Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Ted Smith
Jul 4, 2022
Ted Smith, of Tiger, Georgia, passed away on July 4, 2022 at the age of 94. Ted was born June 28, 1928 in Weaverville, NC to Jesse Theodore Smith and Novelle Blankenship Smith and raised in and around the Asheville, NC area.In 1946 he left home for Berea College in Berea, KY, where he met his future wife Mae Watts....
Levern Dye
Jul 3, 2022
Levern Villard Dye, age 92, of Clayton, GA passed away July 3, 2022. Born on June 1, 1930, he is the son of the late Emory Dye and Dovie Hancock Dye. He is survived by his loving wife Zuma Bowers Dye. Levern loved to fish and quail hunt. He was also a long-time member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and also...
Talmadge Marlor Frady
Jul 1, 2022
Talmadge Marlor Frady, age 88, of Clayton, GA, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2022. Born on May 26, 1934, he is the son of the late Malor Freeman Frady and Cora Dixon Frady. He is survived by his loving wife Shelby Payne Frady. Talmadge drove a bus for the Rabun County Senior Center for more than 20 years, worked...
Allene Phillips
Jun 30, 2022
Allene Queen Phillips, 96, of Stekoa Falls Road Clayton, Georgia., died June 30, 2022 at her home. She was the widow of Henry Phillips.Born in Clayton, GA, November 8, 1925 she was the daughter of the late Ernest Queen and Allah Moseley Queen. She was owner and operator of Henry’s Restaurant for over 51 years and a member of the...
Jimmy Edmond Webb
Jun 29, 2022
Jimmy Edmond Webb, age 74, of Tiger, GA passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Born on July 29, 1947, he was the son of the late Edmond Pike Webb and Nancy Ella (Swafford) Webb. He is survived by his loving wife, Shirley (Queen) Webb. Jimmy was a wonderful husband, daddy, grandpa, and great grandpa. He was a member of...
Thelma Lou Saunders
Jun 26, 2022
Thelma Lou Carver Saunders, of Clayton, GA passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Born on December 25, 1925, she is the daughter of the late Paul Washington Carver and Lillian Wilburn Carver. Thelma was the neighborhood's mother. All of her children's friends used to hang out at her house when they were young, and she always invited them to...
Wilma "Ruth" Billingsley
Jun 24, 2022
Wilma Ruth Holt Billingsley, 78, of Scaly Mountain, NC passed away on Friday, June 24, 2022. Born on July 5, 1943, she is the daughter of the late Claude Wesley Holt and Mary Ethel Cantrell Holt. She was preceded by her husband of 54 years Homer Lee Billingsley. Ruth was a faithful woman who loved to spend time with her...
Christopher Lee Ashby
Jun 21, 2022
Christopher Lee Ashby, age 52, of Tiger, GA formerly of Michigan, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Born on October 6, 1969, he is the son of Vernon L Ashby and Vera Maxwell Ashby. Christopher moved to Tiger a year and a half ago and he loved being here in the mountains. He was a decorated combat veteran, serving in...
John Welch
Jun 20, 2022
John Welch Jr, age 76, of Clayton, GA passed away Monday, June 20, 2022. Born on May 26, 1946, he is the son of the late John Welch and Nellie Webb Welch. He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years Carolyn Wines Welch. For more than 20 years, John owned John’s Gun and Pawn. He was of the...
Mildred Godshall
Jun 20, 2022
Mildred Hinshaw Godshall, age 85, of Clayton, GA passed away on Monday, June 20, 2022. Born on September 22, 1936, to the late Henry and Lillie Dixon Hinshaw. She is preceded by her husband Robert Ellis Godshall. Mildred worked for Delta Airlines where she was an administrative assistant, and she was of the Christian faith. She is survived by her...
Tina Duncan
Jun 19, 2022
Tina Wall Duncan, age 59, of Clayton, GA passed away on Sunday, June 19, 2022.Born on March 19, 1963, she is the daughter of the late William David (W.D.) Wall and Wylene Ramey Wall. She was a caregiver as well as a masonry worker for Willie Fortson.She is survived by two sons, Alton Owens Jr. (Gwen) of Lakemont, GA and...
Sandra Jean Lawson
Jun 16, 2022
Sandra Jean Lawson, 80, of Wolffork Road in Rabun Gap, GA passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2022 at northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.Born in Plainview, Nebraska on May 11, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Osborne J. Bartling and Eva Dale Armstrong. She lived her life in Rabun County where she was a teacher for...
Jeana Henslee Ramey
Jun 3, 2022
Jeana Henslee Ramey, 57, of Tiger, GA passed away Friday, June 3, 2022. She was born on August 8, 1964 to the late Janie Evelyn Henslee. Jeana was a member of Blue Heights Baptist Church, and she was very artistic and loved to crochet and sew. She is survived by two children, Ashleigh Ramey, and Brandon Ramey and wife Courtney;...
Virginia Lynn Watts
Jun 1, 2022
Virginia Lynn Justus Watts, age 72, of Clayton, GA passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Born on October 25, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Neal and Durrell Dickerson Justus. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank Watts. Virginia was a member of Mountain Grove Church. She is survived by two sons, Franklin Watts of...
Douglas Jason Hamilton
May 29, 2022
Douglas Jason Hamilton, 45, of Cornelia, GA passed away Sunday, May 29, 2022, at his home. Born on September 9, 1976, he is the son of the David Hamilton and the late Gwendolyn Sue Kirkland.Douglas served in the United States Navy where he was as a Hull Maintenance Technician. He is survived by his father, David Hamilton, and stepmother Kathleen;...
Carrie Doris Rogers
May 27, 2022
Carrie Doris Grist Rogers of Winder, age 95, formerly of Clayton, died peacefully in her sleep May 27, 2022, at The Oaks of Athens.Doris was born Sept. 13, 1926, in the farming community of Rabun Gap, Georgia, to Tom and Helena Grist. One of nine children—the youngest of the daughters—she graduated from Rabun Gap Nacoochee High School, where, with her...
Wilda Smith Brooks
May 24, 2022
Wilda Smith Brooks, 72, of Tiger, GA passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022. She was born on September 25, 1949, to the late Clive Holt Smith and Sallie Mae Wilbanks Smith. Wilda was a quiet soul who loved being around her family, especially the children and was an outstanding mother. She enjoyed reading, doing jigsaw puzzles, and playing Skip-Bo. She...
Howard "Zeke" Carpenter
May 19, 2022
Howard “Zeke” Carpenter, 80, of Clayton, GA passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Born in Franklin, NC he was the son of the late Henry and Florence Webb Carpenter. Zeke attended Mountain City Church of God and was a kind-hearted man who would do anything for anyone.He is survived by one daughter, Gloria (Mitchell) Cabe of Franklin, NC; three...
Elizabeth Hopkins
May 13, 2022
Elizabeth Woodall Hopkins, 88, of Clayton, GA passed away on Friday, May 13, 2022.She was born on April 17, 1934, in Rabun County to the late Jim and Pearl (Watts) Woodall. Her husband, Herschel Hopkins, predeceased her. Elizabeth had been a long-time member of Chechero Baptist Church.She is survived by one son, Mike (Tina) Hopkins of Clayton, GA; two grandchildren,...
Earline Carver Benefield
Apr 23, 2022
Earline Carver Benefield, 77, of Clayton, GA passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Northside Hospital Forsyth in Cumming, GA.Born on June 3, 1944, Earline was the daughter of the late Buster “Buck” T. Carver and Leona “Dink” Thomas. She was the widow of Robert “Donnie” Benefield. She was a Christian by faith. She was a loving mother, grandmother...
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