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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Rev. Vaughndell Stancil

Rev. Vaughndell Stancil

Jan 7, 2020

Vaughndell Stancil (Vaughn) age 74, went out peacefully to meet his Lord and Savior on January 7, 2020. He was born on December 3, 1945 in Rabun County, Georgia four minutes ahead of his twin brother, Don. He lived his entire life in the Chechero community.In his early life he was an avid player in sports especially softball, baseball and...

Barbara Clark

Barbara Clark

Jan 7, 2020

Barbara Speed Clark, age 58, passed away on January 7, 2020 at Mountain View Health Center in Clayton, Georgia.She was born on July 18, 1961 in Clayton, Georgia to the late Richard Arthur and Dorthey Seay Speed. She was formally of Clayton,Georgia but lived most of her life in Habersham County were she was a sales clerk. She was of...

Kathleen Trinks

Kathleen Trinks

Jan 5, 2020

Kathleen Rita Kelly Trinks, age 101, passed away on January 5, 2020 at Gateway Health Care in Cleveland, Georgia.She was born on November 13, 1918 to the late James and Ellen Seebode Kelly in Baltimore, Maryland where she spent the majority of her life before most recently residing in Mt. City, Georgia. She was a housewife and of the Catholic...

Vivian Carver

Vivian Carver

Jan 2, 2020

Vivian Alice Carver, age 80, of Clayton, Georgia joined the celebration in Heaven on January 2, 2020 and was surrounded by her family as she made her journey.She was born on May 28, 1939 in Rabun County to the late Clayton and Irene Smith Ramey of Clayton, Georgia. She was a loving caregiver at home and was retired from The...

Furman Cobb

Furman Cobb

Jan 1, 2020

Furman Deal Cobb Sr., age 89, passed away on January 1, 2020 at his residence.He was born on May 12, 1930 in Oconee, South Carolina to John and Daisy Marsengill Cobb. He was a life long resident of Rabun County where he was a Army Veteran and iron worker for Duke Power. He was also a member of Blue Valley...

Joyce Wilburn

Joyce Wilburn

Dec 29, 2019

Joyce Pamela Webb Wilburn, age 83, passed away on December 29, 2019 at Eckerd Living Center in Highlands, North Carolina.She was born on January 31, 1936 in Highlands, North Carolina to the late Leonard and Rittie Jenkins Webb and was the widow of Lee Ray Wilburn. She was a life long resident of Rabun County and a homemaker and was...

Betty Shirley-Chambers

Betty Shirley-Chambers

Dec 24, 2019

Betty J. Shirley Chambers, 80, of Cornelia went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, December 24, 2019. She was born November 17, 1939, in Habersham County and was the daughter of the late Manson Winstead and Annie Mae Patton Winstead. She was preceded in death by her husband David Lloyd Shirley, Sr. and her second husband Ernest Chambers. Betty...

Donald Speed

Donald Speed

Dec 22, 2019

Donald Calvin Speed, 61, of Clayton, GA passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. Born July 8, 1958 in Rabun County, GA, he was the son of the late Donald Speed and Lula Mae McDowell. He lived in Rabun County most of his life and worked for Gibson Homes as a carpenter and was a...

Cameron Clark

Cameron Clark

Dec 20, 2019

Cameron Lee Clark, 30, of Clayton GA., died Friday December 20, 2019 at his residence. Born in Glenn County Georgia., February 16,1989 he was the son of Jeffery Clark and Sandi Humpries Runion he was a cook for McDonald's and was of the Baptist Faith. He is survived by his father, Jeffery Clark his mother Sandi Runion and step-mom April...

Jeanette Adolph

Jeanette Adolph

Dec 19, 2019

Jeanette Carrie Adolph of Clayton, Georgia, passed away on December 19, 2019 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, Georgia.She was born in Flint, Michigan on September 11, 1968 and was the daughter of David Adolph and the late Patricia McCoy Burrell. She was a Hairdresser and was of the Baptist Faith.She was preceded in death by her mother Patricia...

Phyllis Murphy

Phyllis Murphy

Dec 16, 2019

Phyllis Ann Hale Murphy, age 81 of Clayton, Georgia, passed away on December 16, 2019 at her residence.She was born in Rabun Gap, Georgia to Eli Kirby Hale Jr. and Frances Wilcox Hale. She was a house wife and homemaker and a member of Clayton Presbyterian Church.In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Lester...

Truman Barber

Truman Barber

Dec 14, 2019

Truman Jewel Barber Jr. of Sky Valley, Georgia and formally of Jacksonville, Florida passed away on December 14, 2019 at Mountain View Health Care Center in Clayton, Georgia after an extended illness. He was married to his loving wife Katherine (Kitti) for sixty-nine years. He was born on February 19, 1929 in Fulton County, Georgia, to the late Truman Jewell...

Edith  Burney

Edith Burney

Dec 9, 2019

Edith Bleckley Burney, native of Rabun Gap, Georgia passed away peacefully on her 88th birthday, Dec. 9th, 2019. Born in 1931 to Samuel and Adeline Coe Bleckley, she graduated from Rabun Gap Nacoochee School and then went on to earn multiple degrees culminating in a doctorate in Early Childhood Education from the New Orleans Baptist Seminary. Alongside her husband, Dr....

Mark Carman

Mark Carman

Dec 6, 2019

Mark Alan Carman, age 61, of Clayton, Ga. died December 6, 2019, at his residence. He was born in Fulton County, Ga. on November 3, 1958 to the late Richard and Marilyn Townsend Carman. He was formally of Canton, Georgia, where he resided most of his life. He was a house painter by trade and of Christian faith.He was preceded...

Anna  Walker

Anna Walker

Dec 5, 2019

Anna Lee Roach Walker, 84, of Rabun Gap, GA passed away Thursday, December 5, 2019 in Atlanta, GA. Born  in Hiawassee, GA, May 6, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Walter Pool Roach and Nola Bowen. She lived most of her life in Rabun County and worked self empioyed most of her life then worked for Traces of...

Carl Neely

Carl Neely

Dec 2, 2019

Carl Edward Neely, 78, of Warwoman Road Clayton, Georgia., died Monday Morning December 2, 2019 in Habersham County Medical Center.Born in Clayton Georgia., October 14, 1941 he was the son of the late Philo and Maybelle Chastain Neely. He was a rock mason and a member of the Blue Valley Baptist Church and a member of the North Georgia Coon...

Edwin  Perry

Edwin Perry

Nov 29, 2019

Edwin Orr PerryClayton, GeorgiaApril 25,1927 - November 29, 2019Ed Perry, 92 years of age, a resident of Cannonwood Village in Tiger, GA, passed away of natural causes on November 29, 2019.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly Lindsey Cannon Perry, his parents, Edwin and Grace Perry, a son, Timothy Perry, and a step-son, Cole Cannon. Ed attended...

Lowell Rogers

Lowell Rogers

Nov 28, 2019

Lowell Chester Rogers of Clayton died Thursday November 28, 2019 at his residence. He was the husband of Margaret Ann Rogers.Born in Rabun County Georgia July 5, 1953 he was the son of the late Chester and Opal English Rogers. He was air force veteran and a Lab Technologist for Ridgecrest Hospital and a member of the Timpson Presbyterian Church.He...

Katherine Fisk Lee

Katherine Fisk Lee

Nov 20, 2019

Katherine Frances Fisk Lee, age 57, formerly of Silver Springs, MD., and Rabun Gap, Ga., died Wednesday November 20, 2019, at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Utica, New York following a brief illness.Born June 20, 1962 in Burbank, CA. She was the daughter of the late Walter Wayne Fisk and Sarah Frances Bleckley Fisk and the grand daughter of the late...

Walter  Dills

Walter Dills

Nov 16, 2019

Walter Scott Dills, age 55 of Dillard, passed away Saturday, November 16, 2019.Born in Rabun County on June 16, 1964, Mr. Dills was the son of Genell Shirley Robinson and the late Lewis Dills. Mr. Dills was a United States Army Veteran having served in the South Carolina Army National Guard with over 21 years of loyal service. Mr. Dills...

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