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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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Senia Southards

Senia Southards

Dec 24, 2017

Senia P. Southards, ( Pronounced) Seenee, 88, of Mountain City. Died Sunday December 24, 2017in Mountain View health Care Clayton, GA., Funeral Services will be 3:00 P.M. Wednesday December 27, 2017at the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Houston officiating. Burial will follow in the Taylor’s Chapel Cemetery- Visitation will be at Hunter Funeral Home Wednesday from 1:00...

Fairy Smith

Fairy Smith

Dec 16, 2017

Fairy Mae Eller Smith, 88, of Flint Mountain Lane, Tiger, Georgia., died Saturday December 16, 2017 in Pruitt Health Care, Toccoa, Georgia. Born April 30, 1929in Towns County, Georgia., she was the daughter of the late Harvey and Margaret Maney Eller. She was the widow of Elton Drew Smith. Fairy Mae was retired as a inspector in quality control with...

J.T.  Moses

J.T. Moses

Dec 7, 2017

J.T. Moses, Jr., 73, of Mt. City, GA., died Thursday December 7, 2017 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, GA.Born in Anniston, Alabama he was the son of J.T. Moses, Sr. and Flora Mae Horn Moses. He had spent the greater part of his life in Rabun County, GA. He was retired from Fruit of the Loom as a dye...

Vassie York

Vassie York

Nov 30, 2017

Vassie Mae York, 86, of Clayton, GA., died Thursday November 30, 2017 at her home. She was the widow of Thomas F. York.She was born in Rabun County July 29, 1931 to Melvin English and Edith Parker English. She was a homemaker and a member of the Persimmon Baptist Church. Vassie was preceded in death by her parents, Melvin and...

Billy Swafford

Billy Swafford

Nov 30, 2017

Billy Joe Swafford, 66 of Clayton, Georgia died Thursday night November, 30, 2017 in Mountain View Health Care. Born March 6, 1951 in Walhalla. He was the son of Bert and Janie Mcdonald Swafford. He was an installer for the pipeline industry. He was a member of the Long Creek Baptist church. Where he had spent the greater part of...

Craig Alexander

Craig Alexander

Nov 29, 2017

Craig Alexander, 74, of Demorest, GA., died Wednesday night November 29, 2017 at his home. Born in Medino County, Texas he was the son of the late Alvin and Imogene Craig Alexander. He had lived the greater time of his life in Clarkesville, GA. He was the husband of Anna Free Alexander. Craig was a retired Electrician with Chrysler Corporation...

Sarah  Lovell

Sarah Lovell

Nov 15, 2017

 Sarah Crump Lovell , 80 , of Homer , Georgia formerly of Tiger ,Georgia, died Wednesday in Pruitt Health Toccoa in Toccoa , Ga. Born in Godfrey , Ga. June 20 , 1937 , she was the daughter of the late Harrison and Lizzie Blair Crump. She was the wife of Doyce H. Lovell. Sarah was retired from Scovil MFG....

Robert Dickerson

Robert Dickerson

Nov 9, 2017

Robert William Dickerson, 81, of Clayton, Ga., passed away peacefully at his home Thursday Nov. 9, 2017 Robert was born May 18, 1936 in Rabun County the son of the late William Gordon Dickerson and Eula Taylor Dickerson. ,Robert is survived by his loving Wife , Blanche Thomas Dickerson of 61 years of marriage his children , daughter Pamela Dickerson...

Carl Moore

Carl Moore

Nov 6, 2017

Carl Moore, 70, Eastwolf Creek Road, Tiger, Georgia., died at his home Monday November 6, 2017. Born in Tiger , Georgia., February 7, 1947he was the son of the late Lindsey Carl Moore and Della Louise Blair Moore. He was retired from the textile industry and was a charter member of the rescue squad. He attended the Baptist Church.Carl was...

Margaret Queen

Margaret Queen

Nov 1, 2017

Margaret Emma Queen, age 68, of Mountain City Georgia passed away peacefully on November 1, 2017 with her husband by her side. She was born in Union County, South Carolina on January 25, 1949.She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Sara McCutcheon, a brother, Wallace McCutcheon, and a sister, Betsy Ellis. She is survived by her loving...

Harold Owens

Harold Owens

Oct 26, 2017

Harold Don (Donnie) Owens, 72 of the Chechero Community Clayton,Ga. died Thursday Oct. 26, 2017 at his home. Donnie was born in Dayton, Tenn. Sept. 30, 1945 to the late Marion J. Owens Sr. and Stella Hipps Owens. He was the husband of Ona Stancil Owens.He was retired from Mr.B’s Oil Company as manager of Conveince Store inventory. He was...

Gary Sarkinen

Gary Sarkinen

Oct 22, 2017

Gary Oscar Sarkinen, 34, of Clayton, GA died Sunday, October 22, 2017 in Mountain View Health Care in Clayton, Georgia.Gary was born in Ft. Myers, FL, September 19, 1983. He is the son of the late Althea Sarkinen and the nephew of Barbara Douglas of Austell, GA.Gary's surviving family is his grandmother, Althea Shynk and stepfather, Doug Quarry, aunt and...

Wayne  Kinsey

Wayne Kinsey

Oct 10, 2017

Wayne Douglas Kinsey, 72, of Clayton, GA., died Tuesday October 10, 2017 at the home of his daughter, Krista Neely on Louisiana Circle Clayton, GA. Born in Cashiers, North Carolina, February 2, 1945, he was the son of the late Harry Verdell Kinsey and Johngy Dale Shook Kinsey. He had retired from Duke Power Company as a maintenance technician. He...

Kimberly Mccullough

Kimberly Mccullough

Oct 9, 2017

Kimberly Speed McCullough, 47 of Eastanollee, GA., died Monday October 9, 2017 in Stephens County Hospital Toccoa, GA.Born July 27, 1970, she was daughter of Calvin L. Speed of Clarkesville, GA. And the late Brenda Tyler Speed She was a homemaker and attended the baptist church.Kimberly was preceded in death her mother Brenda Tyler Speed a daughter, Christina Rose and...

William Burrell

William Burrell

Oct 6, 2017

William Harold Burrell, 65, of Rabun Gap,Ga. Died Friday October 6,2017 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center Clayton Ga. Born in Rabun County May 26,1952. He was the son of the late Joe and Thelma Chastain Burrell. He was the husband of Barbara Jean Snyder Burrell. Harold was a carpenter in the construction industry and restored antique cars. He was a...

Martha Gibson

Martha Gibson

Oct 2, 2017

Martha Payne Gibson, 80 of Clayton, Georgia., died Monday October 2, 2017 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, GA.Born in Commerce, Georgia., September 3, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Verner R. Payne and Linda Stockton Payne. She was the widow of Frank Gibson. She was a seamstress at Empire MFG. Company and was a member of Clayton...

Debra Bryan

Debra Bryan

Sep 25, 2017

Debra Sue Bryan, 55, , of Mt. City, Ga. Died Monday, Sept.25, 2017 at the home of her mother,Susie Bonnell Smith Holt in Otto, NC. Debra was born in Gainesville,Fla. January 4, 1962,the daughter of Susie Bonnell Smith Holt of Otto,NC and the late Willie J. Smith.She has lived in Rabun County for many years and retired from Walmart after...

Charles  Gibson

Charles Gibson

Sep 22, 2017

Charles R. “Charlie” Gipson, 70, of Cornsilk Lane, Tiger, Ga.died Friday, Sept.22,2017 in Northeast Ga Medical Center, Gainesville, Ga. Charlie was born in Rabun County,January 16,1947,the son of the late Jesse Carlton Gipson and Sarah Shirley Gipson. He was a lifelong resident of Rabun County and was the widower of Linda Wilkerson Gipson. He was a carpenter in the construction...

Nancy  Mcguinness

Nancy Mcguinness

Sep 18, 2017

Nancy Haley McGuinness, 77, of Dry Pond Drive, Clayton, Georgia., died Monday September 18, 2017 in the Oaks at Scenic View Assisted Living Baldwin, GA., `She was born September 5, 1940 in Fumas County, Nebraska to the late Leo and Elizabeth Riley Haley. She was an airline stewardess with T.W.A. Airline and was a member of St. Helena Catholic Church...

George Reed

George Reed

Sep 15, 2017

George (Clinton) Reed, 69, of the Satola Community Clayton, Georgia., died Friday September 15, 2017 in Augusta University Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. Born August 22, 1948 in Rabun County he was the son of the late Lester and Wilma Bryson Reed. He was a life long resident of the Satolah Community. He was a loving husband and father. He...

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