Hellon Audrey Ayers DeFoor

Mrs. Hellon Audrey Ayers DeFoor, age 88, of Highway 184 South, Toccoa, GA, passed away Friday, May 2, 2025 at the Friendship Nursing and Rehab Center in Cleveland, GA.  A daughter of the late Ernest and Lila Kesler Ayers, She was born August 9, 1936 in Franklin County, Georgia where she lived her entire life.  Hellon was a member of the Lamar Christian Church, she loved gardening and yard work.  She was employed with the Armstrong Carpet Company for two years but devoted her entire life as a caregiver for others.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son Roy Gene DeFoor, two sisters Lavell Payne and Emmie Joyce Ayers Dewberry and by a brother Gerald Ayers. She was the last member of her immediate family.

Survivors include her husband Joe DeFoor of Cleveland, GA, two daughters Diane Whitfield of Toccoa and Sheila (Chris) Jones of Cleveland, GA, a daughter in law Terry Hosea DeFoor of Toccoa, GA, six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild and a number of nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held 2 PM Tuesday, May 6, 2025 in the Hillcrest Chapel of the Acree-Davis Funeral Home with the Reverend Jerrell Beatty officiating.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from noon until the service time.

The following will serve as pallbearers, Jason Whitfield, Cody Stallings, Chris Jones, Tim Kelley, Danny Dewberry and Tim Epps.

Interment will be in the Stephens Memorial Gardens with the Acree-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Hellon Ayers DeFoor