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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Virgil Watts

Virgil Watts

Sep 12, 2017

Virgil J. “Buster” Watts, 85, of Tiger, GA., died Tuesday September 12, 2017 in Friendship Nursing Home in Cleveland, GA. He was the widower-of Hedy Cantrell Watts. Born in Rabun County July 9, 1932, the son of the late Rosa Watts and spent all of his life in Rabun County. Buster was a carpenter by trade and was a U.S....

Catherine Irene  Lamb

Catherine Irene Lamb

Sep 11, 2017

Catherine Irene Fountain Lamb, 78, of Wolffork Road Rabun Gap, GA., died Tuesday September 11, 2017 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA. Born in Rabun County May 18, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Fountain, Sr., and Vassie Garland Fountain. She was the widow of Jack E. Lamb, Sr., She was a retired shipping clerk...

Willie Weaver

Willie Weaver

Sep 10, 2017

Willie Mae McDonald Weaver 85, of Lakemont, GA., died Sunday September 10, 2017 at her home She was the widow of Robert (Bob) Weaver. And had been employed at the Rabun County Hospital for a number of years She was a member of the Blue Heights Baptist Church. Born In Murphy North Carolina., she was the daughter of the late...

Willie Teffeteller

Willie Teffeteller

Aug 28, 2017

Willie Blondell Teffeteller, 85, of Dillard, GA., affectionately known as “Connie” died Monday August 28, 2017 at Mountain View Health Care in Clayton. Born in Sugar Tree, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Noah Coney and Sadie Mae Hatfield Coney. She was the widow of Jack Teffeteller. She had retired as a human resource officer with the federal...

Andrew Mclucas

Andrew Mclucas

Aug 23, 2017

Andrew (Andy) McLucas, 67, of Fayetteville, GA., died Wednesday August 23, 2017 at his home. He was born April 9, 1950 in Fulton County, Georgia to Willie Bryan McLucas and Della Grace Minter McLucas. He graduated from the University of Georgia and retired as a cargo handler in the trucking industry and was a member of the Inman United Methodist...

Catherine Weaver

Catherine Weaver

Aug 21, 2017

Catherine Phillips Weaver, 78, of Lakemont, GA., widow of Jessie Joe Weaver died Monday August 21, 2017 at her home. Catherine was born in Rabun County January 7, 1939, the daughter of the late Charlie and Essie Dodgins Phillips. She was a homemaker and a member of the Black Rock Baptist Church. She was the last member of her immediate...

Patricia Cleaveland

Patricia Cleaveland

Aug 15, 2017

Patricia Ann (Patsy) Cleaveland, 87, of Clayton, GA. died Tuesday August 15, 2017in Ce-Eckerd Living Center in Highlands NC.Patsy was born in Rabun County October 12,1929. The daughter of late Vaughn T. Stonecypher & Maude Cannon Stonecypher. She was the widow of Henry A. Cleaveland and had retired as a community worker with the family and children’s service (DFACS), State...

Jennifer Owens

Jennifer Owens

Aug 5, 2017

Jennifer Calafiore Owens, 41, of Clayton, GA., died Saturday August 5, 2017Jennifer was born November 25, 1975 in Miami Florida and had spent most of her life in Florida with the last ten years in Rabun County. She was the wife of Andy Owens and the daughter of Paul Calafiore and the late Connie McDaniel Calafiore. She was a homemaker...

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Joseph Watts

Aug 2, 2017

Joseph Lawrence (J.L.) Watts, 93, of Bridge Creek Road Tiger, GA., died Thursday August 2, 2017 at his daughter and son-in-law residence on Deerfield Drive, Clayton, GA. He was the husband of Gretchen Cathey Watts.Born in Clayton Georgia., July 10, 1924 he was the son, of the late Willie S. Watts and Bertha Elliott Watts. He was a retired textile...

Katherine  Kilby

Katherine Kilby

Jul 25, 2017

Katherine Queen Kilby, 71 of Mountain City, Georgia., died Tuesday July 25, 2017 in Athens Regional Hospital in Athens, Georgia. She was the wife of Johnny Q. Kilby.She was born in Rabun County October 16 1945 and lived her entire life here. She was the daughter of the late Paul Queen, Sr., and Leona Redden Queen. Katherine was a homemaker...

Joseph Houck

Joseph Houck

Jul 23, 2017

Joseph Dean Houck, Infant son of Joseph R. Houck and Casey Henslee Houck of Clayton, GA., died Sunday July 23, 2017 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. Born Sunday July 23, 2017 –died Sunday July 23, 2017.Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Annabell Coleman of Clayton, by paternal grandparents, Norman and Rita Houck of Clayton,...

Helen Garland

Helen Garland

Jul 13, 2017

Helen Garland, 74, went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 13, 2018. Helen was born on May 18, 1944 in Clayton, Ga. to Fred and Ruth Childers. She married Rick Garland in September 1964 and they had four children. From those four children she gained 15 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. She was a very talented florist, interior decorator,...

Ardrice  Franks

Ardrice Franks

Jul 8, 2017

Ardrice Fay Joyce “Joyce” Jones Franks, age 78, of Johns Creek, Georgia passed on July 8, 2017, after a brief illness. Joyce was a 55-year resident of Wilmington, DE, and had recently returned to reside in her native Georgia with her beloved husband of 42 years, Roger Franks, whom she married on February 14, 1975.Born in Tucker, GA, on December...

Bo  Corn

Bo Corn

Jul 3, 2017

Bo Corn , 73 , of Rabun Gap , Georgia. Husband of Gwinda Justus Corn , died at his home in Rabun Gap Monday night July 3 , 2017. Born in Macon County , North Carolina , August of 1943 , He was the son of the late Bonnie Corn Dean . He was a Baptist by faith , a...

Douglas Franklin

Douglas Franklin

Jun 21, 2017

Douglas Harold “Doug” Franklin, age 69 of Clarkesville, Georgia went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 following an extended illness.Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on December 28, 1947, he was a son of the late Arlin John Franklin & Cleo Jameson Franklin. Doug was a co-owner of Franklin Brother’s Plumbing & Electric and was a very...

Shirley Allred

Shirley Allred

Jun 16, 2017

Shirley Scruggs Allred, 81, of Dillard, GA., died at her home in Dillard Friday night June 16, 2017. She was the widow of Charles H. Allred.She was born February 11, 1936 in Rabun County to William Lafayette Scruggs and Ola Belle Burrell, Scruggs, and had lived her whole life in Rabun County. Shirley was a member of the Clayton Baptist...

Jesse Wall

Jesse Wall

Jun 15, 2017

Jesse Andrew Wall, 97, of Tiger, GA., died Thursday night June 15, 2017 at his home. He was the husband of Florine Wilbanks Wall.Jesse was born in Rabun County November 7, 1919 the son of the late Virgil Andrew Wall and Lula Hollifield Wall and he had lived all of his life in Rabun County. He was a U.S. Army...

Karen A.  Brown

Karen A. Brown

Jun 2, 2017

Karen A. Brown, 50, of Bradford Rd. Clayton, Ga. died Friday June 2, 2017 at her home. She was born in Clayton , Ga. to Betty Jo Brown of Clayton and the late Jimmy L. Brown. She was an employee in Child Caring and was a Baptist. Karen was preceded in death by her Father, Jimmy L. Brown and a...

Rose O'Neal

Rose O'Neal

May 31, 2017

Rose O’Neal, 97, of Tiger, Georgia., died Wednesday May 31, 2017., at Mountain View Health Care in Clayton, GA.Born Ethel Rose Elliott in Tiger, GA. February 25, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Elisha S. Elliott and Hattie Hollifield Elliott Rose was a lifelong homemaker, Gardener, Seamstress and a loving wife and mother. She was born and lived...

Homer Billingsley

Homer Billingsley

May 30, 2017

Homer Lee Billingsley, 78, of Scaly Mountain North Carolina., died Tuesday May 30, 2017 at his home.Born in Macon County, North Carolina., he was the son of the late James (Jim) Newton Billingsley and Lillie Hazel Brown Billingsley. He was a farmer in the Macon County Community.Homer was preceded in death by his parents, Jim and Lillie Brown Billingsley, by...

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