Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

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...

Donny Hamilton

Donny Hamilton

Apr 21, 2020

Donny Hamilton, 64, of Rabun County, Georgia passed away on April 21, 2020 at his home on Hamilton Lane in Clayton, Georgia.Born March 7, 1956, in Rabun County, he was the son of the late Willard Buren Hamilton and Amy Sue Welborn Hamilton. He was self-employed as a welder and was of the Baptist faith.He was preceded in death by...

William Berry Mize

William Berry Mize

Apr 19, 2020

William Berry Mize, 93, of Tiger, GA passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020. Born August 21, 1926, in Rabun County, GA, he was the son of the late Wilburn Nathan Mize and Rosa Ramey Mize. He was a US Air Force veteran where he served as Senior Master Sergeant (SMSgt) and was of the Baptist faith. He is preceded in...

Dora Dell Robinson

Dora Dell Robinson

Apr 18, 2020

Dora Dell Robinson, age 95, passed away on April 18, 2020 at Mountain View Health Care in Clayton, GA.She was born on April 2, 1925 to the late William and Verley White Emory. She was a housewife and was a member of Carvers Chapel Baptist Church.She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Carl Robinson, her son Ralph...

Charles Claud Penland

Charles Claud Penland

Apr 17, 2020

Charles Claud Penland 72, of Tiger Georgia Passed away April 17, 2020 at North East Georgia Medical Center, Born December 25, 1947 in Macon County North Carolina, to the Late Claud and Adilene Penland. Charles worked for several Law Enforcement agencies in Rabun County for several years. He loved the Great Outdoors where he enjoyed camping, fishing, and also hunting...

James Homer Hodgins

James Homer Hodgins

Apr 17, 2020

James Homer Hodgins, age 84, of Franklin, NC., passed away on April 17, 2020 at his residence He was born on April 4, 1936 in Macon County, NC. to the late Ed and Florie McClure Hodgins. He was a United States Navy veteran and was retired from the road maintenance department of the State of North Carolina. He was of...

Daniel Mark Pearce

Daniel Mark Pearce

Apr 17, 2020

Daniel Mark Pearce, 60, of Rabun Gap, Georiga passed away on Friday, April 17, 2020 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born June 17, 1959 in Mitchell, Georgia, he was the son of Patsy Hitzel Pearce. and the late Willard Pearce He was a self-employed master chef and was an Army veteran and a member of Trinity Church and Order of...

Jerry Lynn Love

Jerry Lynn Love

Apr 10, 2020

Jerry Lynn Love, 67, of Mountain City, Georgia, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2020 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. Born August 17, 1952 in Rabun County, Georgia, he was the son of the late Charlie F. Love and Flora Ann Carver Love. He worked as a fork lift operator for Rabun Metal Products and was of the Baptist faith. ...

Sonny Ray Pless

Sonny Ray Pless

Apr 4, 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...

Karen Marie Evans

Karen Marie Evans

Apr 1, 2020

Karen Marie Evans, age 71, of Clayton, GA., passed away on April 1, 2020 at her daughter’s home.She was born on February 18, 1949 to Annie Ravis in Pawnee, Oklahoma. She was a housewife and of the Baptist faith.She is preceded in death by her mother, her husband Vernon Gene Evans, and one sister Tommi Spurgin. She is survived by...

James Daugherty

James Daugherty

Mar 30, 2020

.James Robert Daugherty, age 80, passed away on March 30, 2020 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA.He was born on April 24, 1939 to the late James and Mattie McCarty Daugherty, he was a bus driver and of the Church of God faith.He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Marie Daugherty, two sons, James Robert Daugherty...

Harold Harvey Rogers

Harold Harvey Rogers

Mar 25, 2020

Harold Harvey Rogers, age 75, of Clayton, GA., passed away on March 25, 2020 at Mountain View Health Care in Clayton, GA.He was born on January 1, 1945 in Rabun County, GA., to the late Marvin and Nelly Eller Rogers. He was a truck driver in the construction industry and was of the Church of God faith. He was preceded...

James "Tort" Carlos  Ramey

James "Tort" Carlos Ramey

Mar 17, 2020

James Carlos Ramey, age 72, of Clayton and Lula GA., passed away on March 17, 2020 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA.He was born on November 12, 1947 in Rabun County, GA., to Joyce Wood Ramey and the late James “Babe” Ramey. He was a carpenter and member of Tiger Baptist Church.He is survived by his mother, his...

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