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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

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...

Jimmy Friedman

Jimmy Friedman

Nov 12, 2018

Jimmy "Tank" Friedman was born August 1, 1956. A man larger than life with the stories to match, he passed through the veil on Monday, the 12th of November. He was a gentle, lighthearted fellow that seldom worried. Many will remember his great laugh and generosity. And all will remember his boyish charm. He is survived by loving wife, Jane,...

Brenda Mason

Brenda Mason

Nov 12, 2018

Brenda Ann Baber Mason, 68, of Dillard, GA., died at her home Monday November 12, 2018. She was the companion of Daniel A. (Danny) Brown for the past thirty seven years,Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan October 27, 1950 she was the daughter of the late Gerald Baber and Anna Gustas Baber. She had lived the greater part of her life in...

Ida Holcomb

Ida Holcomb

Nov 9, 2018

Ida "Lou" Holcomb, 94, of the Five Points Community in Clayton, passed away at her home on  November 9, 2018.Lou was the daughter of the late Ernest and Effie Holcomb and has lived in Rabun County her entire life. Although she never married or had children of her own, Lou helped raise each one of her nieces and nephews. She...

Eula Kinney

Eula Kinney

Nov 2, 2018

Eula Dodd Kinney, 99, of Rabun County, GA passed away at her home in Mountain City, GA on November 2, 2018. Born January 27, 1919, she was the daughter of the late James E. Dodd and Minnie Loudermilk Dodd. She was a nurse's aid at Ridgecrest Hospital, was a member of Clayton Baptist Church, and Order of the Eastern Start-Chapter. ...

Mary Wofford

Mary Wofford

Oct 27, 2018

Mary Ann Gregory Wofford, 71 of Tiger, GA, died in Habersham Home West, Saturday October 27, 2018 after a long illness. Born in Clayton, GA, September 15, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Dewitt Gregory and Marian Hollifield Gregory. She was a graduate of Rabun County High School and was retired as a sales clerk from Reeves Hardware...

Junior Crowe

Junior Crowe

Oct 24, 2018

Junior Crowe, 86, of the Warwoman Community, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at Mountain View Healthcare in Clayton, GA. Born May 30, 1932, he was the son of the late Archealus Crowe, Sr. and Namma Burrell Crowe. Junior worked for the Rabun County Board of Education as a custodian in the Rabun...

Ola Taylor

Ola Taylor

Oct 21, 2018

Ola “Belle” Taylor, age 77, of Clayton, Georgia passed away on October 21, 2018. She was surrounded by her loving family as she was peacefully called home to be with her Lord.Born on April 29, 1941 to the late Joe C. Speed and Samantha Moore Speed. She was a lifelong resident of Rabun County and a member of Peoples Baptist...

  Edmund Ulinsky

Edmund Ulinsky

Oct 13, 2018

Edmund Charles Ulinsky, 89, of Rabun Gap, GA, died Saturday October 13, 2018 at his residence after a long illness. Born in Fairlawn, New Jersey, January 13, 1929, he was the son of the late Edward J. Ulinsky and Helen Balsis Ulinsky. He was the husband of Etta Ione Ulinsky. Edmund was a retired police officer with the state of...

Roger Thomas

Roger Thomas

Oct 12, 2018

Roger Thomas, Sr., 65, of Dillard, GA died Friday October 12,2018 in Stephens County Hospital in Toccoa, GA.Born in Sarasota, Florida January 19,1953, he was the son of the late Samuel R. Thomas and Edith HedlundThomas. He had lived the greater part of his life in Florida. He was the widower of Darla Jones Thomas. Roger was a heavy equipment...

Danny Webb

Danny Webb

Oct 7, 2018

Danny Ray Webb, 65, of Tiger, GA., died Sunday October 7, 2018 at his residence.Born in Oconee County, South Carolina., he was the son of the late Edmond P. Webb and Nancy Swafford Webb. He spent most of his life in Rabun County, GA. He was a Rock Mason and was a member of the Long Creek Baptist Church. Danny...

Dwayne Scroggs

Dwayne Scroggs

Oct 6, 2018

Dwayne M. Scroggs, 35, of Myrtle Street, Stroudsburg, PA, died Saturday October 6, 2018 in Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono.Dwayne was born in Stephens County , Georgia, February 16, 1983, he was the son of Winnie Lovell Scroggs of Stroudsburg, PA and the late Frank Michael Scroggs. He had lived most of his life in Townville, SC. He was a mason with...

Shirley Whitmire

Shirley Whitmire

Sep 30, 2018

Shirley Martin Whitmire, 78, of Tiger, GA, died Sunday September 30, 2018 at the home of her son, Mitch Whitmire in Lakemont, GA. Born in Rockmart, GA, December 11, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Sheriffield and Ivie Jones Martin. She had lived most of her life in Rabun County. She was the widow of Charles Leslie Whitmire. ...

Edward Dickerson

Edward Dickerson

Sep 26, 2018

Edward Wayne Dickerson, 88, of Clayton, GA died Wednesday September 26, 2018 in Baldwin, GA. He was born April 24, 1930 in Rabun County to the late Joseph Edward Dickerson and Alma Ramey Dickerson. He was the widower of Mary Jane Welch Dickerson. Wayne graduated from Rabun Gap Nachoochee School and was a retired supervisor with several Construction Companies and...

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