logo-image

Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Beverly  Timms

Beverly Timms

Jan 15, 2016

Beverly Roberts Timms , 64 , of Clayton , Ga. died at her residence , Friday Jan.15,2016.Born in Fulton County, Ga. November 12, 1951 , she was the daughter of the late Claude R. Roberts and Dora Turpin Roberts . She was the widow of Daniel Timms.Beverly had lived the greater part of her life in Greenville, S.C. She was...

Bill  Speed

Bill Speed

Jan 12, 2016

Bill Speed, 73, of Dillard, Ga. died Tuesday January 12, 2016 at the comfort of his own home .Born in the Warwoman Community, Clayton, Ga. September 26, 1942, he was the son of the late Lewis Shirley Speed and Annie Mae Moore Speed. He was preceded in death by one brother, John Lewis (Bud) Speed and two sisters, Joan Elizabeth...

Albert  Moon

Albert Moon

Jan 10, 2016

Albert Earl Moon , 86 , of Moon Valley , Rabun Gap, Ga. died Sunday January 10, 2016 in North East Georgia Medical Center , Gainesville ,Ga. Born in Atlanta , Georgia March 6, 1929 , he was the son of the late Elbert and Vera Prather Moon. He had lived his life in Atlanta and Rabun County, Ga. He...

Carylon Holt

Carylon Holt

Jan 8, 2016

Carylon Dodgins Holt , 67 , of Joe Davis Road, Tiger, Ga. died Friday January 8 , 2016 at her home. She was born in Clayton, Ga. January 9, 1948 to the late Arthur and Ruth Henslee Dodgins. She was the widow of Charles L. (Dub) Holt. She was a retired waitress and restaurant worker and a caregiver for the...

Ann Kilby

Ann Kilby

Jan 4, 2016

Robert Ann Alley Kilby,78 , of Clayton, Ga. died on Monday Jan.4,2016 following a prolonged illness. Born on Dec. 20, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Robert Wiley and Ila Rosanne Alley. She graduated in 1955 from Rabun County High School.Ann retired from Ga. Power/Southern Company and her hobbies included , gardening and doll making.She is survived by...

Othella  Queen

Othella Queen

Jan 3, 2016

Othella Alley Queen , 62 , of Victory lane Clayton , Ga. died Sunday Jan. 3, 2016 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville , Ga. She was born in Clayton, Ga. April 3 , 1953 to John N. (Bud) Alley and Victoria Crump Alley. She was retired from Burlington Industries and was a member of the Wiley Presbyterian Church....

Mary  Hanley

Mary Hanley

Dec 31, 2015

Mary Jane Hanley , 78 , of Clayton, Ga. died Dec.31, 2015 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga. She was born in Westport, Connecticut June 14, 1937, the daughter of the late Leo Keehan and Isabelle Remlin Keehan. She had lived the greater part of her life in DeKalb County, Ga. She was an RN and was a...

Ivan  Bower

Ivan Bower

Dec 30, 2015

Ivan Dale Bower, 80, of Clayton, Ga. died Wednesday Dec. 30, 2015 in Mtn. View Health Care in Clayton.Born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania April 12, 1935, He was the son of the late Earl Guy Bower and Florence Bogue Bower. He was a machinist by trade and a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Coulter Road Baptist Church...

Curtis  Hall

Curtis Hall

Dec 25, 2015

Curtis James (Buddy) Hall, 63, of Wiley, Ga. died Friday night Dec.25, 2015 at his home. He was born May 6, 1952 in Columbus, Georgia to the late James and Florence Howard Hall.He was the widower of Thresa Hill Hall.Mr.Hall was a Truck driver with Gotta Go Company, a U.S. Army Veteran, (Vietnam) and a member of Blue Heights Baptist...

Columbus  Heaton

Columbus Heaton

Dec 24, 2015

Columbus Heaton, 78 , of Clayton, Ga. died Dec.24, 2015 in Gainesville , Florida.Born in Oconee county, South Carolina, He was the son of the late Oscar and Sophie Lusk Heaton.He was the widower of Sally Judge Heaton.Mr. Heaton was a Construction worker and a U.S. Navy veteran and was of the Baptist faith.Besides his wife and parents he was...

Albert Brown

Albert Brown

Dec 22, 2015

Albert Leon Brown, 62, of Tiger, Georgia., affectionately known as “Paw- Paw, died December 22, 2015 at his home in Tiger. He was born and raised in Rabun County. He worked for many years in the Auto Parts Business and was a custodian in the Rabun County School System. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt, fish, and...

Jacqueline Ward

Jacqueline Ward

Dec 22, 2015

Jacqueline Hope Turner Ward , 56, of Tiger , affectionately known as Jackie, died at her home Tuesday Dec. 22, 2015 . She was born in Bay side Virginia, October 22,1959 to the late Harold and Hildegard Strychalski Turner. She had lived the greater part of her life in Florida. She was an Administrator for an Indian Casino. She and...

Rev. J.C.  Quilliams

Rev. J.C. Quilliams

Dec 21, 2015

Rev. J.C. Quilliams, 90 of Stagecoach Drive, Clayton, GA., Went home to be with the Lord on , Monday December 21, 2015 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.Born in Jackson County, North Carolina September 9, 1925, he was the son of the late Arthur G. Quilliams and Lillie King Quilliams. He had lived most of his life in...

Leman  Thompson

Leman Thompson

Dec 20, 2015

Leman L. Thompson, 89, of Jordon Road. Toccoa, GA., died Sunday December 20, 2015 in Habersham Nursing Home, Demorest, GA.,He was born in Marble, NC., May 21, 1926 to the late Luther and Sellie Clark Thompson. He was a carpenter with flor saddle tree company in Demorest, GA. He was of the Baptist Faith.Leman is survived by a son, Aaron...

Catherine  Crane

Catherine Crane

Dec 20, 2015

Catherine M. Crane, 74, of Stagecoach Road, Clayton, GA., died Sunday December 20, 2015 at her home.She was born May 30, 1941 in Macon County, North Carolina to the late Phil and Carrie Henry Crane. “Miss” Carrie died in 2009 at the age of 106. Catherine was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith.Besides her parents, she was preceded...

Rev. Roy Lee  Conner

Rev. Roy Lee Conner

Dec 13, 2015

Rev. Roy Lee Conner, 76, of Dillard, GA., died Sunday December 13, 2015 at his home.

He was a Church of God Minster and had pastored the Persimmon Church of God, the Mountain City Church of God, the Tiger Church of God and the Mt. Pleasant Church of God. He was an excellent stone mason and builder.

Born in Dillard, Georgia., April...

Carol  Moses

Carol Moses

Dec 11, 2015

Carol Lee Moses, 74, of Sims Way, Rabun Gap, GA., died Friday December 11, 2015 in Angel Medical Center, Franklin, NC.,

Born in Culver City, California., May 2, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Greenwood and Betty Lee. She was a retired church secretary with Southern Baptist Churches. She was a member of the Clayton Baptist Church, and...

Charles  D. Massengill

Charles D. Massengill

Dec 8, 2015

Charles D. (Chuck) Massengill, 69, of M.J. Shirley Drive, Clayton, GA., died Tuesday evening, December 8, 2015 in Habersham Medical Center

He was born September 10, 1946 in Richmond, Indiana to the late William and Gertha Frady Massengill. He was a carpenter by trade and was a member of the Wiley Church of God and was recently attending Battle Branch...

Mary  Mertis Garrett

Mary Mertis Garrett

Dec 6, 2015

Mary Mertis Crone Garrett, 81, of the Timpson Creek community died at her home with her family at her side December 6, 2015.

She was born in Clayton, Georgia , November 4, 1934 to Claude and Viola Welborn Crone. She is the widow of Avery Conney Garrett and was a lifelong resident of Rabun County.

Mary worked at Clayburne Manufacturing for 13...

Max  O Moss

Max O Moss

Dec 5, 2015

Max O, Moss, 78, of Fernwood Lane, Clayton, GA., died Saturday December 5, 2015, at his home.

Born August 15, 1937 in Towns County, GA. He was the son of the late Dillard K. Moss and Opal Ledford Moss. He was a carpenter by trade and was of the Baptist Faith.

Besides his parents he was preceded in death by a...

Share by: