Prayers for the family during this mornful time.

Joey is dead and gone now why would any decent person with any compassion feel the need to post any prior occurrences or allegations. What happened to innocent until proven guilty. He will never have the chance to stand trail for certain allegations. Lumpkin county stopped searching and pretty much said he had left camp and someone picked him up as he had intentions of either running or planning a burglary. This was after the family begged for help with his search and the family insisted he would never leave his family behind. People and media tend to forget he was a father, a brother, a son, a grandson, a nephew, a cousin and an uncle and a friend.

i just dont understand why you have to write about his past??? I am his sister. This is a very hard time for the family. It doesn't matter anymore about what he supposedly did. What matters is we lost a loved one. Also he was found near the creek NOT in the creek. I will write the true story for everyone who cares.

Mr. Thrash - As a writer, you should be held to a higher standard than this. At what point did it appear alright for you to publicly slander the name of an innocent man? You know nothing of Joey Holloway, and you have no right to disrespect his memory or the family this way. The family has not even had the opportunity to grieve this young man's death, and you decide to print crap about his past that was never proven. I guess this is why you are writing articles for a small town internet site.

Why don't you post what is important? Like the family having to find Joey themselves and when they tried to put up missing flyers, they were asked not to post them. He was still a human being and he deserves to REST IN PEACE!

You know, it's just sad. This family was was notified Friday that Joey was missing. They drove to Dahlonega to help with the search. The local police basically interrogated and accused Joey's girlfriend of doing something wrong. They treated the family as though it was a waste of the police department's time. Then, they refused to keep searching. Their response was that if no one had heard from Joey by Monday to call them back. The police then left Joey's girlfriend alone all night at the campsite. Saturday morning the family was forced to take over the search efforts ALONE. They found Joey only about a hundred yards from the campsite. After all of this they had to come home and find an article like this. It's pathetic and the Holloway family deserves better. Oh, and what a great job on the research. You take Joey's poor cousin's Facebook posts and rip them apart. Those posts weren't meant for you. They were meant for people who actually give a crap about the family. You don't have guts to ask for her for a comment or quote. Instead, you just print it. Then, you dig up dirt on the victim and post it as well. I figure as much though coming from a coward who would write this crap. You're a terrible writer.

I hate people that steal!

What happened to the young man? Did he take his own life? It sounds like he was very troubled. Very sad.

What did happen to this young man? Does anyone know? My prayers go out to the family!

No he did not take his own life, nor was he troubled.joey loved life and knew how to have fun. It shouldnt matter to you people how he died, you should respect him as he rest in peace.

The lumpkin county police department judged joey for his past too, which is why they refused to keep searching for him. He and his family did not deserve to be treated this way.

Michael - im sure youve done things you arent proud of, joey was never convicted of those charges because there was no evidence because he did not do it. I feel sorry for you if thats all you got from this article

Disgusted is about the ONLY way a decent human being could feel about the writing of this article. I do not care what comes out about the situation surrounding this young man's death. He was STILL someone's everything!! I hope the hurt from this article does not cause his family lengthy grief. Too bad you aren't a successful enough writer to be in physical print, then they could throw this article in the trash where it belongs! Btw, Mr. Holloway is accused of breaking into a family's home. If he is innocent or guilty, we don't care, our prayers are with this family. GET THIS ARTICLE OFF THIS SITE! What a sick reflection of our community. My guess is, "you aren't from around here!!"

*family member's home.

Why is it that the cops and his family could not find him when he was 100 yards from the campsite? So did the family call the cops from their tent and not even look for him before calling for help? Am I supposed to believe that a k9 didn't locate someone that was 100 yards away? sounds like it is past that dogs retirement. And it is very wrong to post all of this crap, even if some of it happened recently, a life was cut short and a family has lost a loved one so why, when detailing the situation, would you throw in crap that is irrelevant to the situation at hand. Pretty much a messed up situation from all angles.

Michael - I hate cowards who hide behind web posts because they don't have the balls to say something like this to someone like me. The fact that you would post that comment says all that anyone needs to know about you. Someone accused him of that crap....he never got the opportunity to defend himself. I was once arrested and charged with DUI because I was falsely accused. I demanded a blood alcohol test. It was my right. Guess what....I had no alcohol in my system. Someone like you would say I had gotten a DUI. The problem is that you're too ignorant to understand. You walk through life with blinders on. I can't imagine if you actually had a tragedy take place in your life or to someone you loved. What gives you the right to intentionally hurt his family by saying that? Maybe you would like to discuss this matter in person.....oh wait, I forgot that I talking to some random ignorant coward.

Hb - According to the police, the dogs were confused because Joey and the family have the same scent. The dogs were tracking all of the areas that the wife and children had been. It is crazy he was that close to camp. I question the dedication of the police department. The other thing is that it only took the family about 30-45 minutes to find him Saturday. I think the Search and Rescue Team needs a little Rescue 101. The entire thing is just sad.

i am so sorry for your loss and all the bad comments people are leaving rest in peace joey holloway!!! and prayers for the family during this hard time. i am from waleska as well born and raised. this is a tragedy.. and no matter what he has done or hasnt done he deserves respect. he wasnt charged so he is not guilty. but that should be the lest of everyones thoughts. i feel so bad for this family and his childrens. rest in peace joey

Lumpkin County authorities have issued a statement: http://canton-ga.patch.com/articles/foul-play-not-suspected-in-man-s-death

My husband and I were camping with friends in the same area this weekend. Along with being approached several times by law enforcement during their search late Friday night and Saturday morning, we were also approached by some of this gentleman's family while they conducted their own search Saturday.

Wow, it hit so close to home seeing and speaking with them. He was no longer a "missing man." Now he was someone's son, nephew, father, brother. Our hearts broke for him and his family, and we left for a hike up the river shortly after they left our campsite to see if we could find anything. Upon our return, we learned the sad news that he had been found deceased.

We hope remembering all of the wonderful moments of this man's life will bring his family comfort during their grief. We are truly sorry for your loss.

It says he was found half a mile from his campsite, that makes more sense. Yes Brad it is very sad, he was young and he has small children (according to what I read) that are now fatherless, heartbreaking.

First, my condolences to the family and friends. May Joey rest in peace. Take comfort in the good memories and forget the rest. Secondly, the writer of this article should go back to reporting without prejudice. Thirdly, Michael, get a life! Do you have nothing better than to harass a family that is in mourning? Is your self esteem so low that you have to find pleasure hurting other people???

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Not seen by the eye.

It's not like the cord
That connects us 'til birth
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By any on Earth.

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Right from the start.
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Attached to my heart.

I know that it's there
Though no one can see
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I am thankful
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I hope that this poem helps in some way to ease your grief.

I have seen articles written by high school students that were better than this. NO decent reporter would take information from facebook regardless of who posted it. If you are reporting about a man's death, then that is what your article should be about. I find this article ridiculous and distasteful. My prayers are with the entire family in their time of grief and I pray you remember him as the man he was and not how this so called reporter has portrayed him.

I want to truly thank everyone except Michael! When I read his comment this morning, it ruined my day, I cried all morning thinking what has our world come to with such thoughtless people. Now I'm reading all the other comments and there are still some wonderful, thoughtful people in the world who care. I've lost my nephew. Thank you all for taking time to post your comments and reminding me there are still really good, caring people in this world!

Hey Michael - You're probably just some punk kid. You're obviously a loser with nothing better to do than harrass a grieving family. And no, you didn't say it to me. You hid behind you computer and typed it like a coward.

rodney i just took a little peak at your bio, and it says on there "you take pride in your high-quality journalism" this sir in no way shape or form shows any kind of high quality or pride this is distasteful crap that no one should have to read north western university must of been over crowded is all i can say cause you sure didnt learn to rite there. i hope this patch realizes after this peice you have writen its time for you to move on. This is not how our community works we come together not rip people who have passed. REMEMBERED FOR THE GREATNESS ALWAYS LOVE YOU JOEY

delete i think not freedom of speech thats wat your praticing on a defencless 27 yr old man who just passed away are you upset about my commet well i am upset bout the whole article take it off

To the family and friends, you have my condolences. To Rodney, thanks for putting the pieces together and and providing information about the prior car accident. I remember the prior article regarding the accident, and whole sad, it is news.

My hope is that this was natural causes. Please keep us informed.

Are freaking kidding me Mr. Jones? You give the family your condolences and then thank the writer for disrespecting the very person that died. Then you call it "news" that should be reported? What the hell is wrong with people today?

So much i wanna say to the two men who are being very disrespectful about MY BROTHER. It really is none of your business. But all that is gone now and we can remember Joey for all the good things he was a great person. He is in heaven smiling down on us and laughing at you fools who are miserable talking about him! We should all say a prayer for these two men.

I watch this young man grown up, he was a very sweet child that grown up to become a man, we all have problems in our past, none of us are perfect in anyway, on one man was perfect and that Jesus christ himself, instead of casting stone at people wr should all check up on our on lives.Joey was a very sweet young man, yes he may have done some things in his life that was not right, but we all do things everyday that is not right in God's eyes. so we need to pay for his family they have had a tragic loss and need our prayers. Debra

I just wanted to say that Rodney, the statemant that the Lumpkin County Sheriff's office posted gives a very hazed view of the events. They are just covering their butts. They try to make it look like they were there the whole time. Well my wife was there and her family should not have to be put through this or be judged. Michael you should go to the police with the facts you have, if they are truly facts. If you know everything than you must have either been involved or you were the victum. Either way your antagonistic attitude may get you more than you bargain for from this clan.

This is very trashy. Way to go. Being charged with a crime in our county is a joke anyways. I know alot of his family they are good christian people. You should take this bs down asap.

Thank you all for your love and support. I am his aunt and I was there searching for my nephew with my family, not the police! We were there with all the harrassment they put our family through. If they would have helped us find him, we could have possibly found him sooner enough to have an open casket for the family and friends and have better closure. I hope that no one has this happen to any loved one especially in Lumpkin County! We begged for help and was told to call back on Monday if we haven't heard from him, well Monday is too late! They insisted that he was in hiding or got in a car and left and NEVER listened to the family as we told that he would not leave his family. PLEASE put yourself in our shoes, if that was your son, daughter, sister, brother, mom, dad, aunt, uncle, cousin or any of your loved one, you would feel very helpless and I hope no one ever has to go through this as myself and family did. Our faith will get us through this and our family is very strong. Please remember all of us in your prayers!

Injustices such as this happen to undocumented people or even those that are perceived to be undocumented people all of the time. Unfortunately, some of the people that are meant to "protect and serve" often have many bias' and stereotypical views of the men and women they deal with. It is very sad that because of this young mans alleged past the police did not act appropriately and made a tragedy even more traumatic by their lack of effort in helping locate the young man. I see there are many readers that have kind hearts and are defending the memory of this young man and that is awesome, I challenge each and every one of us to let the memory of this young man live on in our daily interactions with each other and for all of us to constantly challenge any stereotypes we may have against others based on their ethnicity, age, race, socioeconomic status, legal status, etc. because at the end of the day we are all human and life is a precious gift that should be cherished and respected.

The Patch is consistent with the National Enquirer. They poke fun weekly about the Mug shots of those arrested. Take glee in unfortunate circumstances. Very sad but typical of a portion of our society. This is unprofessional but as long as people read it they really don't seem to care.
My condolence to this family.

I read this story an i got nothing but good feelings about joey. It made me feel compasion for the man. That was untill i seen all yall hateful evil remarks.... that is what made me start thinking the other way about joey.....is how yall are acting . Nothing bad in that story.....only bad is in the comments ....

I attended a class with joey and my prayers and our classes prayers go out to his family and we all are very concerned. To what happened to him please keep us updated . Joey loved his family he always talked about his kids and wife and our hearts go out to u . Our class last night talked about this sad tradagy for the first hour all confused and shocked ....

I am one of Joey's cousins. He was 4 years younger than me and I spent the majority of my childhood growing up with him and his sisters. I was deeply troubled reading this article and some of the comments. The Bible tells us that we should not judge others. God does that for us and he puts men and woman in position to judge through a court of law and God gave instructions to those appointed judges in 2 Chronicles 19: 4-7- 4 So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, but he went out among the people, traveling from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, encouraging the people to return to the LORD, the God of their ancestors. 5 He appointed judges throughout the nation in all the fortified cities, 6 and he gave them these instructions: "Always think carefully before pronouncing judgment. Remember that you do not judge to please people but to please the LORD. He will be with you when you render the verdict in each case that comes before you. 7 Fear the LORD and judge with care, for the LORD our God does not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes. Joey may have been charged but did he stand before a judge in a court of law for these charges? I believe he did not. He did stand before God for his sins, which is what EVERYONE will do when they leave this Earth.

What an inappropriate article focusing on the young man's past... when he is already deceased. His family and CHILDREN need compassion and love and lots of prayers NOT this trash article!!

Cont from above comment: God says in Matthew 7:1&2 "Stop judging others, and you will not be judged. For others will treat you as you treat them. Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged. God gives the message in a different way in Luke 6:37 "Stop judging others, and you will not be judged. Stop criticizing others, or it will all come back on you. If you forgive others, you will be forgiven. I realize that Joey had a past but everyone does. Who are we to not forgive and condemn him for his sins? To God everyone sins and those sins are all equal to him, which is difficult for us to wrap around our feeble human minds. But that is why God is God and we are merely human. Jesus, who was the only perfect one to walk Earth as a man, died on the cross between two thieves. Jesus did nothing wrong and was condemned just like the thieves. Jesus died for us and forgave everyone, even the two that were crucified beside him. So until you are perfect don't throw the first stone. Pray for this family because regardless of his past (which btw does not matter anymore) they loved him unconditionally. They are hurting and only want to remember the good memories. My only hope is that someone is comforted by the words and verses that God spoke through me on these comments. I encourage everyone to pray for MIchael, Mr. Thrash, and the entire family that is grieving the loss of Joey. His soul is at rest now with Jesus and that is all that matters!

Sorry one more verse.

Romans 2:3 NLT
Do you think that God will judge and condemn others for doing them and not judge you when you do them, too?

Speaks for itself.

I knew him and grew up with him he was a good person but was always around the wrong people, I just think its weird cause his cousin passed about a year or so ago...

Just praying the police do there jobs in this one cause it really doesn't sound right.

Some of you people have no hearts!!! who cares what he had done?? what if he was your famiy???May god be with the family and may god give all you heartless people a heart!!

Some of you people have no hearts! Who cares what he did,he didnt have a chance to be proven innocent...His family reads things like this and you people still putting him on blast..Who are yall to judge him you didnt even know him!I pray god be with his beauitful wife and kids who I know and they are the sweetest people!And I pray that god give you heartless people a heart!!!!!!

I've known this family my whole life. I pray for peace and understanding for Joey's relatives and friends during this time. Focus on what's important.

i realise that its human nature to not want to have to be responsible when things happen to us sometimes,but 99% of the time when we are in the wrong place or with the wrong people its a choice we have made,not usually a mistake. Bad luck doesnt just follow you around,we put ourselves in and around the "badluck".

I agree that it's a shame that the focus of his untimely death has been overshadowed by his past mistakes. But I also agree with comment above (by lifelong resident). Unfortunetly our bad choices take us down the wrong road. Hopefully his family will find peace soon.

Melissa - If our efforts in defending the name of a loved one who isn't here to defend himself has impacted your view on Joey as a person.....well, that's just freaking retarded. You didn't know him so go post somewhere else.

Sabrina and lifelong resident- Joey's family is not saying that he did not make bad choices. He did and so has everyone else at some point in his life. What they are upset about is because the writer of the article and some others that were making rude comments did not really know Joey. He made some mistakes but he was also making some recent good choices that if Mr. Thrash would have known if he interviewed some of his family members. Joey was being harshly judged without people knowing his whole story. That is why his family is upset.

Let him rest in peace,and know one here one earth has the right to judge him,we all do bad things in r life but know one has any rights to judge him ,but god and he is a forgiven god,so keep all off your opinions to yourself ,let his family heal there hurt and loss.

Has the autopsy report came back yet ?

It can take up to 6 months. And it's none your business!!!!! And when we find out we ain't letting you know!!!

I'm sorry , we all attended class with him and were just concerned, I know u have lost a good hearted family member and understand ur pain , but no reason to be rude .

Yes my brother. Didn't mean to be rude . Didn't see your other comment.

Just know ur family is in all of our hearts , he sure had a good heart and loved to talk about them kids and wife. I wouldn't know the pain of losing a brother , u r in our prayers

I was reading some of the comments and Joey at least gave people something to talk about.Joey done this a lot in his life wether it was home,out with friends,baseball fields,and football fields. Of course it was all good! Joey took the proper steps to prove his innocence,but as you all know his life was cut short.My son is not here to defend himself so all the people judging him should stop. Until you have walked in someone else's shoes you don't know there story as we don't know yours.My guess would be if you did know him you would be sorry for what you said! Joey has been places all over the country and done more fun things that a lot of people will ever get to do in there life's. Joey also had more Heart and Talent than most will ever have! Yes and as Joeys mom I know this as a fact! Joeys judge is God,Joey left here that Friday morning he's at peace now. Enough said now for this little online Newspaper called Sixes Patch Canton!!!

Were you with Joey when he was stealing? Is that why you can be so certain he was a thieft? A very loved young man has lost his life and a family grieves.Prayers and love should be sent.Michael we are dailey losing our rights,but we all should hope to be innocent till proven guilty,life has many twists and turns who knows you might find yourself in need of innocent till proven guilty before you die.I did not know Joey,and I do not know his family but sounds like I would have liked to have met him and his family,but you Michael I hope I never have the pleasure for you see there is a time and place for everything under heaven.The mean remarks and awful articles I have read were not the time or place. To his sister and mom stay strong he was so lucky to have you for his family. sincerely with love and prayers

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