Famous Flames - R & B group DeForest Kelley (1920–1999) – actor R. G. LeTourneau (1888-1969) – inventor and Christian philanthropist Herb Maffett (1907-1994) - All-American football player at the University of Georgia Ethan Martin (born 1989) – professional baseball player Evan Oglesby (born 1981) – professional football player Tauren Poole (born 1989) - professional football player Ralph E. Reed Jr. (born 1961) – political activist Oral Roberts (1918–2009) – pastor and televangelist Kimberly Schlapman (born 1969) – member of the country music band Little Big Town Ramblin' Tommy Scott (1917-2013) - country and rockabilly musician Billy Shaw (born 1938) – former Georgia Tech and NFL football player; Pro Football Hall of Fame member Aaron Shust (born 1975) – Christian singer and three time Dove Award winner Jerry Kenneth "Ken" Swilling (born 1970) – football player and a safety on the Georgia Tech 1990 National Championship Team Pat Swilling (born 1964) – professional football player and politician The Watkins Family - Southern gospel/bluegrass music performers William T. Wofford (1824-1884) - Civil War general In literature and film The novel Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff was published by St. Martin's Press and released nationwide on March 30, 2010. A day-long celebration was held in Toccoa culminating in a fireworks display at Boyd Field in the evening. Several films have been shot in Toccoa: County Line (2017) - starring Tom Wopat, Jeff Fahey, and Grant Goodeve Heritage Falls (2016) - starring David Keith Legal Action (2018) - starring Eric Close, Nick Searcy, and Tommy Flanagan The Legend of Five Mile Cave (2018) - starring Adam Baldwin and Jeremy Sumpter Southern Comfort (2001) - documentary about resident trans man Robert Eads The Warrant (2019) - starring Neal McDonough, Steven R. McQueen, Casper Van Dien, and Annabeth Gish When We Last Spoke (2018) - starring Cloris Leachman, Corbin Bernsen, and Melissa Gilbert In media The Weather Channel remembered the 1977 Toccoa Falls dam break and flood. The rock band Luxury was formed in Toccoa in the early 1990s. On May 7, 2000, Mary Ann Stephens of Toccoa was shot to death outside a Ramada Inn in Jacksonville, Florida while on vacation with her husband. The incident received national attention and resulted in an Academy Award-winning French documentary, Murder on a Sunday Morning, on the arrest and acquittal of the original suspect. Awards 2008 Excellence in Downtown Development Award from the Georgia Downtown Association