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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Dorothy Pearl Carpenter

Dorothy Pearl Carpenter

Jul 28, 2020

Dorothy Pearl Talley Carpenter, 91, of Scaly Mtn., NC, passed away on Tuesday July 28, 2020 at Angel Medical Center.Born February 18, 1929 in Rabun County, GA, she was the daughter of the late John Talley and Effie Carpenter. She lived her life in Rabun County, GA and Scaly Mtn., NC and was a housewife and was a member of...

Sharon Shirley

Sharon Shirley

Jul 10, 2020

Sharon J. Shirley, 68, of Clayton, GA, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2020 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Tommy Shirley.Born in Rabun County, GA on December 6, 1951, she was the daughter of late Prelo Justus and Jessie Faye Wall. She worked as a nurse for Pruitt Health and was of the...

Connie Michelle Moore

Connie Michelle Moore

Jul 9, 2020

Connie Michelle Moore, age 51, of Clayton, GA passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Mt Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA. Born in Rabun County, GA on March 23, 1969, she was the daughter of Barbara Queen Taylor and the late Ellis Taylor. She worked as a self employed house cleaner and was of the Church of God...

Frank Singleton

Frank Singleton

Jul 4, 2020

Frank Singleton, age 87, of the Warwoman community in Clayton, GA, passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2020 at his home.Born in Rabun County, GA on January 29, 1933, he was the son of the late Robert R. Singleton and Genelia Beck. He was a United States Army veteran and served state side. He also worked for the State of...

Dudley Annette Speck

Dudley Annette Speck

Jul 3, 2020

Dudley Annette Speck, age 82, of Dillard, GA, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2020.She was born in Broward, FL on April 15, 1938. She was a housewife and of the Christian Faith.She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas H. Speck and two brothers, Carol Stokell and Harry Stokell. She is survived by two sons, Ronald and Jennifer...

Vince Edward Milkey

Vince Edward Milkey

Jun 30, 2020

Vince Edward Milkey, 52, of Sylva, NC passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at Harris Regional Hospital. Born January 7, 1968 in Washtenaw, MI, he was the son of Judith Sellers Milkey and the late Robert Milkey. He lived most of his life in Sylva, NC and worked as a cashier for Walmart and he was of the Baptist...

Mary Pauline Miller

Mary Pauline Miller

Jun 28, 2020

Mary Pauline Brown Miller, 89, of Mt. Airy, GA passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2020 at her home. Born in Macon, NC on September 18, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Ransom Brown and Nelly Bryson. She spent her life in Habersham and Rabun Counties. She was a housewife and was a member of Unity Baptist Church...

Phillip Wesley Ramey

Phillip Wesley Ramey

Jun 17, 2020

Phillip Wesley Ramey. 68, of Clayton, GA passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia.Born in Stephens County, GA, April 13, 1952, he was the son of the late Dewey Ted Ramey and the late Eva Belle McCroskey. He worked as a self employed Laborer and was Baptist by Faith. He was also an...

Marjorie Preston

Marjorie Preston

Jun 15, 2020

Marjorie Sanders Preston, 95, of Lakemont, GA, passed away on Monday, June 15, 2020 at NE. Georgia Medical Center.Born March 4, 1925 in Pinellas, FL, she was the daughter of the late Brewer Sanders and Elizabeth Milton Sanders. She spent most of her life and Rabun County as a housewife and a member of the Clayton Baptist Church.She was preceded...

Lloyd Lovell

Lloyd Lovell

Jun 14, 2020

Lloyd Lovell, 90, of Commerce, GA passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.Born March 27, 1930 in Rabun County, GA, he was the son of the late George Lovell and Ida Ledford Lovell. He lived his life and Rabun County, GA and later in Jackson County, GA and was a self-employed carpenter and was of...

Michael Thomas Clifford

Michael Thomas Clifford

Jun 11, 2020

It is with much sadness that the family of Michael Thomas Clifford, 90, (more commonly known as "Mickey"), of Clayton, Georgia, announces his passing on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Mickey was born on March 3, 1930 to the late Raymond Frank Clifford and the late Thelma Jones Clifford in Covington, KY. He graduated from Covington Holmes High School in the...

Michelle Lynn Frady

Michelle Lynn Frady

Jun 6, 2020

Michelle Lynn Frady, 37, of Lakemont,  GA passed away at Northeast. Georgia Medical Center on Saturday June 6, 2020.Born in Dekalb County, GA on March 15, 1983, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Frady and Pauline Callenback. She worked as a waiter at Wendy’s restaurant and was of the Baptist faith.She was preceded in death by her father,...

Lenore Thornton Carnes

Lenore Thornton Carnes

May 28, 2020

Lenore Thornton Capps Carnes, 92, of Tiger, GA passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at her home. Born December 22, 1927 in Fulton County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Shirley Thornton Capps and Dorothy Prehn and the widower of Olan T. Carnes. Although born in Fulton County, she spent her life in Rabun County as a...

Josephine Grace Palmer

Josephine Grace Palmer

May 22, 2020

Josephine Grace Palmer, 82, of Dillard, GA passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020 at her home. Born October 17, 1927 in Sarasota, FL, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Thomas and Edith Hedlund. She worked for Southern Gas Company for 24 years as well as multiple other jobs. She loved gardening, sewing and crocheting. She was a...

Jerry Kenneth Mobley

Jerry Kenneth Mobley

May 17, 2020

Jerry Kenneth Mobley, 77, of Clayton, Georgia passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at his home. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, January 25, 1943, he was the son of the late Samuel David Mobley and Mary Coffee. He worked as an accountant for the Holcomb Armuture and was a veteran of the United States Army. He was the last member...

Chase Bowen

Chase Bowen

May 10, 2020

Kendall “Chase” Bowen passed away Sunday, May 10th, 2020 at the age of 27. Chase is the grandson of the late Paul and Dora Sellers and the late Evelyn Jiles Bowen. He is survived by his parents George and Ruth Bowen of Fair Play, SC and sister Cassi Bowen of Greenville, SC, as well as many aunts, uncles, and dozens...

Larry Gene Jones

Larry Gene Jones

May 4, 2020

Larry Gene Jones, 71, of Mountain City, GA, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2020 at his home. Born May 1, 1949, in Rabun County, GA, he was the son of the late Joe Jones and Ruth Lee Lovell. He was a self-employed carpenter and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in addition to his parents, by brothers,...

John Zeb Carver

John Zeb Carver

Apr 30, 2020

John Zeb Carver of Dillard, Ga. passed away April 30,2020 in Hiawassee GA  surrounded by loved ones.Born June 24 1947 in Rabun County he was the only son of  the late Darie  Buster “Buck”  Carver and Wiley Leona “Dink”  Thomas Carver.  John was a US Army Veteran serving his country during the Vietnam Era. He was a member of the...

Rev. Sonny Ray Pless

Rev. Sonny Ray Pless

Apr 27, 2020

Rev. Sonny Ray Pless, 68, of Carnesville, GA,  passed away on Monday,  April 27, 2020 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.Born December 6, 1951, he was the son of the late Claude Pless and Mattie Merck. He worked for  Fieldale Farms as a poultry worker and was a member of the Beulah Land Outreach Ministry.He was preceded in death by his...

Mary Elizabeth Hampton

Mary Elizabeth Hampton

Apr 22, 2020

Mary Elizabeth Mashburn Hampton, 59, of Tiger, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at her home on Eastman Mountain in Tiger Georgia.Born July 9, 1960, in Habersham County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Reba Mashburn. She worked for the Clayburne Manufacturing Company as a seamstress and was a member of the Carvers Chapel Baptist Church.She...

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