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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Anna Alexander

Anna Alexander

Jan 24, 2019

Anna Lou Free Alexander, 75, of Old Ridge Rd, Demorest, GA, died Thursday afternoon January 24, 2019 at her home. Born in Habersham County, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Manonie Gragg Free and was the widow of Emanuel Craig Alexander. She was a homemaker and a member of the Stonepile Baptist Church. Mrs. Alexander was preceded...

George Henry

George Henry

Jan 24, 2019

George Ellis Henry, 84, of the Persimmon Community, Clayton, GA died Thursday January 24,2019 in Murphy, NC. Born in Rabun County November 24,1934 he was the son of the late Carl Sherdon Henry and Roxie Burel Moore Henry. He was retired from the Rabun County School system as a bus driver and was also a heavy machine mechanic and was...

Troy Smith

Troy Smith

Jan 22, 2019

Troy was born in Mount Airy GA on September 6th, 1941 to John Hoyt Smith and Stella Weaver Smith. He attended Rabun County High School and joined the United States Army in 1958. After serving for six years, he was honorably discharged in 1964. An avid outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing, camping and the outdoors, he enjoyed mostly spending time with...

Debra Little

Debra Little

Jan 20, 2019

Mrs. Debra 'Gail' Gragg Little, 66, of W. Ginn Street, Bowman, wife of James Mark Little, passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2019, at her residence. Surrounded by her loving family by her side.Gail was born in Toccoa on November 26, 1952, daughter of the late Rev. Donald Phillip Gragg and Dovie Duckett Gragg. She lived most of her live...

Willard Welch

Willard Welch

Jan 20, 2019

Willard D. Welch, 75, of Clayton, GA died Sunday January 20, 2019 at his home. Born in Franklin, NC March 12, 1943, he was the son of the late Floyd A. Welch and Birdell McGaha. He was the owner of C & W Excavating and Hauling and a member of Carvers Chapel Baptist Church.He was preceded in death by his...

Patricia Watts

Patricia Watts

Jan 14, 2019

Patricia Ann (Lornie) Watts, 67, of Clayton, GA, affectionately known as "Lornie", died January 14, 2019 at her home on Shadyside Drive, Clayton. Born March 27, 1951 in Rabun County, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Crone and Irene Ramey Crone. She was a homemaker and a member of Kingdom Hall Jehovahs Witness. "Lornie" was preceded in death...

Kelly Williams

Kelly Williams

Jan 13, 2019

Kelly Michelle Grizzle Williams, 41, of Auburn, Georgia, died Sunday January 13, 2019 in Auburn, GA. She was the wife of Timothy Wayne Williams. Born in Decatur, GA, February 21, 1977, she was the daughter of Maria Williams Grizzle and the late Kenneth Grizzle. She had lived the greater part of her life in Gwinnett County. She was a secretary...

Samuel Mitchell

Samuel Mitchell

Jan 11, 2019

Samuel Douglas “Doug” Mitchell, 75, of Clayton, GA., died Friday January 11, 2019 in Cleveland, Georgia., Born in Clayton, Georgia., April 3, 1943 he was the son, of the late Rockaway and Elzia McCall Mitchell. He was retired from Fruit of the Loom and was of the Baptist Faith., Doug was preceded in death by his parents, Rockaway and Elzia...

Rebecca  Welch

Rebecca Welch

Jan 11, 2019

Rebecca Kimberly Welch, 53, of Lakemont, GA, affectionately known as Kim, died Friday January 11, 2019 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Rabun County December 22, 1965 she was the daughter of Janice Kell Welch of Lakemont, GA and the late Theodore Welch. She was a homemaker and of the Church of God faith. Kim was preceded in death...

Johnny Dixon

Johnny Dixon

Jan 9, 2019

Johnny Dale Dixon, 59, of Clayton, GA passed away to his heavenly home in glory on January 8, 2019. Born in Demorest, GA on October 21, 1959, he was a precious son of Rosemary Turpin Dixon.,  and the late Billy Haven Dixon.He is also survived by his mother, Rosemary Turpin Dixon by his sister Donna E. Dixon, a brother Donnie...

Nellie Henslee

Nellie Henslee

Jan 5, 2019

Nellie Mae Beasley Henslee, 87, of Lilburn, GA., died Saturday January 05, 2019 at Pruitt Brookhaven Nursing Home in Atlanta. She had lived most of of her life in Clayton. She was the widow of Randall Otis Henslee.Born June 27, 1931 in Franklin, North Carolina., she was the daughter of the late George and Alexis Maney Beasley. She was a...

Jewell Lovell

Jewell Lovell

Dec 31, 2018

Jewell Dickerson Lovell, 75, of Tiger, GA died Monday December 31, 2018 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA. Born November 17, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Wiley Dickerson and Stella Shirley Dickerson. She retired as a nurse (LPN), and was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. Jewell was preceded in death by her parents, Wiley...

Bobby Frady

Bobby Frady

Dec 27, 2018

Bobby Lamar Frady, 55, of Toccoa, GA died Thursday December 27, 2018 at his home in Toccoa,GA.Born October 24, 1963 he was the son of Pauline Callenback Frady and the late Lewis L. Frady. He was a self-employed carpenter and served in the US Navy during peace time and is of the Baptist faith.He was preceded in death by his...

Betty Jo Lovell

Betty Jo Lovell

Dec 24, 2018

Betty Jo "Bootsie" Watts Lovell, 69 , of Clayton, GA died Monday, December 24, 2018 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center Clayton, GA. She was the wife of Charles D. Lovell.Born May 28. 1949, she was the daughter of the late Clois Watts and Naomi Welch Watts. She was a former school bus driver and retired from Sara Lee as an...

Judy Tyler

Judy Tyler

Dec 16, 2018

Judy L. Tyler, 76, of Lavonia, GA died Sunday December 16, 2018 at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA, after suffering burns at her home on Friday December 14, 2018. She was the wife of John L. Tyler. Born in Habersham County, GA, June 21, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Loyd Nation and Ruth Fitzgerald Nation, and...

Maggie  Wall

Maggie Wall

Dec 7, 2018

Funeral Services for Maggie Wall, 90 formerly of Clayton, GA will be at the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home Sunday December 16, 2018 at 3:00pm conducted by layman Lloyd Hunter, following the service The body will be cremated and a burial will be at Godfrey Cemetery at a later date. There will be a one Hour visitation at the funeral...

Alvin Crowe

Alvin Crowe

Dec 3, 2018

Alvin Clark Crowe, 64, of Toccoa, GA died Wednesday December 5, 2018 at his home. Born in Rabun County, November 3, 1954, he was the son of the late Oliver Crowe and Cora Speed Crowe. He was a construction worker and was of the Baptist faith. Alvin was preceded in death by a daughter, Amy Wright, by his parents, Oliver...

Glenda Burrell

Glenda Burrell

Nov 30, 2018

Glenda Philyaw Burrell, 72, of Tiger, GA., died at her home Sunday evening May 5, 2019 Glenda fought a tough fight against Colon Cancer. She was born in Charleston, West Virginia and came to Rabun County when she was 14 years old, when her mother moved back here. She was the daughter of the late Ralph Philyaw and Laura Shirley...

Mary Weaver

Mary Weaver

Nov 25, 2018

Mary Farmer Weaver, 79 of Toccoa, GA died Sunday November 25, 2018 in Toccoa. She was the wife of Claude Carroll Weaver. Born in Mt. Airy, GA, July 24, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Jones and Idell Hefner Farmer. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Chechero Baptist Church in Rabun County. Mary was...

Gloria Dunn

Gloria Dunn

Nov 19, 2018

Gloria Redmond Dunn, 62, of Dillard, GA died in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA Monday, November 19, 2018. Gloria was the widow of James Dunn. She was born December 31, 1955 in Maysville, GA, the daughter of the late Clifford and Bonnie Parr Redmond.Gloria was a retired embalmer and funeral director, after retirement she was employed by the...

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