Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
James Wilson
May 4, 2017
James Don Wilson went to be with the Lord Thursday May 4, 2017, after faithfully following Him in this life for almost 90 years.Jim was born in Dade, Missouri on September 16, 1927, to parents Minnie Bowman and Paul Wilson. After selling their family farm in Missouri, they moved to Moore Haven, Florida where Jim grew up a neighbor to...
Helen Hunter
May 1, 2017
Helen Cannon Hunter, 86, of Clayton, Georgia., died Monday May, 1, 2017 at her Residence. She was the wife of Lloyd Hunter. Born in Clayton, Georgia., September 14, 1930 she was the daughter of the late R.E. Cannon and Essie Lee Williams. Helen was a graduate of Rabun County High School and Piedmont College where she graduated with a Bachelor’s...
Carolyn Thompson
Apr 28, 2017
Carolyn Hill Thompson, 83, of Warwoman Road, Clayton, Georgia., died Friday April 28, 2017 at her home.Born in Habersham, Georgia., March 8, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Jay and Bertha Dixon Hill. Carolyn was a bookkeeper at Reeves Hardware (Retired) and was an active member of Clayton Baptist Church and the Ideal Sunday School Class. She was...
Irene Dockins
Apr 26, 2017
Irene "Granny" Dockins, 83 passed away Wednesday April 26, 2017 while in Mountain View Nursing Home. Irene was born September 4, 1933 to the late Cecil and Bertha Moore Queen both of Clayton Ga. She worked for 33 years at Ridgecrest Hospital as a Nurse’s Assistant before going into retirement.Irene loved spending time with her family, taking care of her...
Raymond Mccall
Apr 26, 2017
April 26, 2017 God granted Raymond “Cecil” McCall total healing when he called him peacefully to his Heavenly Home. Born in Clayton, Georgia., he was the son of john Victory and Myrtle Holcomb McCall. Cecil was a U.S. Army Veteran serving in the Vietnam era. He worked many years as an Orderly at the Rabun County Hospital, Ridgecrest Hospital and...
Kimberly Owens
Apr 26, 2017
Kimberly Maxine Owens, 46, of Dud Creek Spur, Clayton, GA., died Wednesday April 26, 2017 in Emory University Hospital.Born in Griffin, GA., February 5, 1971, she was the daughter of Harold Don Owens and the late Patricia Wampler Owens. And was employed in the retail Business and was of the Baptist Faith.She was preceded in death by her mother, Patricia...
Jacqueline Houck
Apr 22, 2017
Jacqueline Cannon (Jackie) Houck, 77 of the Warwoman Community Clayton, GA., died Monday May 22, 2017., in Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, GA., She was the wife of Roy Houck Clayton, GA.Born in Rabun County May 26, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Irvin and Bessie Swafford Cannon. She was a secretary for the probate judge office, the...
Andrew Speed
Apr 18, 2017
Andrew Judson Speed “Drew”, 68, of the Warwoman Community, passed away Tuesday morning, April 18, 2017, at the home of his daughter, Cindi Freeman, in Clayton, GA.He was born in Rabun County, December 28,1948, and was the son of the late Leroy Speed and Elise Speed Lee. He was the widower of Susan Teague Speed “Cobb”. He was a carpenter...
Reba Watts
Apr 14, 2017
Reba Mashburn Watts, 77, of Bridge Creek Road Tiger, Georgia., died Friday morning April 14, 2017 at her home. She was the widow of Bill J. Watts, Sr. Born April 12, 1940 in Tallulah Falls, Georgia., she was the daughter of the late Harley and Ada Dills Mashburn. She was retired from the nursing home laundry department. She was of...
Michael Weller
Apr 9, 2017
Michael Laboone Weller Died April 9, 2017.Born in Frankfort, Kentucky August 7, 1963 Mike was the youngest of three Children born to Hal and Della Weller. He was raised in Winter Garden Park, Florida., then moved to Rabun County, Georgia., in 1979 . Michael attended young Harris College after graduating from Rabun County High School. Michael was the main Chef...
Gerald Salzman
Apr 2, 2017
Gerald Lawrence Salzman. passed away at the age of 79 on April 2, 2017.Gerald was born in Silver Creek, NY, on April 28, 1937, to Kermit and Trudy Salzman. He graduated from Forestville High School. He attended Buffalo Bible Institute, where he met the love of his life Carole. He Graduated with a B.A. from Barrington College, RI., He is...
Martha Mullis
Mar 22, 2017
Martha Annabelle Fountain Turpin Mullis, 75, of the Warwoman Community in Clayton, Georgia passed away at the family residence Wednesday morning March 22, 2017.Born in Rabun County Georgia, April 4, 1941, she was the daughter of the late John Fort Fountain and Lois Cunningham Fountain. She was a home maker and a member of the Blue Heights Baptist Church.Martha was...
Sue Lightsey
Mar 16, 2017
Sue Justus Lightsey, 80, of Lawrenceville, Georgia., died Thursday March 16, 2017 in Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, GA.Born in Rabun County, GA., October 16, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Noel Justus and Louellen Gordon Justus. She was a clerical administrative assistant in the Sioux Acres Company. She was a member of the Collins Hill Baptist Church....
Truie Miller
Mar 12, 2017
Truie H. Miller, 77, of Dillard, Georgia., died Sunday March 12, 2017 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. Born in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina., July 20, 1939, he was the son of the late William D. Miller and Frances Mason Miller. He was a retired Law Enforcement Officer. He was trained in Law Enforcement at the Police Center in Athens, GA.,...
Leonard Cross
Mar 6, 2017
Leonard G. Cross, 70, of Stonewall Estates Drive, Tiger GA. died Monday March 6, 2017 in the VA Hospital in Asheville, NC. Born in Tiger, GA. February 23, 1947, he was the son of the late James S. Cross and Ethel Wall Cross. He retired as a school bus driver with the Rabun County School System. He was a U.S....
Ray Thrift
Feb 27, 2017
Ray Thrift, 62, of Wallace Circle, Otto, NC., died Monday February 27, 2017 at Angel Medical Center Franklin, NC. Born in Rabun County, Georgia., November 29, 1954 he was the son of the late Rance John Thrift and Mary Jane Gilstrap Thrift. He was a Truck Driver and a member of the Blue Valley Baptist Church. He was preceded in...
Madeleine Ferland
Feb 23, 2017
Madeleine Irene Ferland, 82, of Clayton, Georgia., died Thursday afternoon February 23, 2017 at her residence. She was the widow of Hank Dearborn Born in Hyde Park, Vermont., she was the daughter of the late Novat Ferland and Jeanne Audet Ferland. She was a retired College Teacher when she moved to Rabun County she taught special classes in the Rabun...
Robert Buchanan
Feb 22, 2017
Robert Franklin (Frank) Buchanan, 69, of Holden Cove Lane Rabun Gap, GA., died February 22, 2017 in Atlanta, GA., Born in Rabun County, Georgia., May 20, 1947 he was the son of the late Claude T. Buchanan and Virginia Darnell Buchanan. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and a carpenter and was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in...
Kate King
Feb 19, 2017
Mrs. Kate Stiles King of Clayton, Georgia passed away peacefully at home on February 19, 2017. Born on December 21st, 1917 she was the eldest of 7 children born to Tom and Dell Rogers Stiles of Franklin, NC. After graduating from Franklin High School and attending Rabun Gap Nacoochee School, she married Gerald G. King in October 1939. They made...
Ronald Woodall
Feb 17, 2017
Ronald Hoyt Woodall, 69, of West Wolf Creek Road, Lakemont Georgia., died February 17, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, GA.Born in Rabun County, Georgia., May 28, 1947 he was the son, of the late Charles Hoyt Woodall and Ethel Inez Manley Woodall. He was an Air National Guard Veteran and a U.S. Army Veteran, Vietnam era. And was...
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