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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas

Lucy Elizabeth Speed

Lucy Elizabeth Speed

Dec 28, 2020

Lucy Elizabeth Speed 93, of Dillard, GA passed away on Monday December 28, 2020 at Mountain View Health Care in Clayton, GA.Born September 13, 1927 in Rabun County, GA she was the daughter of the late Jonah Speed and Savannah Chappell Speed. She lived her life in Rabun County and spent her life as a homemaker. She was a member...

Jack L Pruitt

Jack L Pruitt

Dec 22, 2020

Jack L. Pruitt, 79, of Mountain City, GA passed away on December 22, 2020, at his home. Born in Macon County, NC on January 8, 1941, he was the son of the late Frank Pruitt and Rena Seagle. He was a self-employed carpenter, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was of the Methodist faith. Jack was preceded...

Yvonne Jo Dunlap

Yvonne Jo Dunlap

Dec 20, 2020

Yvonne Jo Dunlap, 52, of Walhalla, SC passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Oconee Memorial Hospital in South Carolina. Born in Lancaster, SC on September 18, 1968 she was the daughter of Mattie McDowell Speed and the late Frank Dunlap. She lived in Rabun County, GA and then in Walhalla, SC where she was self employed in home...

Claudette Chastain

Claudette Chastain

Dec 19, 2020

Claudette Chastain, 62, of Dillard, GA passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020 at New Horizon.Gainesvillie,Georgia  Born in Rabun County, GA on July 12, 1958, she was the daughter of the late Claude W. Holt and Ethel Cantrell. She lived in Rabun County and worked as a cook for the Board of Education. She was a member of the Flats...

Marlene Anderson

Marlene Anderson

Dec 19, 2020

Marlene Hamilton Anderson, 66, of Clayton, GA passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. Born in Rabun County, GA on December 31, 1953 she was the daughter of the late Levis Hamilton and Barbara Cannon. She lived her life in Rabun County and worked as a seamstress for Clayborn Manufacturing and was of the Baptist ...

Billy Neville Holcomb

Billy Neville Holcomb

Dec 16, 2020

Billy Neville Holcomb, 85, of Tiger, GA passed away at Northeast Georgia Medical Center on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. Born in Rabun County, GA on December 17, 1934 he was the son of the late Gordon and Effie Marcus Holcomb. He worked as a painter for General Motors and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He loved the outdoors and...

Milton Lloyd Speed

Milton Lloyd Speed

Dec 14, 2020

Milton Lloyd Speed was born to Amanda Norton and Marlor Calvin on September 25, 1928. Milton was twice married first to the late Rosa Inez Gravley and then to the late, Ruby Higdon Speed., and is survived by his children, Kathy (Harry) Moore and Ricky Speed. He is also survived by many grandchildren and great grandchildren, some by blood and...

Jeannette Rawlins

Jeannette Rawlins

Dec 12, 2020

Jeannette Rawlins, 69 of Atlanta, GA passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at her home in Atlanta, GA. Born April 29. 1951 in Rabun County, GA she was the daughter of the Juanita Patton Rawlins and the late Pleasant M. Rawlins. She was a homemaker and was a Christian by faith. She was preceded in death by her father,...

Michael Joseph Beltran

Michael Joseph Beltran

Dec 10, 2020

Michael Joseph Beltran. 51, of Rabun Gap, GA passed away on December 10, 2020 at his residence. Born June 20, 1969 in Fulton County, GA he was the son of Ralph Beltran and Julia C. Beroshek Raub. He was a Volunteer for many years at the Navy Seal Museum in Fort Pierce, FL. He also worked as a tow truck...

Linda Lea Plakstis

Linda Lea Plakstis

Dec 8, 2020

Linda Lee Black Plakstis of Grandview Lane Clayton, GA., died Tuesday December 8, 2020 at her residence.Born in Fort Pierce Florida September 11, 1943 she was the daughter of the late Webb Black and Agnes Blanton Black. She was the former owner and operator of Clayton Cafe for many years and was of the Baptist Faith. She was the last...

Harry Lee Jackson

Harry Lee Jackson

Dec 3, 2020

Harry Lee Jackson, Sr., 74, of Westminster, SC passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Oconee Hospital. Born in Stephens County, GA on October 31, 1946 he was the son of the late Willie D. Jackson and Viola Steeple. He worked as a shipping clerk for Fieldale. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by...

Randy Dean Giles

Randy Dean Giles

Nov 23, 2020

On Monday, November 23, 2020, the Giles family lost their daddy, brother, and grandfather. Randy Dean Giles entered into the presence of the Lord unexpectedly that night. Randy was born in Rabun County Hospital on October 19, 1957. His parents were the late Little Willie and late Lulu Belle Giles, of Mountain City. He graduated in 1974 from Rabun County...

Cleve Allen

Cleve Allen

Nov 16, 2020

Rev. Cleve Allen, age 88 of Clarkesville, passed away on Monday, November 16, 2020.Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on August 1, 1932, he was a son of the late Cleveland Allen and Bertha Sims Allen Nix. Rev. Allen was co-owner of Big A Monument Company for many years. He was retired from pastoring after preaching and evangelizing all over the Southeast...

Nora  Faye Maxwell

Nora Faye Maxwell

Nov 12, 2020

Nora Faye McCall Maxwell, 84, of Neal Little Road in Carnesville, GA, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital.Born February 17, 1936 in Rabun County, GA she was the daughter of the late Horash McCall and Fannie Mae Fountain McCall. She spent her life as a house wife and was a member of the Harmony...

Elsie Mcconnell

Elsie Mcconnell

Nov 8, 2020

Elsie Matson McConnell, age 89 of Mtn City, GA passed away on Sunday November 8, 2020 at Mtn Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA. Born November 26, 1930 in Greensboro, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Norman D. Matson and Helen Summerville. She worked as a printer for Honeywell and moved to Rabun County 25 years ago. She...

Ann Maureen Burrell

Ann Maureen Burrell

Nov 6, 2020

Ann Maureen Holcomb Burrell, 98 of Clayton, GA passed away on Friday, November 6, 2020. Born May 25, 1922 in Rabun County, GA, she was the daughter of the late James Robert Holcomb and Earlie Mae Jones. She lived her life in Rabun County and worked as an office clerk for the U.S. Federal Government. She was also a member...

Ernest Boyd Dockins

Ernest Boyd Dockins

Oct 29, 2020

On Thursday, October 29. 2020, Ernest Boyd Dockins of Clayton, GA, passed away at Mtn. Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA at the age of 73. Born September 6, 1947 in Rabun County, Boyd was the son of the late George T. Dockins and Josephine A. Smith Dockins. He lived most of his life in Cumming, GA before returning to...

Helen Green

Helen Green

Oct 29, 2020

Helen Burrell Green, 94 of Clayton, GA., died October 29, 2020 at her residence. She was the widow of Chris Green. She was the last member of her immediate family. Born in Clayton, GA., October 30, 1925 she was the daughter of the late Decauter and Harriet Dickerson Burrell. She was a homemaker and a member of Betty’s Creek Baptist...

Amalee Zoellner Hamby

Amalee Zoellner Hamby

Oct 17, 2020

Amalee Zoellner Hamby, 95, of Williamston, SC passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Habersham Homes West. Born August 3, 1925 in Macon County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Willie Lewis Zoellner and Magline Webb. She was a housewife and was a member of Battle Branch Baptist Church. She was preceded in death in addition to...

Shirley Mason Mann

Shirley Mason Mann

Oct 13, 2020

Shirley Mason Mann, 74, of Clarkesville, GA passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. Born in Rabun County, GA on November 20, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Holbert Beasley and Wilma Parker. She worked in maintenance for GA Power and was a member of Betty’s Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death...

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