Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Darlene Dillingham
Jan 7, 2021
Darlene Dillingham Gauger, 79, of Clayton, GA passed away quietly at her home on Thursday, January 7, 2021 with her husband and her son by her side. Born August 28, 1941 in Clayton, GA she was the daughter of the late Elbert (Bill) Vanburen Dillingham and Jewell English Dillingham Rothell. After raising her children she drove a school bus for...
Jerry Lee Kilby
Jan 6, 2021
Jerry Lee Kilby, 75, of Rabun Gap, GA passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA., surrounded by his loving family. Born January 13, 1945 in Rabun County he was the son of Levosher Kilby and Greta Frady Kilby. He was the owner of Jerry Kilby Construction and a member at The Flatts...
Danny Brian Dowdal
Jan 5, 2021
Danny Brian Dowdal born on March 27, 1959 to John and Joyce Dowdal was taken home to be with his Lord at 6:17 a.m on January 5, 2021 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Danny is survived by Tammy Lynn Dowdal and Margot Mitcham, 2 very special women in his life, by his 4 children Daniel (Felicia) Dowdal of Six...
John Robert Nelson
Jan 3, 2021
J. Robert Nelson (Bob), 90, of Tiger, GA died on January 3, 2021. He was born January 2, 1931 in Jamestown, NY. He was the son of the late Holgen and Esther Nelson. Bob is survived by his wife, Mary, daughter, Cheryl Stamp (Russ) of Port Townsend, WA, son J. Randall Nelson of Asheville, NY, daughter Julie Nelson of Jamestown,...
Gene Winfield Hewitt
Dec 31, 2020
Gene Winfield Hewitt, 68, of Tiger, GA passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2020 at his home. Born in Alameda, CA on May 17, 1952 he was the son of Lloyd Hewitt and the late Elaine Viola Riley Hewitt. He was a veteran of the US Military and also worked as a self-employed carpenter and roofer and was of the...
Gertrud Richards
Dec 29, 2020
Gertrud Richards, 90, of Mtn. City, GA passed away on Tuesday December 29, 2020 at Mountain View Healthcare in Clayton, GA. Born in Berlin, Germany on June 22, 1930 she was the daughter of the late Walter Rudolf Klingenschmidt and Frieda Anna Klingenschmidt. She lived most of her life in Rabun County after coming to America around 1950 and was...
Dana Lauren Taylor
Dec 29, 2020
Dana Lauren Taylor, 55, of Tiger, GA passed away on December 29, 2020 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA. Born May 10, 1965 in Rabun County she was the daughter of Samuel Taylor and Sarah Brenda Cathy. She spent her life in Rabun County where she worked for 30 years for Rabun County EMS as an office manager....
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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