy Moore, Tyler Matthews, Ryan Moon, William Carter, Michael Carter, Derrick Compton, Jacob Addison, Dwain Chastain, Joshua Addison and Robbie Arnold.  Honorary pallbearers will be Zachary Payne, Mason Cash and Blake Hart.

The family will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Friday, 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.  Online condolences may be left for the family at www.acree-davisfh.com.

Flowers are optional.  Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial and Honor Program, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN  38105 or Shriners Hospital for Children, 950 W. Faris Road, Greenville, South Carolina 29605 in memory of Mrs. Vivian LaVerne Cash.

Interment will follow in the Stephens Memorial Gardens with the Acree-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Vivian LaVerne Cash.